Graphs 1

Question 1

Upward trends

Answer 1

1. Increase
2. Rise
3. Climb
4. Go up
5. Grow
6. Peak
7. Surge
8. Soar

Question 2

Downward trends

Answer 2

1. Decrease
2. Fall
3. Decline
4. Drop
5. Go down
6. Plummet
7. Dip

Question 3

Fluctuations

Answer 3

1. Fluctuate
2. Vary
3. Oscillate
4. Undulate
5. Volatile

Question 4

Describing peaks and troughs

Answer 4

1. Peak
2. Reach a high
3. Hit a low
4. Trough

Question 5

Rapid or significant changes

Answer 5

1. Sharp
2. Dramatic
3. Steep
4. Sudden
5. Considerable

Question 6

Gradual or slight changes

Answer 6

1. Gradual
2. Slight
3. Steady
4. Moderate
5. Marginal

Question 7

Describing no change

Answer 7

1. Remain steady
2. Stay constant
3. Level off
4. Plateau

Question 8

To describe when certain changes happened or how long they lasted

Answer 8

1. Over the period
2. Between (two points in time)
3. In the first/last quarter
4. At the beginning/end of
5. Over the course of
6. During (a specific period)

Question 9

Comparing trends

Answer 9

1. Compared to
2. As opposed to
3. In comparison to
4. Whereas
5. While
6. Similarly
7. In contrast

Question 10

Describing key points

Answer 10

1. Peak
2. Trough
3. Reach a high/low
4. Hit a low

Question 11

Phases for summary or overall description

Answer 11

1. Overall
2. In general
3. To sum up
4. On the whole
5. In summary

Question 12

Expressing cause and effect

Answer 12

1. Due to
2. As a result of
3. Because of
4. This led to

Question 13

Describing accuracy and confidence

Answer 13

1. Approximately
2. Roughly
3. Almost
4. Nearly
5. Just over/under

Question 14

Go down, verb and noun

Answer 14

1. Decline
2. Decrease
3. Drop
4. Fall
5. Go down
6. Plummet
7. Plunge

Question 15

Go down, adjectives

Answer 15

1. Sharp
2. Rapid
3. Quick
4. Considerable
5. Significant
6. Substantial
7. Steady
8. Gradual
9. Moderate
10. Slight
11. Slow

Question 16

Go down, adverbs

Answer 16

1. Sharply
2. Rapidly
3. Quickly
4. Considerably
5. Significantly
6. Substantially
7. Steadily
8. Gradually
9. Moderately
10. Slightly
11. Slowly

Question 17

Go up, verb

Answer 17

1. Climb
2. Go up
3. Grow
4. Increase
5. Jump
6. Rise
7. Rocket

Question 18

Go up, noun

Answer 18

1. Climb
2. Go up
3. Growth
4. Increase
5. Rise

Question 19

No change, verb

Answer 19

1. Level off at
2. Remain the same
3. Remain unchanged
4. Remain constant
5. Remain stable
6. Stay constant
7. Stay stable
8. Stay steady
9. Keep unchanged

Question 20

No change, noun

Answer 20

1. A levelling off at

Question 21

Constant change, verb

Answer 21

1. Fluctuate
2. Vary (around)

Question 22

Constant change, noun

Answer 22

1. fluctuation
2. Variation

Question 23

Constant change, noun

Answer 23

1. fluctuation
2. Variation