Vocabulary graphs

Question 1

Under

Answer 1

Below
Less then
Just under
Slightly under
nearly
Almost
close to
well under
considerably less than

Question 2

About

Answer 2

Approximately
Around

Question 3

Over

Answer 3

Above
More than
Just over
Slightly over
Marginally above
Well over
Considerably more than

Question 4

Upward trend words (with past tense verbs)

Answer 4

to rise/ rose
to increase/ increased
to climb / climbed
to grow/grew
to go up/went up

Question 5

Downward trend words (with past tense verbs)

Answer 5

to decrease/decreased
to drop/dropped
to fall/fell
to decline/declined
to go down/went down

Question 6

Other vocabulary

Answer 6

to fluctuate
to dip
to remain steady
to remain stable
to remain uncharged
to level off
to rocket/to soar (only with a extreme dramatic increase!!)

Question 7

Peaks and lows

Answer 7

to peak at (a peak of!)
(reach) a peak of
hit a high of
hit a low of
bottom out
plateau

Question 8

steady

Answer 8

gradual

Question 9

slight

Answer 9

marginal

Question 10

steep

Answer 10

rapid/dramatic

Question 11

considerable (a big change that happened over a very short period of time)

Answer 11

significant

Question 12

time phrases

Answer 12

ten-year period
(The word year has no ‘s’ and you use a hyphen )