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IELTS Writing Samples Band 4

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Many people nowadays spend a large part of their free time using a smart phone. What do you think are the reasons for this? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

It will not astonish me if someone compares a smartphone to an organ of our body. When was the last time you spend a day without a phone? I am sure one will have to rattle their brains to answer this question. There are various research reports that suggest in recent times humans spend a significant portion of their leisure time with this device. But the real question to answer is whether the same is proving out to be beneficial for their development? Let me enlist the key positives first. The utmost important change which it has bought in our life is easy of connectivity. It not only allows us to be updated with the latest news across the world, but also enables us to be in touch with our loved ones. Further, it has also helped in reducing workload and unnecessary travel time. One can now complete all their banking and portfolio management related activities right from the comfort of their homes with the mere use of their fingers. However, every coin has two sides....

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Many people nowadays spend a large part of their free time using a smart phone. What do you think are the reasons for this? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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As well as making money,businesses have social responsibilities,Do you agree or dis agree?

Stress is a big problem in today’s workplace. While some stress is a normal part of the workplace, excessive stress can interfere with the employees’ productivity and reduce their physical and emotional health. This essay shall analyse some causes of stress at the workplace, and also suggest some steps that employers can take to reduce it. There are a plethora of causes of stress in the workplace. To begin with, excessively high workloads, with unrealistic deadlines, makes people feel pressurized. Similarly, insufficient workloads, makes people feel that their skills are being underused and this too may cause stress. Then there may be a lack of interpersonal support or poor working relationships leading to a sense of isolation. Moreover, there may be times when people are asked to do a job for which they have insufficient experience or training. Furthermore, stress can be caused by a lack of job security, lack of career opportunities, or level of pay. It may also be caus...

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1)Some people get into debt by buying things they don’t need and can’t afford. What are the reasons for this behaviour? What action can be taken to prevent people from having this problem?

Stress is a big problem in today’s workplace. While some stress is a normal part of the workplace, excessive stress can interfere with the employees’ productivity and reduce their physical and emotional health. This essay shall analyse some causes of stress at the workplace, and also suggest some steps that employers can take to reduce it. There are a plethora of causes of stress in the workplace. To begin with, excessively high workloads, with unrealistic deadlines, makes people feel pressurized. Similarly, insufficient workloads, make people feel that their skills are being underused and this too may cause stress. Then there may be a lack of interpersonal support or poor working relationships leading to a sense of isolation. Moreover, there may be times when people are asked to do a job for which they have insufficient experience or training. Furthermore, stress can be caused by a lack of job security, lack of career opportunities, or level of pay. It may also be cause...

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In some countries, the widespread use of the internet has given people more freedom to work or study at home instead of traveling to work or college. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

It is argued that in several countries, the development of internet has allowed people to peform their job or attend school from home rather than going to office or school. This essay agrees that there are more merits than demerits and presents that this saves time and increase performance despite having some distractions of working or studying from home.

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Buying things on the Internet, such as books, air tickets and groceries, is becoming more and more popular. Do the advantages of shopping in this way outweigh the disadvantages?

Online shopping has become increasingly popular over the years and purchasing books,air tickets and groceries are becoming a trend. In my ,opinion disadvantages surpass advantages.I will discuss more in detail in the subsequent paragraphs.

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A Government has a responsibility to its citizens to ensure their safety. Therefore, some people think that the government should increase spending on defense but spend less on social benefits. To what extend do you agree?

These days the importance of welfare state is growing a lot, much more than the importance of defense, that's why i tend to believe that countries should enhance their social systems. There are two opposite points of view about this issue. The ones that are in favour of my statement base their thoughts on the concept in which the social state is the most important milestone of the humanity. There can be no doubt that public spendind has increased our well being, bolstering our social securi...

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With easier access to the internet, many students are turning to online sources to study instead of libraries. State some of the problems caused by this and methods to address them

These days modern breakthroughs and internet give students a lot of opportunities to learn with compfort, by this way decrease the popularity of old-fashioned type of reading centers libraries. This essay will include the most possible reasons and convinet solutions and adviced to overcome this problem.

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In recent years, many small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centers or malls to do their shopping. Is this a positive or negative development?

