Time expressions Time is a very important element in writing line graph, thus it is important that you know how to use the common expressions of time. In: In 1999... Inthe 20" century... In the first ten year: In the morning... In the past... For: For the past six months... For twenty years... During: During the first six months... During the first half of this century... During the remainder of the year. From —to/until: From 6am to/until am... Between — and: Between 6am and 8am. Before/after: Before 1960 the number remained small, but after 1965 there was a sudden increase Around/ about: Around / about 1980 there was a change in the number of female part-time employees By: By the late 19th century the rural workforce had declined significantly. At: At the end of the last century there was a sharp increase in manufacturing \ce: Since the 19th century there has been a steady decline. Other useful expressions are: (in) the period from... (in) the period between...and... In the first/last three months of the year ‘Over the pe Over the next year/ decades/ quarter of a century... Over a ten year period... Throughout the 20" century From that time on. After that Then In the 1990sPut the words in the box into three categories below: Rocket Decrease Reduce Rise Drop Fall Levelout Climb Boom Sink Remain steady Decline Increase Plateau Peak slump Dip Stay constant Going up Going down Staying the same‘There was another sharp rise for all sports in 1990, Salaries in (6) decline from 1995, Exercise 2: Write a complete description for graph 1, using the answers from exercise 1 Hints: You may consider dividing the main body into two paragraphs, the former describes the period from 1970 to 1995, and the latter describes the last five years > vou can compare your essay with the sample essay in the Sample Essays file Describing trends Direction are rere Rose (to) Arise Increased (to) An increase a Went up (to) Growth Climbed (to) ‘An upward trend Rocketed (to) Aboom Boomed Decreased (to) A decrease Went down (to) Areduction Reduced (to) Dipped (to) A drop Dropped (to) Aslump Slumped (to) Sank (to) Fell (to) ‘Afall ———“—_—_ Declined (to) ‘declineLeveled out (at) Aleveling out Did not change No change Remained stable (at) Remained steady (at) Stayed constant (at) Maintained the same level Fluctuated (around) A fluctuation Ranged (between) To peak (at)/To reach a peak : to get to the highest point, To sink to a trough: to get to the lowest point To plateau (at): to become relatively stable or constant fiw [\ V <= Describing the degree of change ‘Adjective Adverb Dramatic Dramatically Sharp Sharply Huge Enormous Enormously Steep Steeply Substantial Substantially Considerable Considerably Significant Significantly Marked Markedly Moderate Moderately Slight Slightly ‘Small al MinimallyDescribing the speed of change Pere) Adverb Rapid Rapidly Quick Quickly Swift ‘Swiftly Sudden ‘Suddenly Steady Steadily Gradual Gradually Slow Slowly