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IELTS Writing Samples Band 5.5

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Happiness if often considered difficult to define. Why is this? What factors determine happiness?

There are several feelings that might occur in our lives and one of them is being happy. Unfortunately, most individuals are still confused about the term “happy” itself. I personally think that happiness is a feeling when everything in our life runs well, slightly more than we expect.

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Individuals can do nothing to improve the environment; only governments and large companies can make a difference. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, there are many different opinions on the best way to develop the environment. Solving-problem the environment needs to the policies from the authority and guidelines of companies. I completely disagree with this viewpoint for many reasons, which I will expand upon in the following paragraphs.

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Some people prefer to provide help and support directly to those in need. Others however prefer to give money to national and international charitable organisations. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

It’s know that there are two major ways to participate in charity activities. For some people it’s more preferable to know exactly whom they help and others prefer to support centralised local and iternational charity programs. From my point of view direct support may be provided in all kind of ways so it’s preferable for me while help via charitable centers could be done in general via money and clothes donations. Let’s review both ways in more details.

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One problem faced by almost every large city is traffic congestion. · What do you think the causes are? · What solutions can you suggest?

The number of vehicles is increasing recently and one of the crucial problems in metropolitan towns is a huge traffic jams.There are many reasons which cause that the numbers of cars and construction works on the streets are some of them.In this essay,I will talk about these problems and introduce some solutions.

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With the increased global demand in oil and gas, undiscovered areas of the world should be opened up to access more resources. To what extent do you agree?

Over the last two or three decades, petroleum products have been facing demands to around the world due to over usage of this. Therefore, many parts of the world should be mined for curude oil; I strongly disagree with this statement because our earth already faces many enviromental problems. This essay discusses it briefly for the following reasons.

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The most effective way to solve traffic problems in the cities is to encourage people from suburbs or the countryside to live in the cities. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

Over the last two or three decades, human population have been increasing tremendously than ever before similarly the usage of transportation rate also increased. As a result, traffic problem is unsolved. However, some think thatthe most possible way to cure freight congestion is people who are living in suburbs and countryside will move to metropolis. I strongly disagree with this opinion for the following reasons.

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Some people believe positive thinking has benefits, while others consider it has drawbacks. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

It is an often argued issue whether optimistic is good or bad by many debates and TV shows. However, while some think that positive thinking gives more advanatges, others say that this trend has some disadvandages too. This essay discusses both viewpoints, I strongly agree with the former opinion for the following reasons.

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In the past lectures were the traditional method of teaching large numbers of students. Nowadays new technology is increasingly being used to teach students. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this new approach in teaching?

It is an irrefutable fact that technology has made its mark on human civilization, giving us access to the most efficient and effective tools of the century. These methods can easily make your life easier. Albeit, modern machinery can do a lot for the community, it also brings many disadvantages. One major invention is being able to teach a class with a large number of students. Some of these innovations include devices such as laptops which are provided by the schools to help students with their studies. Also, instead of one on one teaching, students can watch a variety of educational videos during class time in order to help them learn a specific subject.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying online course?

The supplied line graph highlights with regard to the percentage of four various items which were incurred recycling processes throughout the period from the years of 1980 to 2010 in a determined habitat.

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Learning English at school is often seen as more important than learning local languages. If these are not taught, many are at risk of dying out. In your opinion, is it important for everyone to learn English? Should we try to ensure the survival of local languages and, if so, how?

English language has becoming universal language throughout the last decades. Furthermore, the vast majority of adolescents embark to learn English at school. It can be spotted that such tendency is prevail across the large number of countries. Also noteworthy is the attention to mother tongue has been declining due to a lot of students remain to concentrate on English. Some people deem that English language is essential for juveniles while others argue with this statement and try to contribute a protection of local languages. I advocate strongly with both opinions and am going to describe the core reasons of this issue, to provide feasible ramifications of its and to give answers on listed above questions.

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Some organisations believe that their employees should dress smartly. Others value quality of work above appearance. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

It is often argued that people should dress business-like at work, while others believe that the way employees dress does not have any influence on the job they have to do. In my opinion, I believe that although the quality of the work must always come first , appearance is important as appearance gives the first impression of your professional competence.

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Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and that other measures are required. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

Some individuals believe that increasing the number of sports facilities is the most effective approach for public health development, while others are of the opinion that this is not enough to cope with the problem and it is necessary to use other methods in order to achieve the goal. This essay agree with the latter point and will show that although having several public stadiums can motivate people to participate in athletic activities, education plays the key roles for improving public health in the long run.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of online learning?

Online learning has influenced education in the last two years and has shown the problematic aspect of distance learning. This kind of learning was not common for primary education for a very long time and may not have the same outcome as full-time studies. This change has shown positive and negative aspects. But if learners, mentors, and teachers work well together, the learners create and integrate those core concepts into their unique knowledge structures (Boettcher & Corand 2021). However, there are only negative impacts of online learning. Some of them affect on youngest generations. Despite this fact, children from primary schools have learnt independence, self-reliance, and improved their IT skills substantially. This essay will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. It will focus on methods, description, tools and limits.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of online learning?

Online learning has influenced education in the last two years and has shown the problematic aspect of distance learning. This kind of learning was not common for primary education for a a very long time and may not have the same outcome as full-time studies. This change has shown positive and negative aspects. But if learners, mentors, and teachers work well together, the learners create and integrate those core concepts into their unique knowledge structures (Boettcher & Corand 2021). However, there are only negative impacts of online learning. Some of them affect on youngest generations. Despite this fact, children from primary schools have learnt independence, self-reliance, and improved their IT skills substantially. This essay will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. It will focus on methods, description, tools and limits.

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In the past lectures were the traditional method of teaching large numbers of students. Nowadays new technology is increasingly being used to teach students. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this new approach in teaching?

In this present era, technology is vastly being utilised to educate students. The old method of educating a plethora of learners have been changed with the approach of technology. So in this eassay I'm going to discuss about pros and cons of this new application by analysing on-line education ,poverty and access problem.

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Different types of environmental pollution seem to be affecting an increasing number of people in the world. What do you think are the causes of this problem and what solutions would you suggest?

Global population has been incredibly increase compared to the past decades. Due to the human activities various kind of environmental pollution is taken place of huge impact to the world. In this essay, I will discuss reasons and solutions to have eco friendly environment.

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Many people believe that women make better parents than men and that is why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that men are just as good as women at parenting. Write an essay expressing your point of view. Give reasons for your answers and provide relevant example and experience you might have.

Certain audiences think that a mother has a greater role in an infant's growth than a father. Although, some individuals believe that both parents have an equal ability at parenting. However, in my point of view , mothers have a special connection with the kid and can take care of a child better than men. In this essay, I will support my point of view with appropriate reasons followed by relevant examples.

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Providing a national system in country where the unemployed receive a regular payment only encourage people not to seek work and puts an unreasonable strain on country’s financial resources. Discuss this statement and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

It is true that money has an inevitable role in the life of human beings. Some counties financially support their unemployed citizens by providing them with regular payments which in turn an extra burden for the government itself. I will discuss this view in this essay before arriving at an opinion of mine.

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Some people think that it is fine for professional sport men and sportswomen to mis behave on or off the field, as long as they are playing well. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

It is true that sports have a significant role in the life of human beings even though people are living in a digital world. A sizeable proportion of the society are of the opinion that athletes can behave badly in the field and outside as long as they are performing well in sports. I completely disagree with the opinion and believe that way players behave on and off field is also important.

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Computer games are very popular for all ages and nationalities . Parents think that it has little education value it will be harmful for children . To what extent do you agree or disagree.

It has been insisted that in this contemporary epoch, people from different nations and age groups are well-known partaining to modern recreational activities such as computer games, however, some people holds the different opinion that computer games are detrimental for children.

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