Nowadays, many small shops are no more in existence due to people's preference for large stores and malls. I believe this is a positive development because malls usually have varieties of items and sells only registered products.

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More children in developed countries are becoming overweight. This is a serious problem for wealthy countries. Discuss some causes and effects of this problem. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays many young kids are facing obesity and it is increasing alarmingly in all the grown countries. It is a major concern across the globe. This essay elaborates main causes of overweighting of kids and also few major effects with obese. First and foremost, why many children are suffering from fatness? One of the main causes of obesity is junk food and no physical activity. In this context, countless young kids are not eating proper hygienic food as in developed countries both the parents are working and busy with their office commitments, they could not spend time to cook healthy food for their kids. Children are not allocating spare time to exercising moreover they are investing maximum duration on television, laptops and video games etc. For Instance, more young people are attracted to fast foods like pizza, burgers as well as soft drinks that leads to more obesity. Secondly, if juvenile is suffering from overweight then it has severe effects as well. Mainly, many ...

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In the past, when students did a university degree, they tended to study their own country. Nowadays, they have more opportunity to study abroad. Do advantage of this development outweigh this disadvantages.

At one time, undergraduate prefer to study in their home country for higher education but in recent times this trend has changed and many scholars are moving overseas to finish territory studies. In my opinion, it has more benefits than drawbacks.

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Some people think that only staff who have worked in a company for a long time should be promoted to a higher position. What is your opinion?

Its is often believed that the staff member who have worked a while in a corporation, should get a promotion to a high spot in the corporation. In my opinion, workers that worked for a long period oftime shouldn't be the only one open to getting promoted. They should get rewarded to a bigger place in the company solely by judging their skills and hard work.

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In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is in the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there. What is your opinion about this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Construction around the countryside has always been a debatable topic.While a number of people opine that constructing new housing society spoils the natural beauty of such places and it should be stopped.However many individuals see it as an alternative to build new apartments in the countryside due to lack of space available in cities.This essay will argue both sides and supports the latter view.

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In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is in the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there. What is your opinion about this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Construction around the countryside has always been a debatable topic. While, a number of people opines that contructing new housing societies spoils the natural beauty of such places and it should be stopped. However, many individuals see it as an alternative to build new apratments in the country side due to lack of space available in cities. This essay will argue both sides and supports the latter view.

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Nowadays, it is more convenient and easier for people to travel to other countries. Is this a positive or negative development?

There has been a remarkable development in transportation in recent years. Especially, people can be easily traveled abroad more than in the past. I think this is a positive situation that promotes some developments in other subjects such as economy and socialization.

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Some people think it is a good thing for senior managers to have much higher salaries than the other workers in a company. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people consider that the senior managers are the lifeline of companies and they should be paid more whilst others have a contrasting viewpoint. I strongly agree with this statement because they manage the work and guide others to work.

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Millions of people every year move to English-speaking countries such as Australia, Britain or America, in order to study at school, college or university. Why do so many people want to study in English Why is English such an important international language? (2GT-2; 08/02/21) (3)

It is Certainly true that millions of people are migrating to English speaking countries such as Britain, Australia, Newzealand and so on for educational purposes. This is because there are wide range of educational resources are available in English.Thus people are showing interest to learn in English.

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Some people believe that face to face communication is always more powerful than written communication. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Some would argue that live communication is more significant than letters and messages.This essay completely agrees with this statement because people may easily express an exact emotion by the tone of their voices and may also impress other people and influence their opinion by their body languages and gestures.

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Some employers offer their employees subsidized membership of gyms and sports clubs, believing that this will make their staff healthier and thus more effective at work. Other employers see no benefit in doing so. Consider the arguments from both aspects of this possible debate, and reach a conclusion.

Sport is an important element nowadays to keep a balanced lifestyle , thus some companies pay for their workers gym memberships to boost their work results, but other employers believe that this is not necesary . In my opinion the free entry to the gym provided by the employers is beneficial for the well-being of the employees and this is also a method of appreciation towards their hardwork .

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Some people believe that it would be beneficial if employees worked three or four days per week rather than five or six days. Why is this? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

A 4 days work at week, it is a really new concept of work at the present time. Already some companies agree with this type of working and accepted this new system of working. This companies have experience with 4 day of working and their success have increase at this period of time

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