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Describing Trends By Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com).
When describing changes in data represented in a graph or bar chart, the following structures are
common:
Adjective and Noun
Between March
and June
there was a marked rise
(variable*) Since 1992*** there has been
From January to
Verb and Adverb
Between March
Since 1992*** the (variable*) has gone
up***
September has fallen***
dropped slightlya little
@ The time reference can come first or last
* the price of sth, the number of sth, sales, profits etc
** a number, an amount of money, a percentage etc
*** Don't forget that if the data represented forms a link between the past and the present, the present perfect simple should be used
The highest point, the lowest point and no change in a trend
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and
April
the (variable*) levelled off/out at **
Since 1992*** (has***) remained
steady/stable
From January to
September
point
Additional expressions
Plunge (verb & noun) and plummet (verb only), (take a) tumble and take a nose dive (idioms) are very sharp drops
Dip (verb & noun) is a slight fall against the trend
Shoot up/down (phrasal verb) means to rise or fall very sharply
Describing trends practice exercise
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