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    This document discusses various ways to describe trends in English using verbs, nouns, and expressions. It provides lists of transitive and intransitive verbs that can be used to describe upward and downward movements, such as "increase," "decrease," "rise," and "fall." It also lists corresponding nouns like "increase" and "decrease." Finally, it presents expressions like "to fluctuate," "to stand at," "to reach a peak," "to bottom out," and "to level off" that can be used to describe different aspects of trends.

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    This document discusses various ways to describe trends in English using verbs, nouns, and expressions. It provides lists of transitive and intransitive verbs that can be used to describe upward and downward movements, such as "increase," "decrease," "rise," and "fall." It also lists corresponding nouns like "increase" and "decrease." Finally, it presents expressions like "to fluctuate," "to stand at," "to reach a peak," "to bottom out," and "to level off" that can be used to describe different aspects of trends.

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    This document discusses various ways to describe trends in English using verbs, nouns, and expressions. It provides lists of transitive and intransitive verbs that can be used to describe upward and downward movements, such as "increase," "decrease," "rise," and "fall." It also lists corresponding nouns like "increase" and "decrease." Finally, it presents expressions like "to fluctuate," "to stand at," "to reach a peak," "to bottom out," and "to level off" that can be used to describe different aspects of trends.

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    Office Skills Series

    Describing Trends

    Trends are changes or movements. We can describe trends in English in various ways.

    Verbs of change

    There are a number of verbs which we can use to describe different trends. Both transitive
    and intransitive verbs can be used to describe trends.

    We must put an object after a transitive verb:

    The government plans to raise the basic level of income tax.

    We cannot put an object after an intransitive verb:

    The basic level of income tax will rise later this year.

    Here are some examples:

    Upward movement Downward movement

    Transitive Intransitive Transitive Intransitive

    increase decrease decrease


    increase
    raise drop fall
    rise
    put/push/step up put/push down drop
    go/be up
    extend cut go/be down
    grow
    expand reduce decline
    expand
    improve collapse
    boom
    slump
    rocket
    plummet
    soar
    plunge
    gain
    tumble
    improve
    dip
    advance
    slip

    We can also describe a lack of movement using expressions such as ‘remain stable’ or ‘stay
    constant’.

    The demand for gold has remained stable since the beginning of the year.

    GnosisLearning, 2009
    Office Skills Series

    Nouns of change

    Many of the verbs of change also have a noun form which is also used to describe change.

    Upward movement Downward movement

    increase decrease
    rise fall
    growth drop
    extension decline
    expansion cut
    boom reduction
    gain collapse
    improvement slump
    dip

    Other expressions

    To fluctuate
    We use this expression to describe when there has been a serious of changes both up and
    down.
    Prices have fluctuated wildly since the beginning of the year.

    To stand at
    We use this expression to focus on a particular point, often before we talk about the trends
    of movement.
    At the beginning of the year, sales in India stood at €200,000.

    To reach a peak
    We use this expression to talk about the highest point of a trend.
    Late last year, sales of our new product reached a peak of 12,000 units.

    To bottom out
    We use this expression to talk about the lowest point of a trend.
    The share price of OPP bank bottomed out at €1.50.

    To level off
    We use this expression to talk about the point when a changing trend becomes stable.
    After a long period of decline, the share price finally levelled off at €5.25.

    GnosisLearning, 2009

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