IELTS Writing Samples Band 4. Page 415

IELTS Writing Samples Band 4

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Some people think that the best way to improve road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving a car or motorbike. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In some countries, the minimum legal age for driving is different. In some countries you can start driving from 16, in another only from 20 and they have explained this rule. But sometimes people think that to improve road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving. From 1 side I agree, but from another – disagree.

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Nowadays, more and more university students choose to study abroad. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Many teenagers prefer to receive an education in another country to enhance their knowledge. Some people think that studying abroad can provide beneficial skills and radical experience. However, others argue that new atmosphere can advance some demerits. In my opinion, international relations will develop communication skills, as well as, will create new opportunities.

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Boxing is a blood sport which often results in physical injury. It is inappropriate for this sport to exist in the modern age. Do you agree or disagree?

Boxing is a sport that draws many visitors and a steady stream of new athlets. But that might be suprising, since it is a violent sport that often results in serious injuries of the participants. As a developed society, who at large condemns fighting, the continued interest can be seen as undermining our values and beliefs. While using fists to communicate is definitely inappropriate people claim, that this is not what happens in a boxing match. Everybody who steps into the ring consents to the physical altercation and is aware of the risks associated with it. Furthermore, there are precautions taken and a jury in session to make sure nobody gets seriously hurt. Those points cause many fans of the sport to claim, that it is not so differnt to most other sports since there is always a possibility to get hurt. Additionally, one might argue that what two consenting adults do in there past time or as their job is just nobody elses business. On the other hand, people who don't think boxi...

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Do you think online shopping causes conflicts between customers and companies?

The diagram illustrates the number of visitors to three different London museums between June and September 2013.

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Overpopulation in urban areas has led to numerous problem. Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

Many countries of the world are experiencing many problems and one of them is rapidly growing populace in cities. I believe with the help of government and people we can overcome these issues. I will support this view with arguments in the following paragraphs.

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Some think that it is more important for children to engage in outdoor activities instead of playing video games. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

These days, almost every types of sports are popular. Some teenagers mostly spend leisure time with playing in outdoor activities or video games. In this essay, it will be considered about it benefits and drawbacks with examples.

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Nowadays, celebrities earn more money than politicians. What are the reasons of this? Is it a positive or negative development?

These days celebrities are much wealthier than politicians. Basically this could be due to the huge demand celebrities are currently having now from different fields and it is obviously considered to be a good trend for society.

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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternatives medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think it is a negative or positive development?

Some studies found that there is a trend of people with sickness preferring alternative methods instead of regular ways. While I believe that people have the right to choose any treatment for their personal health, I agree that it has some adverse effects because they don’t have enough knowledge compared to specialists.

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Traffic congestion its causes and preventive measures

In the present world, vehicle congetion in city area is increasing at an alarming rate. There are many reasons contributing to trffic jam and I will be explaining some of those reasons along with probable solutions in the subsequent paragraphs.

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Alcohol abuse is becoming more and more common in many countries. What are some of the problems associated with alcohol abuse, and what are some of the possible solutions?

Nowadays, more people prefer to drink alcohol; hence, addicting the alcohol is becoming a serious issue in lots of nations. The violent offence is the major repercussion links with the alcoholic consumption, and the authority proposes some positive recreation activities which can be one of the valid solutions to this problem.

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Nowadays tourists and scientists can travel to remote natural environments such as the SOUTH pole. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Advances in travel technology have made it possible for people, including scientists and tourists, to travel to areas that were previously impossible to reach. While there are some clear disadvantages associated with this issue, on the whole the advantages are greater.

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Some people feel that cities should be planned to be lovely whereas others feel their usefulness is more vital. This essay outline main benefits and drawbacks of this controversial question.

