Stop Repeating “Increase / Decrease”

If you want Band 8+, you can’t keep using the same two words over and over. Examiners reward variety. Here’s the list—learn it, use it, and your score goes up.

🔺 Going Up

Rise / Increase → go up

Climb / Grow → go up slowly

Soar / Surge / Rocket → go up very fast

🔻 Going Down

Fall / Drop → go down

Decline / Decrease → go down slowly

Plummet / Plunge → go down very fast

➖ No Change

Remain steady / stable → no change

Level off / Plateau → stops changing, stays flat

🔄 Mixed

Fluctuate → goes up and down irregularly

📍 Highs & Lows

Peak → highest point

Trough / Low point → lowest point

📏 How Big the Change Is

Slightly / Marginally → small change

Gradually / Steadily → slow change

Sharply / Rapidly → fast change

Dramatically / Significantly → very big change

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