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The document describes verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and nouns used to describe changes in measurements over time. It provides lists of words to indicate increases and decreases of different magnitudes, such as rises and falls or jumps and drops. It also includes adverbs and adjectives to characterize the speed and consistency of changes, such as rapidly or steadily. Finally, it offers vocabulary for describing durations, such as decades or centuries, as well as proportions using terms like comprises or constitutes.

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Speed: Increases Decreases Big Increases Big Decreases

The document describes verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and nouns used to describe changes in measurements over time. It provides lists of words to indicate increases and decreases of different magnitudes, such as rises and falls or jumps and drops. It also includes adverbs and adjectives to characterize the speed and consistency of changes, such as rapidly or steadily. Finally, it offers vocabulary for describing durations, such as decades or centuries, as well as proportions using terms like comprises or constitutes.

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Increases Decreases Big Increases Big Decreases

Incline Drop Double Plummet


Climb Fall Shoot up Tumble
Rise Decline Jump Collapse
Grow Slip Surge Slump
improve Go down soar plunge

Verbs

Describes adverbs
A very big change Dramatically/drastically
A medium/big change Significantly/considerably
A small change Marginally/slightly
speed
A fast change Rapidly/sharply
A slow change Gradually
A surprising change Remarkably/strikingly
A consistent change Steadily

Nouns

verb noun verb noun


rise A rise improve An improvement
fall A fall Fluctuate A fluctuation
Grow A growth Recover A recovery
Decline A decline Level off A levelling off
jump A jump peak A peak

Adjectives

Adverb Adjective Adverb Adjective


Dramatically dramatic Rapidly rapid
Considerably considerable Swiftly Swift
Significantly Significant Gradually Gradual
Marginally marginal Remarkably Remarkable
slightly slight steadily steady
When using adjective and nouns, make sure to use verbs (saw, experienced and witnessed).
When describing the change to the unit of measurement, e.g., Consumption saw a dramatic fall.
Vocabulary for durations (describing period of time)

The beginning

At the beginning of the period/originally / at the start of the period

The End

By the end of the period / by the periods end / in the final month/year / week of the period

The entirely

Over the period in question / over the period covered by the graph / throughout the period/
throughout the measured / recorded/ studied period.

For specific period of time:

100 Years / 50Years:

A century / a half-century

10 Years / 5 Years:

A decade / A half-decade

12 Months / 6 Months:

A year / half a Year


Number Vocabulary:

 Useful words for task 1 specially for proportions and approximations/numbers

(line/bar graph)

Compose/ed, Constitute/ed, make up/ made up for, Comprise/ed, constitute/ed (\‫)يحتوي\يمثل\يشكل‬


Or goes to/went to/account/ed for
Just over a third of all energy is composed of gas power
Toys make up about 10% of the company’s sales.
Women constitute a significant part of the workforce.

Wind power constitutes almost a tenth of energy sources.


With solar power accounting for 4% but the largest portion consists of coal power

Men still comprise the majority of people who have the disease.
Oil and gas comprise 70 percent of the index
They comprised 75 percent of the population

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