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Descrivere tendenze e cambiamenti

Describing trends and change

Impara verbi, avverbi e aggettivi per descrivere come cambiano i numeri nel tempo, come nei report e nelle descrizioni di grafici.

Report, presentazioni ed esercizi d'esame chiedono spesso di descrivere come qualcosa è cambiato nel tempo. Invece di ripetere went up e went down, puoi usare verbi precisi insieme ad avverbi o aggettivi che mostrano quanto era grande o rapido un cambiamento.

riseverbo
salire; diventare più alto o maggioreThe number of cyclists in the city rose by 15% last year.
declineverbo
diventare più piccolo, più debole o menoSales of printed maps have declined steadily for a decade.
fluctuateverbo
salire e scendere molte volteThe price of fresh vegetables fluctuates with the seasons.
peakverbo
raggiungere il punto o il livello più altoWater use peaks in the early evening, when people cook and wash.
level offphrasal verb
smettere di salire o scendere e restare circa allo stesso livelloAfter years of growth, membership has levelled off.
doubleverbo
diventare due volte più grandeThe number of online students has doubled since the new course began.
steadilyavverbio
a un ritmo regolare e uniformeThe town's population has grown steadily for thirty years.
sharplyavverbio
all'improvviso e in modo considerevoleVisitor numbers fell sharply after the bridge closed.
graduallyavverbio
lentamente, in un lungo periodoTemperatures gradually returned to normal.
significantaggettivo
abbastanza grande o importante da essere notatoThere was a significant drop in complaints after the change.
slightaggettivo
piccolo; poco importanteThere was a slight increase in prices in March.
trendsostantivo
una direzione generale in cui qualcosa sta cambiandoThere is a growing trend towards working from home.
  • Prices rose sharply in May. = There was a sharp rise in prices in May.
  • Attendance fell by 200 people. (by shows the amount of change)
  • Attendance fell to 1,800. (to shows the final level)
  • The number of members rose from 200 to 350.

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  1. The price of tomatoes went up and down all year. It _____.

  2. Sales rose from 40,000 to 80,000. They _____.

  3. Visitor numbers fell _____ 300, from 1,500 to 1,200.

  4. Which word means suddenly and by a large amount?

  5. After rising for five years, house prices have _____ and are now stable.

  6. The company _____ its prices last month.

  7. Electricity use is highest at around 7 p.m. That is when it _____.

  8. Prices went up by just 0.5%. It was a _____ increase.

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Scrivi una parola in ogni spazio. Usa ogni parola una sola volta e cambia la forma se necessario. Usa: decline, double, fluctuate, gradually, peak, significant, trend.

  1. Sales of paper maps continue to as more people use their phones to find their way.

  2. Ice cream sales in August, when they reach their highest level of the year.

  3. In the desert, the temperature can by more than 30 degrees between day and night.

  4. The village's population has since 2010, from 1,500 to 3,000.

  5. The improvement wasn't sudden; it happened over several years.

  6. There has been a rise in the number of people cycling to work. It is too large to ignore.

  7. One clear in recent years is that more young people share cars instead of buying them.

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