On the one hand, everyone wants to be surrounded by spectacular view and one way or another it bring them pleasure. Furthermore,a lot of people reckon that the beautifulness of towns has a direct effect on their spirit. For instance, a well-known psychologist from USA, John Reyon, assures that colourfulness and creatively built cities improves the mental state of people. This statement is proven by Reyon’s researchers that demonstrated that people who was living in bleak towns was more depressed than people who used to live in cities that filled with beauty. Moreover, one more benefit from it, that lots of people beautifying their cities by planting flowers and trees,subsequently reducing air pollution.

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Today’s schools should teach their students how to survive financially in the world today. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statemen

In some viewpoints, the Olympics serve as a platform for bringing different nations together, while in others, the Olympics are nothing more than a waste of money that could be put toward solving more pressing problems. The Olympic Games, from my perspective, are not a waste of money and contribute significantly to the unity of nations around the world, despite a large amount of money being spent on them. Several communities consider the affairs a waste of funds. A noticeable reason is that contributing to Olympic Games might be a financial burden for some underdeveloped countries. As a participating country, a massive amount of money is required to spend on the food, transportation and accommodation of the sportspersons taking part in the competition. The worst scenario is when an underdeveloped country hosts the event when citizens are in a poor living condition, Hosting Olympics might cost a great deal of the nation's annual income and leave the citizens in poore...

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Some people believe that violence on television and in computer games has a damaging effect on the society. Others deny that these factors have any significant influence on people's behaviour. What is your opinion?

In the current society, the influence of television shows and computers games is one of the most debatable subiects. While a number of people believe that televion and video games which show violent factors in society, I would argue that media violence has an significant impact on human's behavior. There are various compelling reasons why TV and digital games adversly affects people's behaviour.

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There are different ways of learning about the world : through the mass media,books,traveling,visiting museums , meeting other people, etc.Which way do you prefer to learn about the world?

Learning is one thing that we will do all our life. Once Benjamin Franklin said : “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest “ and he was definitely right. Every day and every minute we learn something , something new to us.However, we have a lot of different ways to learn about the world such as going to the museum every week or watching cultures videos on YouTube , etc.

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Crimes and other kinds of information on TV and newspapers have bad consequences. This kind of information should be restricted to be shown in media. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement.

Frankly speaking, I am completely sure, that this kind of information should be restricted to be shown in media. I would say more -crimes should be completely removed from the media. You can ask me why?? First of all, It is dangerous for children.As far as I know, children learn what they see. So, if children grow watching criminal films, crimes, guns,killings and some other crimes like these, they will be a potential criminal person, they can grow up as a killers,or a narco dillers.The child grows up with criminal surroundings. Crimes and other kinds of information has it's own bad influence on the brain.The brain starts to work in the other way.The child "develops his knowledge" about crimes.He gets to know what the gun means, he gets to know what the killing means,he gets to know how to use narcotics. Also the child thinks about how to stole, how to kill, how to buy a narcotic. So in this way the earth "purchases" another criminal person. However, the criminal content can h...

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Some people say that we do not need printed newspaper any more. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Nowadays there is a very common opinion that in modern life we do not have to print news using paper. I absolutely agree with that, firstly because a significant mainstream is saving our planet, including trees which are used for paper production.

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What discovery in the last 100 years has been most beneficial for people in your country? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.

In the last 100 years , there are many inventions occur which improve the life of human beings throughout the world ,,However one discovery which really supports my country's people is easy and ready access to internet facilities. This facility connects everyone throughout the world and makes the world a global village.

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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in different places in childhood

Some families need to move to different places due to their job requirements. While some child psychologists have claimed that children learn more by living in different locations due to interactions with diverse people in their early life, others claimed that it has an overwhelming impact on children. In this essay, I shall discuss the merits and demerits of both notions.

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Using social media as Facebook, Twitter is replacing face to face communication in this century. Do you think advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

There is no doubt that in 21st century, face to face conversations as a way to communicate is transforming into communicating over social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter with some cons such as less socialization and complex emotions and pros as affordability and being not affected by distance which I agree with the cons.

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