ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

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 Adverb Adjective Example

• The number of students increased constantly.

Constantly Constant
• There was a constant rise in the number of students.

• In five years, the prices inflated stably

Stably Stable
• The prices of mobile phones were stable.

• The students were applying for jobs persistently.

Persistently Persistent
• The number of job applications was persistent.

• There was a tedious shift in the number of applicants.

Tedious Tediously
• The number of applicants shifted tediously.

Adverb Adjective Example

• The number of students increased slightly.

Slightly Slight
• There was a slight rise in the number of students.

• In five years, the prices inflated moderately.

Moderately Moderate
• The prices of mobile phones were moderate.

• The prices in 2017 were increasing gradually.

Gradually Gradual
• The number of job applications was gradual.

• The number of students increased marginally.

Marginally Marginal
• There was a marginal reduction in the prices of mobile phones

• The gentle increase in the population is visible in the graph.

Gently Gentle
• The population decreased gently.

Adverb Adjective Example

• The number of students increased dramatically.

Dramatically Dramatic
• There was a dramatic rise in the number of students.

• In five years, the prices inflated sharply.

Sharply Sharp
• There was a sharp increase in prices of mobile phones

• The number of job applications declined suddenly.

Suddenly Sudden
• There was a sudden decline in the number of job applications.

• The number of students increased substantially.

Substantially Substantial
• There was a substantial reduction in the prices of mobile phones

• The population decreased significantly.

Significantly Significant
• The significant increase in the population is illustrated in the graph.

• The use of luxurious goods fell swiftly.

Swiftly Swift
• There was a swift fall in the use of luxurious good.

• There was an abrupt change in the number of applicants.

Abruptly Abrupt
• The number of applicants changed abruptly.

• The number of residents in Colony B increased promptly.

Promptly Prompt
• There was a prompt jump in the number of residents in Colony B.
 LINKERS AND THEIR USES

PURPOSE LINKERS

To add Accordingly
In addition
Both… and
Equally important
Further
Furthermore
Moreover
Not only… but also
To show contrast Although
But
In contrast
Conversely
Despite
Meanwhile
On the other hand
Notwithstanding
Otherwise
Rather
Whereas
Yet
To show similarity In the same way
Likewise
Similarly
To show exception Despite
However
In spite of
Nevertheless
Still
Yet
To show that you are elaborating on smtg That is
In fact
To illustrate
In other words
To show a result Because
 As a consequence
Consequently
Hence
For this reason
As a result
Therefore
Thus
To show sequence After
Afterwards
At this point
Before
Concurrently
Earlier
Finally
Following
Formerly
Immediately
Meanwhile
Next
Previously
Prior to
Simultaneously
Subsequently
Then
Thereafter
Thus while
To give examples To demonstrate
For example
For instance
In another case
To illustrate
In particular
In this case
In this situation
Specifically
Such as

To emphasize Actually
Certainly
Extremely
Emphatically
 In fact
Indeed
Most importantly
Unquestionably
Without a doubt
Without reservation
To summarize or conclude As shown / As I have shown
In brief
To conclude
In conclusion
Hence
On the whole