IELTS Writing Samples Band 5.5. Page 14

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5.5

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It is important for people to take risks, both in their professional lives and their personal lives. Do you think the advantages of taking risks outweigh the disadvantages?

It is believed that individuals are encouraged to take every opportunities in their lives, whether in the professional or personal field. I assume that there are more pros than the drawbacks of taking risks, because they bring some chances for improvements than sticking for the comfort zone, without any enhancements.

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There is a lot of pressure on young people today to succeed academically. As a result, some people believe that non-academic subjects, such as physical education and cookery, should be removed from the school syllabus so that children can concentrate on academic work. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In today's society, there is a huge stress on adolescents to succeed in their careers only in the academic field. That is why some people think that the removal of non-academic subjects from the curriculum is necessary as students can focus only on academic studies. Personally, I strongly disagree with this opinion.

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With the development of social media, more and more young people are being allowed unsupervised access to the internet in order to meet and chat with friends which can lead to potentially dangerous situations. What solutions can you suggest to deal with this problem?

Nowadays, the rapid evolution of the Internet has affected almost all people, especially children and teenagers, which has led for them to easier way of using social media. This phenomenon may cause unexpected and disadvantageous situations, as young people are not controlled during conversations on specialized websites with their friends. In this essay I will propose some solutions on how to prevent unsafe incidents.

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Some people believe that it is good to share as much information as possible in scientific research, business and the academic world. Others believe that some information is too important or too valuable to be shared freely. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, in an era of numerous breakthroughs in all areas of science, some individuals would like to have these achievements in free access. However, others disagree with this and estimate new information from the scientific world such a value, which should not be spread with no charge. This essay will discuss both opposite ideas and give my concluding view.

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It is more important for schoolchildren to learn about local history than world history. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

History is an essential subject in every school curriculum and there has been an controversial debate about the importance of teaching local history instead of world history to schoolchildren. From my perspective, I strongly agree that local history should be put much more emphasis on.

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The increase in mobile phone use in recent years has transformed the way we live, communicate and do business. Mobile phones can also be the cause of social or medical problems. What forms do these problems take? Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of mobile phones?

The growth of mobile phone utilization in the last decades has altered the manner of our lives, communication, and even business. Using mobile phones are widely considered the reason for significant number of social and health problems; however, I affirm that the beneficial role of the mobile phones cannot be ignored even if they have caused some downsides.

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It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?

It is teaching children to have moral sense that matters. And some people maybe consider it a requirement to punish kids to deal with this problem. This is probably a viable solution, but I do not agree that is the only option.

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In some countries, governments are encouraging businesses and industries to move to regional areas outside big cities. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

Today, big companies and manufacturing spheres are encouraged to change their locations out of the urban centres to countryside by governments of some countries. This essay will argue that the positives outweigh the negatives because the quality of environmental conditions will increase when producers replace their factories and offices in the cities.

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The proportion of older people is increasing, what problems will this cause and what solutions can be suggested?

Nowadays the percentage of elders are significantly increasing day by day. At this circumstances like this peolple have to develop more facilities such as health care, aged care and disabilility transport for them. In this essay, I will eleborate what are the complications and how those kind of things can be solved.

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in many countries governments are investing in new technology to deal with the public. why is this happening? do you think this is an appropriate use of government money?

In the digital era, more governments believe that technology is one of the best methods to cope with the social impact due to the evidence and this may be a suitable use of money for the government.

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In the past most people used to travel to their place of work. With increased use of computers, the internet and the smart phones, more and more people are starting to work from home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?

In today's world technology has developed over the years and after the covid 19 pandemic traditional work culture has changed. Last few years employees need to show up at work physically and nowadays employees have started work from home. In this essay, I would like to describe advantages and disadvantages of this trend.

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Many young people do not spend their holidays and weekends doing outdoor activities like hiking and climbing in natural environments. Why is this the case? How can they be encouraged to go out?

Nowadays, people are interested in technical devices and artificial things instead of traditional activities.Myriad of youngsters is not interested in celebrating holidays and outdoor activities in habitat. This essay will be explained the reason and will be given the possible solution to this.

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Some people feel that manufacturers and supermarkets have the responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of goods. Others argue that customers should avoid buying goods with a lot of packaging. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

Supporters believe that producers and sellers are responsible to decrease the high amount of packing of products, while some proponents say that buyer should shun purchasing good with much wrapping. This essay will discuss both of views providing with my own opinion which supports the former one.

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Some people say that music is a good way of brining people of different cultures and ages together. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

In the present day, it has been believed by several people that music brings various generations, traditions, and cultures closer together. I strongly disagree with this statement, due to the fact that there are enormous numbers of nations, and each of them has various tastes in music, as well as it can not connect them due to the generation gap; consequently, they will not have the same interest as well.

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In the modern world, the image (photograph or film) is becoming a more powerful way of communicating than the written word. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In recent years, there have been vast advances in all aspects of peopl's lives especially in the field of communication. Nowadays, an incresing number of people use images as tools to transfer their messages faster and more effectively. These changes have brought a special concern regarding the efficacy of this kind of communication. In this essay, I am going to write about this issue and give my personal idea.

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People who have original ideas are of much greater value to society than those who are simply able to copy the ideas of others well. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In recent years, there have been vast advances in the field of science and technology that have impacted many aspects of people's lives. Regardingly, many people believe that original ideas are much more valuable for the society than replicating ideas. In this essay, I am going to discuss these two opinions and give my personal point of view.

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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. In some countries, only few young people go to classical music concerts or or play classical music. Why? Should young people be encouraged to attend and learn more? You should write at least 250 words.

Nowadays, a few portion of young people play classical music or go to classical music events. We can analyse the reasons and the possibile solutions of this fact, by concentrating on the interests of young people in 2024.

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Nowadays, it seems that different generations within the family spend less time doing activities together. Why is that? Is this a positive or negative development?

It is profound to see that generations these days are less interested in performing activities with their family members. I think, that condition happens because there is an individual difference regarding personal preferences to spend their time, and therefore, should be seen as a negative development since can decrease closeness among each family member.

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Some people believe that eventually all the jobs will be done by artificial intelligence. What is your opinion?

There is a common opinion that because of AI, the traditional laborforce would be withdrawn. However, I entirely disagree with this statement. In my opinion, technology cannot be fully responsible for every single task. Moreover, there are some significant abilities that it will never possess.

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Some people think that living in a country is essential to learn that country’s language and culture. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There is a believe that the most effective way to learn the new language and a culture is to spend time in the country of its' orgin. Certainly, exploring other nation accent, spelling, as well as habits would enlarge chances for acheving this goal. In my opinion, there is no better way than acknowledging through the practice.

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