Verbs and adverbs In paragraphs 3 and 4, you will need to have a good range of grammar and vocabulary to describe the changes in the graph, including the use of verbs and adverbs, e.g. The income o f Lovely Loaves rose slightly. 1 Put the past simple of these verbs in the correct column of the table below. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary. _d£cikrtr decrease double drop fall go down go up grow halve improve increase jump plummet plunge rise rocket shoot up soar surge verbs to describe increases verbs to describe decreases verbs to describe big increases verbs to describe big decreases declined Verbs which describe big increases or decreases, like soared or plummeted, don’t need an adverb, because we already know that they describe a large change. However, all the verbs in the first two columns of the table above need an adverb, to tell the reader what kind of increase or decrease you are talking about. i .................. i 2 Which of the adverbs in the box below describe: 1 a big change? drawia+ic^lly 5 a slow change? 2
a small change? 6
a comment by the writer? 3 a medium-size change? 7 a consistent increase or decrease? 4 a fast change? considerably dram:sticaiiy gradually m arginally negligibly rapidly rem arkably sharp ly significantly slightly steadily strikingly 3 Look again at the graph on page 79 and complete these sentences w ith a
