TASK 1 Vocabulary

Upwards (verbs)

to rise, to grow, to increase, to rocket

Downwards (verbs)

to fall, to decline, to decrease, to drop, to plummet

Upwards (nouns)

rise, increase, growth

Downwards (nouns)

fall, decline, decrease, drop

Small (adj)

slight

Medium (adj)

Moderate

Large (adj)

considerable, significant, substantial

Slow (adj)

gradual, steady

Fast (adj)

rapid, sharp, dramatic

Small (adv)

slightly

Medium (adv)

moderately

Large (adv)

considerably, significantly, substantially

Slow (adv)

gradually, steadily

Fast (adv)

rapidly, sharply, dramatically

Upwards (direction)

an upward trend a peak / to peak / to reach a peak a high point / to reach a high point

Downwards

a downward trend / a trough

Change

a fluctuation / to fluctuate

Lack of change

a plateau / to plateau / to reach a plateau / to remain stable / to remain constant / to remain steady / to remain the same

to show less than

just under / well under / less than

to show similar quantity

around / approximately / about / roughly / nearly

to show more than often

just over / well over / more than