07. Look at these notes that another candidate made for this line graph, which helped them to write a more effective description. Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box.

Rising cost of living: the (1) point of any reason in any year (85,000 in 2000); the only one to decrease (to 80,000 in 2010)

Traffic: greatest (2) rise (40,000); most (3) rise between 2000 anal 2010 (25,000)

Lifestyle: Most (4) and (5) increase (only 20,000); remained the (6) of all three reasons

Traffic and Lifestyle: (7) in the first gear presented (20,000 in 1990)

08. Look at the following adverbs which describe the manner of change. With a partner, decide which ones would be inappropriate for a Task 1 answer.

Inappropriate adverbs for a Task 1 essay:

09. For the adverbs in exercise 8 that are appropriate for a Task 1 answer, discuss how you would expect the line to appear on the graph.

Example: steadily= the line went up or down at a constant rate without many fluctuations

inconsistently:

significantly:

progressively:

noticeably:

gradually:

sharply:

markedly:

abruptly:

10. Change the underlined words in the sentences into the form given in brackets and then rewrite the sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. The category of 'Lifestyle' increased the most consistently and stably. (adjective+ noun)
The most consistent and stable increase was seen in the category of 'Lifestyle'.

2. Traffic rose steadily as a reason for moving to the countryside between 1990 and 2000 ... (adjective+ noun)

3. ... but then there was a marked increase between 2000 and 2010. (verb+ adverb)

4. The number of people moving to the countryside for lifestyle reasons grew consistently across the whole period shown in the graph. (adjective+ noun)