LINE GRAPH LANGUAGE A. SENTENCE STRUCTURES 1) Time, $+ stood at / was + figure In January, Mr. A’s weight stood at/ was 50 kg. 2) Time, $+ 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 SSkg in Mr. A’s weight B, VERBS AND NOUNS Direction Verb Noun () Went up ‘An upturn Increased An increase Rose Arise Grew Agrowth Climbed Aclimb (2) Boomed Aboom Leaped Rocketed surged A surge (3) Decreased Adecrease ee Dropped Adrop Declined A decline Fell Afall(4) Plunged Aplunge Slumped Aslump Dove Adive Plummeted (5) Did not change No change Remained steady —_ => Leveled out/off Aleveling off Stayed constant MAAAAS Fluctuated A fluctuation (7) /\ Peaked Apeak (8) \4% Bottomed Abottom C. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Degree Speed Adj Adv Adj Adv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 [smal Gradual Gradually Minimal Minimally D. PREPOSITIONS Preposition | Followed by Example Nounof | Anincrease_| In +something | Adecrease of movements 5% in the Adecrease of + amount of . number of change infants. Anupsurge —_| From/to + old/new An upsurge figure from 1% to 20% Verbof —_| Torise By +amount of | It rose by 5% movements change To fall From/to + old/new It fell from 6% figure to1% To peak/ start / | At + figure/level__| It peaked at end 5000 To fluctuate —_| At around + range It fluctuated at Between around 10 tons per year.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 lightly to 5S 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.