BEC Vantage preparation

Prepositions

• between **** and ****
• from **** to ****

Movement: Down

• fell
• declined
• dropped
• decreased
• sank
• went down
• halved

Movement: Up

• rose
• went up
• increased
• grew
• gained
• doubled
• tripled

Strong Words (Use Carefully!)

• fell
• shot up
• rocketed
• surged
• plummeted
• plunged

Adjectives

• slightly
• a little
• a lot
• sharply
• suddenly
• steeply
• gradually
• gently
• steadily

No Movement

• remained steady
• were unchanged
• did not change
• remained constant
• remained stable
• stabilized
• fluctuated
• levelled off

Tops and Bottoms

• reached a peak
• peaked
• reached their highest level
• fell to a low
• sank to a trough
• reached a bottom