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Vocabulary                                                  

Nouns
Deterioration
Fluctuation
Peak
Recovery
Slump

Verbs
Deteriorate
Fall
Fluctuate
Improve
Reach a low point
Recover
Rocket
Slump
Worsen

Adjectives
Gradual
Rapid
Significant
Slight
Stable
Adverbs
Consequently
Gradually
Significant
Slightly




Describing change
Up
To go up
To increase       an increase
To rise              a rise
To grow           a growth
To improve      an improvement
To get better    
To recover        a recovery
To rocket


Down
To go down
To decrease        a decrease
To fall                a fall
To drop              a drop
To deteriorate    a deterioration
To get worse
To worsen
To slump            a slump



Others
To remain stable
To level out
To reach peak
To peak              a peak


Speed of change
Rapid –rapidly
Steady-steadily
Gradual-gradually
Slow-slowly



Degree of change
Dramatic-dramatically
Significant-significantly
Moderate-moderately
Slight-slightly



Prepositions
To stand
From…to…
By…an increase of…