Writing Task 1 Vocabulary · PDF fileWriting Task 1 Vocabulary IELTs task 1 is generally a:...

Writing Task 1 Vocabulary

IELTs task 1 is generally a:

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Useful Vocabulary

Expressing movement: nouns and verbs

Rose (to) a riseincreased to an increasewent up to growthclimbed to an upwardboomed trend a boom (a dramatic rise)

fell (to) a decreasedeclined (to) a declinedecreased (to) a falldipped (to) a dropdropped (to) a slump (a dramatic fall)went down (to) a reductionreduced (to)

levelled out (at) a levelling outdid not change no changeremained stable (at)remained steady (at)stayed (at)stayed constant (at)maintained the same level

fluctuated (around) a fluctuationpeaked (at) reached a peak (of)stood at (use this phrase to focus on a particular point, before we mention the movement, for example: In the first year, unemployment stood at...)

Describing the movement: adjectives and adverbs

dramatic dramaticallysharp sharplyhuge enormous enormouselysteep steeplysubstantial substantiallyconsiderable considerablysignificant significantlymarked markedlymoderate moderatelyslight slightysmallminimal minimally

describing the speed of change

Adjective adverbsrapid rapidlyquick quicklyswift swiftlysudden suddenlysteady steadilygradual graduallyslow slowly

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