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COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH 3
(DUE50032)

CHARTS AND GRAPHS:

DESCRIBING TRENDS
2 LEARNING OUTCOMES (LLOs)

COURSE LEARNING LESSON LEARNING OUTCOMES

OUTCOME (CLO) (LLOs)
Present gathered data in graphs 1. Identify the appropriate lexical/
and charts effectively using words as to describe trends in charts
appropriate language forms and and graphs:-
functions a. verbs
( A2 , CLS 3b ) b. nouns
c. adverbs
d. adjectives
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MOVEMENTS OF TRENDS
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MOVEMENTS OF TRENDS

Rock bottom
5 TRENDS
- overall idea of the graph
- describe:-
a. what is happening/what happened
b. the main change over time
c. the most noticeable part/ info. about the graph
d. the pattern over time
e. the pattern for different places or groups or people.
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MOVEMENTS OF TRENDS

Movement of trend Manner of trend.(How it moves)

a. leading up + slightly
b. going down + moderately
c. remains constant + -
d. fluctuated + -

VERB ADVERB
 VERBS AND ADVERBS TO DESCRIBE TRENDS
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 VERBS TO DESCRIBE AN UPWARD TREND
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 go up (past: went up)
 grow (past: grew)
 increase (past: increased)
 jump (past: jumped)
 rise (past: rose)
 rocket (past: rocketed)
Sentence examples:-
a. The number of enrolments increased significantly between 2005
and 2010.
b. Production rose from 800 units in May to 1000 units the following
month.
 VERBS TO DESCRIBE A DOWNWARD TREND
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 decline (past: declined)
 decrease (past: decreased)
 drop (past: dropped)
 fall (past: fell)
 go down (past: went down)
 plummet (past: plummeted) = to fall or drop suddenly in amount or
value
 plunge (past: plunged) = to fall or drop suddenly in amount or value
Sentence examples:-
a. Prices of Model X dropped significantly once Model Y became
available on the market.
b. Company profits decreased in 2020 by 12%.
WORDS AND PHRASES USED TO DESCRIBE A STABLE TREND
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 maintain (past: maintained)

 remain (past: remained)
 stay (past: stayed)
 constant
 stable
 steady
 unchanged
 ADVERBS USED WHEN DESCRIBING TRENDS
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Adverbs describe HOW
something happens. They
usually come after a verb.

a. sharply, rapidly, quickly,

steeply
b. considerably, significantly,
substantially
c. steadily, gradually,
moderately
d. slightly, slowly
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 VERBS vs NOUNS TO DESCRIBE TRENDS
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VERBS NOUNS

1. In Graph A, we can 1a. In Graph A, we can

see that the price of see that there was a
chocolate rose sharp rise in the price of
sharply. chocolate.

2. The number of 2a. The graph shows a

grammar books sold by slight decline in the
the MNM company number of grammar
declined slightly for two books sold by the MNM
consecutive years. company for two
consecutive years. .
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ADVERBS
1.
In Graph A, we can see that
the price of chocolate rose
sharply.
2.
The number of grammar
books sold by the MNM
company declined slightly
for two consecutive years.
ADJECTIVES
1a.
In Graph A, we can see that
there was a sharp rise in the
price of chocolate.
2a.
The graph shows a slight
decline in the number of
grammar books sold by the
MNM company for two
consecutive years. .
 DESCRIBING TRENDS – WORD ORDER
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 EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES - TO SHOW A STABLE TREND
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a. Prices remained stable during the first six

months.

b. The number of people employed at the

company has remained unchanged for the last
three years.
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