Band 7+: The graph shows the gold sales in Dubai for the year 2002. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph below. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The line graph displays how many purchases of gold people had in Dubai in 2002. The units are measured in millions.

Overall, the month of March had the highest sales of gold, while August and October had the least number of gold sold within the year.

It is evident that gold purchases were at 200 million dirhams at the start of the year. The growth was steady until it reached March, wherein gold had sales of 350 million dirhams. The following months up to August, the purchases had gone down to a little more than 100 million dirhams. But it had rose to 200 million during October. However, in November the amount of sales was lowered down at 100 million again. At the end of the year, it had a steady growth going to 200 million dirhams.

The sales of gold in Dubai showed a fluctuating pattern of growth throughout the year. People purchased gold the most in March and the least in August and November.