Focus: describing trends, peaks, and declines with accurate time references.
Overview language: increased steadily, rose sharply, fell gradually, remained stable, reached a peak, hit a low.
Sample: Overall, sales rose significantly from 2010 to 2018, despite a brief decline in 2014.
1. Introduction (paraphrase)
2. Overview (main trends)
3. Body 1 (first period)
4. Body 2 (later period / comparison)
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a) Sales ____ from 120 to 180.
b) Numbers ____ stable between 2012 and 2014.
c) The figure ____ sharply after 2016.
a) Use for a period:
b) Use for a point:
c) Complete: ____ 2010 ____ 2020
a) The figure rose, ____ it later declined.
b) Company A climbed steadily, ____ Company B fluctuated.
c) The trend was positive; ____, there was one short fall.