English IELTS: Writing Task 1 – Charts & Trends Flashcards

36 IELTS words for describing charts, graphs and trends, with definitions, example sentences, Vietnamese meanings and audio.

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IELTS: Writing Task 1 – Charts & Trends word list – part 1 of 1

# Picture Word Part of speech Meaning Tiếng Việt
1 increase verb verb
To become larger tăng “Sales increased from 2010 to 2020.”
tăng
2 rise verb verb
To go up tăng lên “The number of tourists rose sharply.”
tăng lên
3 soar verb verb
To rise very quickly tăng vọt “Prices soared in 2022.”
tăng vọt
4 rocket verb verb
To rise extremely fast tăng vọt “House prices rocketed last year.”
tăng vọt
5 surge noun noun
A sudden large increase sự tăng đột biến “There was a surge in demand.”
sự tăng đột biến
6 decrease verb verb
To become smaller giảm “Unemployment decreased slightly.”
giảm
7 decline verb verb
To become less suy giảm “The birth rate declined steadily.”
suy giảm
8 drop verb verb
To fall giảm, rơi xuống “Temperatures dropped to 5°C.”
giảm, rơi xuống
9 plummet verb verb
To fall very quickly giảm mạnh, lao dốc “Profits plummeted in 2009.”
giảm mạnh, lao dốc
10 fluctuate verb verb
To go up and down often dao động “Oil prices fluctuated throughout the year.”
dao động
11 remain stable phrase phrase
To stay at the same level giữ ổn định “Sales remained stable at 500 units.”
giữ ổn định
12 level off phrase phrase
To stop rising or falling chững lại “The figure levelled off at 40%.”
chững lại
13 peak verb verb
To reach the highest point đạt đỉnh “Visitor numbers peaked in July.”
đạt đỉnh
14 hit a low phrase phrase
To reach the lowest point chạm đáy “Sales hit a low in February.”
chạm đáy
15 bounce back phrase phrase
To return to a higher level after falling phục hồi trở lại “The market bounced back in 2021.”
phục hồi trở lại
16 sharply adverb adverb
Quickly and by a large amount mạnh, đột ngột “Costs rose sharply.”
mạnh, đột ngột
17 significantly adverb adverb
By a large amount đáng kể “The number increased significantly.”
đáng kể
18 dramatically adverb adverb
Suddenly and by a very large amount đột ngột, mạnh mẽ “Prices fell dramatically.”
đột ngột, mạnh mẽ
19 gradually adverb adverb
Slowly over a period of time dần dần “The population grew gradually.”
dần dần
20 steadily adverb adverb
At a regular, even rate đều đặn “Sales grew steadily.”
đều đặn
21 slightly adverb adverb
A little nhẹ, một chút “The figure fell slightly.”
nhẹ, một chút
22 marginally adverb adverb
By a very small amount không đáng kể “Profits rose marginally.”
không đáng kể
23 proportion noun noun
A part compared to the whole tỷ lệ, phần “A large proportion of students live at home.”
tỷ lệ, phần
24 percentage noun noun
An amount expressed as a part of 100 tỷ lệ phần trăm “The percentage of smokers fell.”
tỷ lệ phần trăm
25 respectively adverb adverb
In the same order as just mentioned lần lượt “Sales were 20% and 30% respectively.”
lần lượt
26 compared with phrase phrase
Used to show differences so với “Compared with 2000, prices doubled.”
so với
27 double verb verb
To become twice as large tăng gấp đôi “The number of users doubled.”
tăng gấp đôi
28 halve verb verb
To reduce by half giảm một nửa “The cost was halved.”
giảm một nửa
29 the majority of phrase phrase
Most of phần lớn “The majority of people drive to work.”
phần lớn
30 a minority of phrase phrase
A small part of a group một số ít “Only a minority of users pay.”
một số ít
31 overall trend noun noun
The general direction of change xu hướng chung “The overall trend was upward.”
xu hướng chung
32 illustrate verb verb
To show or explain with pictures or examples minh họa “The graph illustrates energy use.”
minh họa
33 pie chart noun noun
A circle divided into parts to show percentages biểu đồ tròn “The pie chart shows household spending.”
biểu đồ tròn
34 bar chart noun noun
A graph using bars to show amounts biểu đồ cột “The bar chart compares five countries.”
biểu đồ cột
35 line graph noun noun
A graph using lines to show changes over time biểu đồ đường “The line graph shows changes from 1990 to 2020.”
biểu đồ đường
36 approximately adverb adverb
Close to an exact number xấp xỉ, khoảng “Approximately 30% of people agreed.”
xấp xỉ, khoảng

Source: Word frequency: google-10000-english (Google Web Trillion Word Corpus). Definitions: Princeton WordNet 3.0 (WordNet License). Exam word lists: TSL, BSL, NAWL – Browne & Culligan, newgeneralservicelist.com (CC BY-SA 4.0) (opens in a new tab)