Verbs and nouns for describing trendsVersión en línea verbs and nouns for describing trends in IELTS writing task 1 por Minh Nguyen 1 Upward trend 2 Downward trend 3 Stability 4 Fluctuation increased (an increase) rose (a rise) grew (a growth) developed (a development) escalated (an escalation) shot up rocketed went down ( a downward trend) decreased (a decrease) fell (a fall) declined (a decline) dropped (a drop) plunged (a plunge) tumbled (a tumble) crashed ( a crash) plummeted remained almost the same (a period of almost no change) Remained stable (stability) Stabilized (stability) Levelled off/ levelled out (the levelling off/out) Reached a plateau (only used when the trend is up and then levels off) was erratic was volatile fluctuated (fluctuations, unstability)