The Language of Graphs

Prepositions
between 1995 and 2000
from 1995 to 2000

Movement: Down
fell ____________________________
declined ________________________
dropped ________________________
decreased _______________________
sank ___________________________
went down ______________________

Movement: Up

rose ___________________________
went up ________________________
increased _______________________
grew __________________________

Very Strong Words

shot up _________________________
rocketed _______________________
surged _________________________
plummeted ______________________
plunged _________________________

Adjectives
slightly ________________________
a little _________________________
a lot ___________________________
sharply _________________________
suddenly _______________________
steeply _________________________
gradually _______________________
gently __________________________
steadily _________________________

No Movement
remained steady ______________________
were unchanged ______________________
did not change _______________________
remained constant ____________________
remained stable ______________________
stabilized ___________________________

Tops and Bottoms

reached a peak ______________________
peaked ____________________________
reached their highest level _____________
fell to a low _________________________
sank to a trough ______________________
reached a bottom _____________________