General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 01 Topic 02.doc We can use gradually, slowly, steadily, sharply, rapidly to say how much or how fast trends change. slowly gradually The number of cars on the road which use leaded petrol is steadily decreasing. sharply The number of car accidents has rapidly fallen. Examples The number of car accidents has decreased because more people are wearing seatbelts than before. The number of refugees in the world is rapidly rising. There has been an increase in the number of people aged over 25 going to university. Since 1990, there has been a fall in the number of people who smoke. This is because of a government advertising campaign. 16 QUESTLANGUAGE