Fall down over

Posted by Pak Guru on April 6th, 2018 | 0 comments | GTC, IELTS, jatuh, phrasal verbs, speaking, Task 1, terpeleset, tersandung, vocabulary, writing

When demand is low, prices usually fall down.

This is a common error when describing trends in graphs in IELTS task 1 writing. It makes sense, intuitively – if something ‘falls’ then it falls down and not up! However, ‘fall’ and ‘fall down’ can have quite different meanings depending on the context.

Take a look at these examples.

Fall

• Real incomes actually fell in many places.
• The deer fell immediately and never moved again.
• The squad fired and both men fell.
• Just about anything or anyone can fall, either accidentally or predictably. This is a good word to use when describing trends in IELTS Task 1 Writing! In fact, this is what we need with our opening example:
• When demand is low, prices usually fall.

Fall down

• He fell down from his horse and died immediately.
• It’s better to wear a belt so that your trousers don’t fall down.
• Both of these examples highlight ‘accidents’ in which someone or something falls down from a higher position to a lower position.

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Fall over

• Houses rocked and cracked; furniture fell over.
• I actually fell over the bed when entering the room.
• These are also ‘accidents’, but this time a person or thing falls over from its normal standing position into an abnormal position on the floor or on the ground.

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