MY USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR LINE GRAPHS

Verbs

Rising Falling Staying the

same
Climb (v) Fall
Remain
Grow Decrease (stable/steady)
Increase Plummet* (v) (v)

Soar Plunge* (v) Level out/off (v)

Rocket* (v) Decline Flatten out (v)

Reach a peak

Bottom out (to remain at a low level)

Fluctuate (to be variable)

Adverbs

Dramatically

Gradually

Slightly

Sharply

Considerably

Significantly (really quite a lot!)

Wildly (fluctuating)

Consistently (continuous)

Rapidly

Marginally (of little importance)

Steadily

Nouns

There was/is a ____

An upward trend

Increase/decrease/fall/rise/

Fluctuation

Plateau

( reach) A low

Adjectives

Slight

Marginal

Sudden

Significant

Dramatic

Useful introduction phrases

The line graph ____

Illustrates

Demonstrates

Describes

Shows

Gives information about

Indicates

the graph shown provides detail/information about____

Useful overview expressions

Overall

In conclusion (if overview is at the end)

In summary/to summarise/ In sum/ to sum up (at the end)

In general

The most striking aspect of the graph is ___

The general trends of the graph show

Noun headed sentences

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Verbs

Adverbs
Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Comparative Phrases

Bigger/ smaller + than

Lowest/highest + than

Compared to

Except for ____ (to show one value is different)

The majority

The minority

Tennis players are double/triple that of ___ cricket players

More than/ less than

Much higher

Doubled

Followed a more persistently downward pattern

The lowest

Paralleling (be equal to)

Outstripped (do better than)

Reaching its highest level

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Verb tense

Intransitive verbs!

Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

(possible) cause and effect phrases

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Language of change over time (only if there is a time scale)

Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

Making comparisons
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Verb tense

Intransitive verbs!

Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

(possible) cause and effect phrases

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Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

Making comparisons

MY USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR BAR CHARTS

Language of change over time (only if there is a time scale)

Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

Making comparisons
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Useful introduction phrases

Useful overview expressions

Linking words

Making comparisons

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Language to describe proportion

Linking words

Making comparisons