Task 1 Body Paragraph

Beginning
The number of stood at
The number of started at
In , there were around
According to the figures,
Describing Trends
Up Trend
The number rose (steadily) to (200) by (199) then more (shar!ly) to ("00) in
(19##)
Then went u! (gradually) to in
and continued u! to in
and then went u! more (shar!ly) to in
there was a gradual increase from to
a stee!er increase
it increased ra!idly to
the number increased by $ number
an increased of $ noun
the rate rose to $ number
there was a rise to $ number in
Down Trend
%efore !lummeting to by (year)
There was a dro! from to
It fell consistently from a high !oint of nearly in to less than in
Stable Trend
At this !oint the number of cases remained stable until (19&')
There was a !lateau from to
Contrast
This situation had changed radically by (199")(
This is in star) contrast with (19'") when only (*0+) of
Sequence
There was a fall to ,000 by 199&
o which was followed by an increase to &,000 by 19#0
o which led to an increase
o which !receded an increase