Select the appropriate words for this sentence taken from the library visits model answer to describe the trends. For each answer, there are two correct words and two incorrect words

In contrast, the percentage of people visiting the library to borrow books 1.   2. .

1. increased / decreased / plummeted / dropped  
2. slightly / significantly / considerably / gradually

Select the appropriate words for this sentence taken from the library visits model answer to describe the trends. For each answer, there are two correct words and two incorrect words

The proportion who cited studying alone 1.   from 32 to 31% whereas the figure for meeting study groups 2.  from 18 to 19%.

1. / dropped / rose / increased / fell 
2. / dropped / rose / increased / fell

Choose the two correct answers from the list below. The two main structures to describe trends are:

Trend language describes: