IELTS Writing Samples Band 5.5. Page 973

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5.5

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Being a celebrity – such as famous film star or sports personality – brings problems as well as benefits. Do you think that being a celebrity brings more benefits or more problems? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, being in the limelight in many fields such as sport or art, can have merits and drawbacks. Although it might have a sort of disadvantages, positive points more worth seeing.

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Some people believe that it is best to do the same type of work throughout your life. Others feel that it is beneficial to change jobs often. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

For most people, professional career is one of the longest and important tenures in an individual life not just for the survival but also for making his dreams come true. There is often a dichotomy in opinion whether; switching your profession oftenly is beneficial or keeping yourself in same field have beneficial outcomes. This essay strongly agrees that the multitalented skills aid a lot in the person’s professional career.

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Very few school children learn about the value of money and how to look after it, yet this is a critical life skill that should be taught as a part of school curriculum. Do you agree or disagree?

Whether money management should be a part of the academic curriculum is a great debate. Most of the schools are already overwhelmed with the subjects they have to teach and adding personal financial affairs to the syllabus would make things worse. Moreover, this is a skill that teachers cannot instil in a child through lectures and exams and this is why I personally believe that parents should take this responsibility.

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Some people think women should be allowed to join the army, the navy and the air force just like men. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, most people believe that women ought to have more choices on their positions such as being a solider. I somewhat disagree with this opinion, and I will explain why.

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Every country should have a free health service, even if this means that the latest medical treatments may not be available through the service because they are too expensive. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people would argue that all countries throughout the world should offer free healthcare to its citizens, even if the healthcare department cannot provide the latest medical procedures to its patients due to the costs involved. I would agree with the core principles of this statement, as I believe that all countries should provide free healthcare to all of its citizens, even if this means sacrificing the level of service it can provide.

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The rise of convenience foods has helped people keep up with the speed of the modern lifestyle. What are the advantages of this trend? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Nowadays attraction towards processed foods made people accustomed with the fast paced life. It helps to satisfy their hunger in minimum time without much hassle, compare to home cooked food. This essay will first discuss what are the positive sides of this trend and will throw some lights on how it surpass the drawback.

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It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician.

All individuals in the universe are born with a particular skill. However, this is one of our characteristics that anyone has had and distinguished a person from the others.

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The crime rate among teenagers has increased dramatically in many countries. Discuss some possible reasons for this increase and suggest solutions.

In the past few decades, the number of crimes committed by teenagers has been intensely increasing. This is not specifically a problem of any nation but the world. In this essay, we will have a quick look at how it has happened and what can be done to tackle the problems.

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Global warming is one of the biggest threats to our environment. What causes global warming? What solutions are there to this problem?

In the past ten years, a serious phenomenon related to the rising average temperature of Earth's climate system happened which affects negatively human’s lives. I will discuss the reasons and recommend some solutions to solve the problems below.

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It is observed today communication between family members in today’s times is less as compared to the past. However, some people do not think so. Do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, While it is noticed by several people that the social interaction between family members is very less to the past times, others assert that the communication has improved among them. I agree with the latter notion not only because of the advancements in technological sector, but also due to the upsurge in the number of joint families.

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in some countries owning a home rather than renting one is very important. why might this be the case? do you think this is a positive or negative situation?

There is an opinion asserting that for every single individual having own home instead of renting home is very significant. I completely agree with this statement, and in the following paragraphs, I will give my reasons.

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Some people think that the internet has brought people closer together while others think that people and communities are becoming more isolated. Discuss both sides

Because of the internet, communities are starting to feel alone and isolated. While many of us still claims that it is helping in bringing all of us together. To an extent, I agree to the former part of the statement. In this eassy, I would describe both sides of the argument.

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Today more and more tourists are visiting places where conditions are difficult, such as the Sahara desert or the Antarctic? What are the benefits and disadvantages for tourists who visit such places?

At present ,a growing number of visitors are visiting such locations where climatic conditions are very hard and extreme for human beings to sustain.However,touring such resorts is a challenging task rather than for entertaining and having picnics there.Meanwhile,an abundance of explorers around the globe is having thrilling and exciting nature to tour these areas, irrespective of above mentioned threats.This essay will examine the positive aspects and the drawbacks before drawing a conclusion.

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Some people think that the internet has brought people closer together while others think that people and communities are becoming more isolated. Discuss both sides

Because of the internet ,communities are starting to feel alone and isolated. While many of us still claims that it is helping in bringing all of us together. To an extent, I agree to former part of the statement.In this eassy ,I would describe both sides of the argument.

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so.

For those who are interested it is possible to surf the Internet and read articles discussing household tasks. There are several points of view on this matter. The first claims that youngsters must help to parents with daily routine at home. An alternative belief regards this as harmful and considers teenagers should not do something at house as the most important in that case. In this essay both points of view are going to be examined and a particular opinion will be provided.

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In some countries children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try hard enough. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving children this massage?

In some parts of cultures in different countries in the world, children are given the message that they can accomplish everything they want if they work hard. However, while acting harsh and pushing youngsters to overwork can give them a better self-confident, it is also can be a reason for many of them to suffer from stress.

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Some people believe that they should be able to keep all the money they earn, and should not have to pay tax to the state. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Citizens are encouraged to retain all their salary earnings, while they are promoted to pay a certain amount of tax to the nation government. This is a debatable topic. This essay is going to discuss both sides of view and listed out my opinion.

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person should never make an important decision alone.

The issue of essential decisions had in existence for many a couple of decades around the world. Almost any day of the week we can look at a newspaper and read articles discussing about inviduals can’t do pivotal decision alone. This essay allow me elaborate about this issue and also make a conclusion. I entirely agree that ordinary people should advice from somebody to make the right decision.

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Some people think that watching sport is waste of time during leisure time. To what extent do you agree or disagree

According to some people, spending free time by watching sport is just killing precious time. It is important to consider the pluses and minuses of watching sports. I partially disagree with this opinion as watching sport can be very beneficial.

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1. Every year several languages die out. Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion.

The language is the most important way to communicate with each other. Therefore, there are countless languages throughout the world. In the past, people were happy with their languages as well as dialects, but now as the world has become a global village, they need to talk to various internationals belong to a different language. Consequently, because of this globalization, many languages, like Sanskrit and Greek have died out, even few more are on the edge. Despite their demise, it is a good sign to have less languages, because of convenience of time, ease and money as well.

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