The easy way to ielts writing academic Module

Verb + Adverb/Adverb + Verb
For example
The rate of crime went up gradually in 2015.
The number of bike lanes considerably increased in the following
year.
The figure for car theft suddenly surged in 1987.
The proportion spent on food increased noticeably a decade later.
Common verb phrases:
Fell 
significantly/moderately 
dropped/rose 
minimally/increased
slowly/rapidly 
declined/marginally 
decreased 
/varied
modestly/fluctuated slightly/steadily grew/declined drastically
In most cases, noun and verb phrases describe upward and
downward trends. Other trends do not require adjectives or
adverbs much as they are clear on their own. For example, a

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peak, a plateau, a period of stability, or a trough may occasionally
require an adjective or an adverb for more clarity.
Number and Amount
In writing task 1, candidates must describe numbers and amounts of
different kinds, such as percentages, proportions, numbers, and rates.
Understanding their differences helps with smoother descriptions. Numbers,
amounts, and percentages generally describe actual quantities of either
things or people.
“The number of…”
is used for countable plural nouns, such as cars,
people, books, etc.
For example
The number of bike users in the city center rose moderately.
The number of households with two cars declined gradually over
five years.
The number of children with obesity had a dramatic rise in 2003.
In the three examples above, “bike users ,” “households ,” and “children ”
are countable plural nouns, so “the number of ” is used as a quantifier.
On the other hand,