Band 5+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart shows the monthly spending in dollars of a family in the USA on three items in 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart provides information about th4 monthly expenditures a family located in the USA on the items such as food, gas and clothing in 2010. The units are measured in dollars.

Overall, Average expenditure is steady during January and February. It reached its highest point in the month of March whereas April month saw a huge drop.

Amount of money spent on food is steady during the months of January, February and March with over $400 and below $600. But there is significant decline in the month of April with expenditures dropping to around $350.

Similar to food, gas also has a steady expenditure rate in the months January to March but unlike food we can see dramatic increase in April month with over $600.

There is an unpredictable trend in amount of money spent on clothing over the period of 4 months. In January it is at all time low with just over $200 but there is dramatic increase in February with expenditures almost touching $600. In the month March, it drops to almost $250 and again the increases exponentially with well o.