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LINE GRAPH LANGUAGE

A. SENTENCE STRUCTURES

1) Time, S + stood at / was + figure

In January, Mr. A’s weight stood at/ was 50 kg.
2) Time, S + V + adv
From January to April, Mr. A’s weight increased significantly to 58 kg.

3) S + saw / witnessed / underwent a quick drop of + figure + time

From July to October, Mr. A’s weight experienced a slight decrease of 3 kg.
4) There + be + a/an + adj + N + from figure 1 to figure 2 + in + S + time
From July to October, there was a slight decrease from 58kg to 55kg in Mr. A’s weight
B. VERBS AND NOUNS

Direction Verb Noun

(1) Went up An upturn

Increased An increase
Rose A rise
Grew A growth

Climbed A climb

(2) Boomed A boom

Leaped

Rocketed
Surged A surge

(3) Decreased A decrease

Dropped A drop
Declined A decline
Fell A fall
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(4) Plunged A plunge

Slumped A slump
Dove A dive

Plummeted

(5) Did not change No change

Remained steady

Leveled out/off A leveling off

Stayed constant

(6) Fluctuated A fluctuation

(7) Peaked A peak

(8) Bottomed A bottom

C. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Degree Speed

Adj Adv Adj Adv

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Dramatic Dramatically Rapid Rapidly

Steep Steeply Quick Quickly
Sharp Sharply Swift Swiftly

Huge

Significant Significantly Steady Steadily

Remarkable Remarkably Moderate Moderately

Slight Slightly Slow Slowly

Small Gradual Gradually

Minimal Minimally

D. PREPOSITIONS

Preposition Followed by Example

Noun of An increase In + something A decrease of

movements 5% in the
A decrease Of + amount of
number of
change
infants.

An upsurge From/to + old/new An upsurge

figure from 1% to 20%

Verb of To rise By + amount of It rose by 5%

movements change

To fall From/to + old/new It fell from 6%

figure to 1%

To peak/ start / At + figure/level It peaked at

end 5000

To fluctuate At around + range It fluctuated at

around 10 tons
Between
per year.
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E. CONNECTING SENTENCES
1) Before/After + V-ing, S + V + adv
After increasing significantly, Mr.A’s weight decreased slightly to 55 kg.
2) S + V1 + adv, but/ and then + V2 + adv
Mr.A’s weight increased significantly in the first three months, and then decreased
slightly to 55 kg in July.

3) There was a/an + adj1 + N1, which was followed by + a/an + adj2 + N2
There was a slight decline in Mr.A’s weight, which was followed by a rapid increase.