Trends Verb Form Noun Form: Increase

Vocabulary to show the changes:
Trends Verb form Noun Form
Increase rise / increase / go up / uplift / a rise / an increase / an upward

rocket(ed) / climb / upsurge / soar/ shot trend / a growth / a leap / a jump /
up/ improve/ jump/ leap/ move upward/ an improvement/ a climb.
skyrocket/ soar/ surge.
Decrease fall / decrease / decline / plummet / a fall / a decrease / a reduction / a

plunge / drop / reduce / collapse / downward trends /a downward
deterioriate/ dip / dive / go down / take a tendency / a decline/ a drop / a
nosedive / slum / slide / go into free-fall. slide / a collapse / a downfall.
Steadiness unchanged / level out / remain constant / a steadiness/ a plateau / a

remain steady / plateau / remain the stability/ a static
same / remain stable / remain static
Gradual increase an upward trend / an upward

------------ tendency / a ceiling trend
Gradual decrease a downward trend / a downward

------------ tendency / a descending trend
Standability/ Flat level(ed) off / remain(ed) constant /

remain(ed) unchanged / remain(ed) No change, a flat, a plateau.
stable / prevail(ed) consistency /
plateaued / reach(ed) a plateau / stay(ed)
uniform /immutable / level(ed) out/
stabilise/ remain(ed) the same.
Vocabulary to represent changes in graphs:
Type of Adverb form Adjective form

Change
Rapid dramatically / rapidly / dramatic / rapid / sharp /

change sharply / quickly / quick / hurried / speedy /
hurriedly / speedily / swift / significant /
swiftly / significantly/ considerable / substantial /
considerably / noticable.
substantioally /
noticably.
Moderate moderately / gradually / moderate / gradual /

change progressively / progressive / sequential.
sequentially.
Steady steadily/ ceaselessly. steady/ ceaseless.

change
Slight change slightly / slowly / mildly / slight / slow / mild / tedious.

tediously.
Vocabulary to represent frequent changes in graphs:
Type of Change Verb form Noun form
Rapid ups and wave / fluctuate / oscillate / waves / fluctuations /

downs vacillate / palpitate oscillations /
vacillations /
palpitations
Types of Changes/ Differences and Vocabulary to present them:
Great change / Huge difference:

Adjectives Adverbs
Overwhelming Overwhelmingly
Substantial Substantially
Enormous Enormously
Big change / Big difference:

Adjectives Adverbs
Significant Significantly
Considerable Considerably
Medium change / Moderate difference:

Adjectives Adverbs
Somewhat Somewhat
Moderate Moderately
Minor change / Small difference:

Adjectives Adverbs
Fractional Fractionally
Marginal Marginally
Slight Slightly
Words/ Phrases of Approximation - Vocabulary:
» Approximately
» Nearly
» Roughly
» Almost
» About
» Around
» More or less
» Just over
» Just under
» Just around
» Just about
» Just below
» A little more than
» A little less than.

Starting Presentation Type Verb Description
The/ the given / diagram / table / shows / represents / the comparison of…
the supplied / the figure / illustration / depicts / the differences…
presented / the graph / chart / flow enumerates / the changes...
shown / the chart / picture/ illustrates / the number of…
provided presentation/ pie presents/ gives / information on…
chart / bar graph/ provides / data on…
column graph / line delineates/ outlines/ the proportion of…
graph / table data/ describes / the amount of…
data / information / delineates/ information on...
pictorial/ process expresses/ denotes/ data about...
diagram/ map/ pie compares/ shows comparative data...
chart and table/ bar contrast / indicates / the trend of...
graph and pie figures / gives data the percentages of...
chart ... on / gives the ratio of...
information on/ how the...
presents information
about/ shows data
about/
demonstrates/
sketch out/
summarises...
Tips:
1. Write introduction and General trend in the same paragraph. Some students prefer to write
the 'General Trend' in a separate paragraph and many teachers suggest the both to be written
in a single paragraph. Unless you have a really good reason to write the general trend in the
second paragraph, try to write them both in the first paragraph. However, this is just a
suggestion, not a requirement.
2. Your 'Introduction (general statement + overall trend/ general trend) should have 75 - 80
words.
3. DO NOT give numbers, percentages or quantity in your general trend. Rather give the most
striking feature of the graph that could be easily understood at a glance. Thus it is suggested
to AVOID -
"A glance at the graphs reveals that 70% male were employed in 2001 while 40 thousand
women in this year had jobs."
And use a format /comparison like the following:
"A glance at the graphs reveals that more men were employed than their female
counterpart in 2001 and almost two-third females were jobless in the same year. "
Analysing the IELTS Table

As with all graphs and charts, when describing tables:
 Do not describe all the data presented - present the main points of each feature (you
should make sure you mention each feature though)
 Look for significant data; e.g. the highest, the lowest etc
 Try and group the data. This may require you to use some general knowledge about
the world, such as recognising developed and developing countries
PLAN
Topic – standard of living, 5 countries
Language – comparison
Time / tense – 1982 = past
Overview – USA far higher
Groups –
USA = highest
Egypt, Indo, Bol = similar
Bangladesh = very low
Model Answer
Country GNP per head Daily calorie Life expectancy Infant mortality
(1982: US supply per head at birth (years) (per 1000 live
dollars) births
Bangladesh 140 1877 40 132
Bolivia 570 2086 50 124
Egypt 690 2950 56 97
Indonesia 580 2296 49 87
USA 13160 3653 74 12
The table uses four economic indicators to show the standard of living in five selected
countries in 1982. Overall, it can be seen that the quality of life in the USA was far higher
than the other four countries.
To begin, the USA, which is a developed country, had the highest GNP at 13,160 dollars per
head. It also had a much higher daily calorie intake and life expectancy, and the lowest rate
of infant mortality.
The other developing countries had quality of life ratings that were significantly lower. The
range of indicators for Egypt, Indonesia and Bolivia were similar, with Egypt having the
highest quality of life amongst the three. However, the infant mortality rate in Egypt’s
was slightly higher than Indonesia’s at 97 deaths per 1000 compared to 87 in Indonesia.
Bangladesh had by far the lowest quality of life in all the indicators. Its GNP was one
hundred times smaller than the USA’s. Its calorie intake and life expectancy were about
half those of the USA, and its infant mortality rate was 10 times greater.
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Vocabulary to show the changes:

Trends Verb form Noun Form

Increase rise / increase / go up / uplift / a rise / an increase / an upward

Decrease fall / decrease / decline / plummet / a fall / a decrease / a reduction / a

Steadiness unchanged / level out / remain constant / a steadiness/ a plateau / a

Gradual increase an upward trend / an upward

Gradual decrease a downward trend / a downward

Standability/ Flat level(ed) off / remain(ed) constant /

Type of Adverb form Adjective form

Rapid dramatically / rapidly / dramatic / rapid / sharp /

Moderate moderately / gradually / moderate / gradual /

Steady steadily/ ceaselessly. steady/ ceaseless.

Slight change slightly / slowly / mildly / slight / slow / mild / tedious.

Vocabulary to represent frequent changes in graphs:

Type of Change Verb form Noun form

Rapid ups and wave / fluctuate / oscillate / waves / fluctuations /

Great change / Huge difference:

Big change / Big difference:

Medium change / Moderate difference:

Minor change / Small difference:

Words/ Phrases of Approximation - Vocabulary:

» A little more than

» A little less than.

And use a format /comparison like the following:

Analysing the IELTS Table

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