Vocabulary for Graphs Going Up • Rose • Went up • | IELTS With Masters
Vocabulary for Graphs
Going Up
• Rose • Went up • Increased • Grew • Shot up • Surged • Rocketed
Going Down
• decreased • fell • dropped • declined • Went down • Plunged • Plummeted
No Change
• stayed the same • remained constant • stabilised • remained steady • were unchanged • did not change • remained stable
Up and Down
• fluctuated • undulated
Small Changes - Adjectives / Adverbs
• gently • gradually • slightly • steadily • a little
Large Changes - Adverbs / Adjectives
• suddenly • sharply • dramatically • steeply • a lot
High Points
• reached a peak (peak when the graph looks like the "peak" of a mountain) • peaked • reached their highest level
Low Points
• fell to a low • sank to a trough • reached a bottom
Expressions of Time
• in 2012/ recent years • over the year/ period • between 1980 and 2012 • from 1980 until 2012 • since (point of time) May/ 2011 • for (period of time) the period / five months
Examples Using Noun and Verb Forms
• Sales rose from $50 to $140/ There was a rise in sales of $90 • Sales fell to 25 million dollars in 1998/ there was a fall in sales of 25 million dollars in 1998 • Sales fell by 2%/ there was a slight fall in sales of 2% • It peaked at 23%/ it reached a peak of 23% • it fluctuated between 5 and 8 percent, there was a fluctuation of 3%
Useful introductory expressions:
The graph shows / indicates / depicts / illustrates From the graph it is clear It can be seen from the graph As can be seen from the graph, As is shown / illustrated by the graph,
Example: The graph shows the percentage of children using supplements in a place over a year.
Useful time expressions:
over the next... / for the following... (for the following two months... over the next six months...) from ... to / between ... and (from June to August... between June and August...) during (during the first three months...)
