Essential words for IELTS Writing Task 1 (Academic)

(words for a band 6-7 essay)
⬆️ The words to describe an increase:
✔smth has grown (from x to y over the x years)
✔(this figure) increased (to x\ by (nearly) x% to x million)
(in 0000)
✔the numbers (nearly) doubled from x to x)
✔(the sales) hit a peak \an apex of x
✔(from 0000 to 0000) the trend was upwards
✔ the figures rocketed\ rose\ soared\ climbed\ shot up\ leapt (significantly\dramatically)
✔an increase (in)
✔an improvement in the number of
✔a rise (to x)
✔a turnaround (in)
✔a surge in
✔a growth
✔(a massive increase) on the 0000 figures
✔ in 0000 the figures were (slightly) ahead of the 0000 figures
⬇️ The words to describe a decrease:
✔(the expenditure) (gradually\ steeply) declined
✔(from x in 0000 to y in the year 000\ by x)
✔(the figures) plunged\ decreased\ plummeted\ ✔fell\ fell off (substantially)\ hit a low of x\ ✔dipped\ slashed by %
✔a decline
✔a drop (of x% in smth)
***you can also use the following adjectives:
✔sharp (a sharp rise)
✔marked
✔noticeable
✔notable
✔dramatic
✔steady (a steady growth)
✔gradual
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