IELTS Task 1 Graph Vocabulary

This is vocabulary that you will need for the IELTS task 1:

Movement (Verbs): Up

• Rose
• Went up
• Increased
• Grew
• Shot up
• Surged
• Rocketed

Movement (Verbs): Down

• Fell
• Declined
• Dropped
• Decreased
• Sank
• Went down
• Plunged
• Plummeted

Prepositions

• Between 1995 and 2000
• From 1995 to 2000
• Sales rose from 200 to 250
• Sales fell to 150 in March
• Sales fell by 50%

Adverbs and intensifiers

• slightly
• a little
• a lot
• sharply
• suddenly
• steeply
• gradually
• gently
• steadily

No Movement: (Verbs with Adjectives, Verbs)

• 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