雅思小作文-用词总结.ppt

1、Statistical Language,Work together in groups. Try to think of as many verbs as you can that would fit into the following categories . . .,Go upGo down,increase rise climb grow escalate surge soar rocket explode,fall decrease drop decline dwindle diminish plunge plummet reduce,Which verbs are irregul

2、ar?,Irregular Verbs,rise, rose, risen grow, grew, grown,fall, fell, fallen drop takes double p when forming the past simple and past participle like stopped,Many increase and decrease verbs can also be used as nouns. Which adjectives do you know to describe the level of increase and decrease?,an inc

3、rease a rise growth (usually uncountable) a surge an explosion,a fall a drop a decrease a decline,Adjective + Noun Collocations,sharp/steep steady gradual/marginal/slight,increase rise fall decrease decline drop,Other useful adjectives include:,rapid dramatic considerable significant noticeable upwa

4、rd/downward (+ trend),Statistical Language: Expressing Increase and Decrease as Nouns,Going back to verbs, you can also use the structure:subject + verb + adverb1. Can you remember the most common verbs for expressing increase and decrease?2. How would you form adverbs from the adjectives sharp, ste

5、ep, steady, gradual, slight? Are there any spelling changes?,Statistical Language: Expressing Increase and Decrease as Verbs,increased rose climbed fell decreased dropped declined,sharply/steeply steadily gradually/ slightly/ marginally,Sentence Transformation(change the original sentence using the

6、word in bold),There was a sharp rise in unemployment rates. (sharply) Unemployment rates rose sharply. Car sales increased steadily after the government introduced the scrappage scheme. (steady) There was a steady increase in car sales after the government introduced the scrappage scheme. There was

7、a slight fall in the level of crime last year. (fell) The level of crime fell slightly last year. House prices reached their highest level in 2003. (peak) House prices reached a peak/peaked in 2003.,There was a sharp fall in the value of music companies due to illegal downloads and file-sharing. (pl

8、unged) The value of music companies plunged due to illegal downloads and file-sharing. There has been a dramatic increase in mobile phone sales in recent years. (soared) Mobile phone sales have soared in recent years. There has been a steady decline in the number of wild tigers over the past twenty

9、years. (declined) The number of wild tigers has declined steadily over the past twenty years.,The standard of living improved only slightly in developing countries. (slight) There was a slight improvement in the standard of living in developing countries. Clothes sales went up and down over the period. (fluctuated) Clothes sales fluctuated over the period. Sales of theatre tickets stayed more or less the same. (remained) Sales of theatre tickets remained steady.,Share prices rose sharply last month. After that, there was a steady fall. (followed) Share prices rose sharply la