Vocabluary for writing task 1

• The given

• The shown

• The presented

• bar graph

• pie chart

• diagram

• map

• flow chart

• process table

• compares

• describes

• shows

• illustrates

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• As a general trend,

• Overall,

• In general

• absolutely the same as

• equal to

• the same as

  
  

• about the same as

• almost identical to

• nearly the same as

  
  

• The reverse is the case…

• It is quite the opposite

• doubled

• skyrocket

• jump/ a jump

• climb

• trend

• rise

• an upward trend

• an upward tendency

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• collapse

• dive

• plummet

• take a nosedive

  
  

• decline

• gow down

• reduce

  
  

• dip

• a downward trend

• a downward tendency

  
  

• leveled out

• plateaued / plateau

• remained stable

• remained steady

• changes intermittently

• change sporadically

• fluctuate

• rise and fall

  
  

• culminated at

• hit /reached the peak

• reached the apex

• hit rock bottom

• the lowest point

• reached / touched the lowest point

• dramatically - dramatic

• rapidly - rapid

• significantly - significant

• moderately - moderate

• gradually - gradual

• progressively - progressive

  
  

fractionally - fractional

mildly - mild

slowly - slow

• almost

• about

• just below / over / under

• roughly