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.

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.
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This
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bar graph illustrates, by three different types of items, how much money people spent on domestic expenses between January and April of 2010.
Overall
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, costs of
gas
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and clothing experienced an upward trend,
while
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those of food experienced a downward trend throughout the whole time frame.   Focusing on house expenses of
gas
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and clothing,
although
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clothing was the smallest category at around $200,
gas
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was at over $300 at the beginning of the
month
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. Despite the fact that
gas
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showed a dip at around $250 in February, in the
last
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month
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it recorded the
second highest
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expenditure at under $600.
On the other hand
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, costs of clothing depicted a fluctuation, reaching a peak of under $600 in Feb, and the highest at under $700
at the end
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of the
month
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.   Turning to the domestic expenditure
of
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food, it
was
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increased by approximately $50 from Jan to Feb, reaching almost the same level as the costs of clothing.
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, it decreased gradually and was recorded at around $300, which was the lowest amount in the final
month
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.  
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, the average of amounts was steady at around over $300 over the first two months,
whereas
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it reached a peak of over $400 and decreased to under $300 on Apr.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words gas, month with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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