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Vocabulary for Writing Task 1

Information Transfer (Summary of Diagram(s))

NOUN	VERB
an increase, a rise, a climb, an improvement, an upturn	to increase, to rise, to climb, to improve, to grow, to go up
a decrease, a fall, a decline, a worsening, a drop, a downturn	to decrease, to fall, to decline, to worsen, to drop, to go down
ADJECTIVE	ADVERB
big, significant, marked, massive, pronounced, substantial	(a lot), significantly, markedly, massively, pronouncedly, substantially
small, slight, insignificant	(a bit, a little), slightly, insignificantly
fast, sharp, dramatic, sudden	(quickly), sharply, dramatically, suddenly
slow, steady, moderate, gradual	slowly, steadily, moderately, gradually

levelled off/leveled off – levelled out/leveled out – stabilized

bottomed out - reached their lowest level

reached a peak

reached the highest peak of ..

rose to an all time high of ..

dropped to the lowest level of ..

fell to an all time low of ..

showed no change – remained at – remained stable

approximately – about – around

Sequencing statistic

A is the leading country, followed by B. C is next, with D close behind. In last place is E.

Listing positions in a table

The biggest

The second largest

The third largest

In fourth spot

In fifth position

The lowest ranked

Describing Process

Begin with:    “The process begins with…”

First of all:   “First of all, paper is collected.”

After this,  After that:   “After this, it is very important that paper…”

Then:    “The paper is then sorted into…”

Next:    “Next, the ink must be…”

Finally:    “Finally, the product is …”