ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
Describing Trends Wordware
WORD ORDER
VERB
What happened?
ADVERB
How did it change?
slightly
SUBJECT
Sales
Prices
Production
fell
dropped
rose
The percentage of x decreased
The number of x
increased
sharply
steadily
significantly
dramatically
Remember: the verb is often in the past tense but always check this.
THERE+BE+ A
ADJECTIVE NOUN
There is a
slight
rise
in sales...
There was a
gradual
fall
in the price of x
There has been a
dramatic
drop
in the rate...
There will be a
steady
decline
in the number...
Based on the diagram above, construct sentences to show graph's trends.
Example: Sales fell slightly.
write it from verb to a noun. then write it from noun to a verb.