Band 6+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar and line chart below shows average monthly temperatures and bathing suit sales in New York for the first 6 months of 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words

The graph compares the average monthly temperatures in first half of 2012, and the number of bathing suits sold.

Overall, May and June were the witnessed the highest average temperature, but people mostly purchased their bathing suits till April. The revenue generated after April wasn’t very convincing.

January and February had an average temperature of around 30 Fahrenheit, which rose to just under 40 Fahrenheit the following month. As a result, the trend of purchasing bath suits increased among people. The revenue generated in January was $100,000 that stood up to 1.5 times after two months.

The temperature started to rise and stayed under 50 Fahrenheit in April. In May and June it jumped to nearly 60 Fahrenheit and 65 Fahrenheit, respectively. The money generated by selling suits in April was just under $300,000; however, this trend soon went unpopular among people the following two months that were the hottest of the given duration. The sales went down to just around $15,000 at the end of the June.