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IELTS words for describing graph trends

17 words · B2 · All IELTS Academic vocabulary packs

The verbs, adjectives and adverbs you need for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, to describe rises, falls and changes in data.

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IELTS words for describing graph trends: words and hints
Add	Word	Hint
	increase	go up
	decrease	go down
	fluctuate	go up and down
	peak	reach the highest point
	plummet	fall quickly and a lot
	soar	rise quickly and a lot
	plateau	stay level after rising
	decline	gradually go down
	steady	regular, even
	gradual	slow and step by step
	sharp	sudden and large
	slight	small
	dramatic	very large and sudden
	dip	small, brief fall
	recover	return to a previous level
	proportion	part of a whole
	approximately	about, roughly

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