Part 1 in the series on how to answer the IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 graph question - focus on vocabulary.
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Some more advanced trend vocabulary Are you looking for a band score of 7 or over? If so, then you need to think about using some more advanced vocabulary. You will find here some suggestions for useful language to describe trends in charts and graphs in academic part 1. In each case, I list some words and phrases and give you some notes on how to use them. Also check out the groovy interactive exercises to test your skills.
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Verbs These verbs are alternatives to the basic rise and fall vocabulary. One benefit of using them is that sometimes they help you avoid repeating too many numbers. I f you have a strong verb, you don’t always have to give the exact figure.
Up verbs
Notes:
“Soar “and “rocket” are both very strong words that describe large rises. “Rocket” is more sudden. You probably do not need to qualify these verbs with adverbs.
“Leap” shows a large and sudden rise. Again, you probably do not need to qualify it with an adverb.
“Climb” is a relatively neutral verb that can be be used with the adverbs below.
Down verbs
Notes:
“Plummet” is the strongest word here. It means to fall very quickly and a long way.
“Drop” and “drop” are normally used for fairly fairly small decreases
“Slip back” is used for falls that come after rises
“Drop” and “Dip” are also frequently used as nouns: eg “a slight dip” “a sudden drop”
Adjectives and adverbs This is a selection of some of o f the most common adjectives and adverbs used for trend language. Please be careful. This is an area where it is possible to make low-level mistakes. Make sure that you use adjectives with nouns and adverbs with verbs:
a significant rise – correct (adjective/noun)
rose significant
a significantly rise – wrong wrong wrong
– correct (adverb/verb)
Please also note the “dramatically:
dramatically – correct
dramaticly – wrong
dramaticaly – wrong
of the adverbs. There is a particular pro blem with the word
Adjectives of degree
notes
“sudden” and “sharp” can be used of relatively minor changes that happen quickly
“spectacular” and “dramatic” are very strong words only to used to big, big, big changes
Steady adjectives
Small adjectives
notes
“marginal” is a particularly useful word for describi ng very small changes
Other useful adjectives These adjectives can be used to describes more general trends
notes
“overall” can be used to describe changes in trend over the whole period: very useful in introductions and conclusions
“upward” and “downward” are adjectives: the adverbs are “upwards” and “downwards”
