IELTS Writing Samples Band 5. Page 1556

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5

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Nowadays people have free access to music and films online . Is this a positive or a negative development?

Presently, people can freely listen to music and watch movies through the internet. In my opinion, I believe this trend is totally negative.

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Some people prefer to live in a house, while others feel that there are more advantages to living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages of living in a house?

Recently, it is important for people to determine which type of accommodation that suits them. While some people believe that living in a house is better, I would agree with those who argue that living in a flat is more advantageous.

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Some people believe that teaching children at home is best for a child’s development while others thinks it is important for children to go to school. Discuss the advantages of both methods and give own opinion.

People have different views about whether children be taught at home or go to school. While teaching children at home seems more comfortable, I opine that school teaching is more important for children.

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Young people do not spend their holidays and weekends doing outdoor activities like hiking and climbing in the natural environment. Why? And how to encourage them to go out?

Nowadays, a climbing number of young adults prefer to engage in other entertaining and relaxing activities, such as watching TV series, playing electronic games and board-role playing games . I think that is a negative development, so it is necessary to raise people’s health awareness. There are several reasons behind this phenomenon.

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Some people believe that university education should focus on the skills of employment for the future. Others think they should focus on academic study only. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, the growing number of people have provoked the vigorous arguments on education meaning. Whether should we concentrate on the practical skills so that we can be guaranteed to have a high quality of life or should we just need to master the theory of subject and professional knowledge. To an extent, I think this topic is not a black and white problem and it is not noticeable wrong only if we choose either of them.

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Some people think that children of busy parents should be sent to daycare centres, while others believe that they should be cared for by their grandparents. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Modern technology has quickened the tempo of life , people become busier than before, so more and more people do not have enough time to take care of their children. Someone sends their children to daycare centers, while others leave their children with their parents. Personally, from the perspective of children, daycare centers are a better choice.

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As countries develop, their populations tend to live individually or in small family units. What are the causes of this trend and what are the effects on society ?

With the development of countries, the trend of nuclear families are increasing. Majority of population wishes to live as an individual or in a small family. The increasing population in cities where people migrate as well as mindset of a nuclear family has resulted in this trend. As a result there is an increase in mental health issues inspite of better standard of living.

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Once children enter school, teachers have more influence on their intellectual and social developments than parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Children enter the school at a innocent age of 4.Once they enter the school, their attitude and behavioural developments are carried away by the teachers.I do agree this is some extent.The essay will discuss more about the statement.

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Some education systems make students focus on certain subjects at the age of 15, while others require students to study a wide range of subjects until they leave school. What are the benefits of each system? Which is better?

There are different schools of thought on which educational systems are based upon. In some institutions, students are taught multiple subjects till they complete schooling whereas in others they tend to focus on specific subjects at an early age.

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Television dominates the free-time of too many people. It can make people lazy and prevent them from socialising with others. Do you agree or disagree?

One of the predominant factor of people becoming lazy and not socialising is the use of television during their free-time. I believe this is true and should be highlighted to reduce its detrimental results.

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Due to the development and rapid expansion of supermarket in some countries, many small, local business are unable to compete. Some people think that the closure of local business will bring about the death of local communities. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, Due to advacements and rapid growth in malls and supermakets many local vendors and businesses are afftcted in many ways. It is believed by some people that closure of small and local businesses will be very detrimental for local communities. I totally agree with the notion because supermarkets and modern malls attract lot of people and no one is willing to buy products from local shops.

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Many people believe that social networking sites(such as Facebook) have had a huge negative impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree?

Social networking sites, for instance Facebook, is thought by some to have had a detrimental effect on individual people as well as society and local communities. However, while I believe that such sites are mainly beneficial to the individual, I agree that they have had a damaging effect on local communities. With regards to individuals, the impact that online social media has had on each the individual person has clear advantages. Firstly, people from different countries are brought together through such sites as Facebook whereas before the development of technology and social networking sites, people rarely had the chance to meet or communicate with anyone outside of their immediate circle or community. Secondly, Facebook also has social groups which offer individuals a chance to meet and participate in discussions with people who share common interests. On the other hand, the effect that Facebook and other social networking sites have had on societies an...

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In many developing nations, the rush to become industrialized has created major problems with air and water quality. What are the problems that this has brought about and offer some solutions to these problems?

Nowadays, economic growth plays a huge role all over the country.Because of that construction of Industry, factory tends to increased in order to elevate the wealthiness of the country.As a result, it causes many problems to the environment as well as for society. In this essay, I would discuss the issues of establishing a factory and how to tackle those problems.

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Shopping is becoming more and more popular as a leisure activity. However, some People feel that this has both positive and negative effects. Why is shopping so popular? What effects does its increase in popularity have on individuals and on society?

It is certainly true that purchasing is the most important activity in the world scenario.it has a lot of benefits and disadvantages. However,it has a huge influence on the soul and social culture.

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Some countries today have passed laws against smoking tobacco in public buildings such as offices and restaurants. Other countries have no intention of doing this.

It is appears that people ought to donate a fixed amount of their money to assist charity. This idea would surely be acceptable to most people for several reasons. I will explain them in this essay.

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Many people choose to travel abroad to learn a foreign language instead of studying in their home town. Do the advantages of learning a new language in this way outweigh the disadvantages?

Learning languages has been a trend in the last decade. Many people believe in travelling to foreign country to learn new language whereas some believe that language can be learnt in their city itself. I believe that foreign languages learnt by travelling to that nation is advantageous as compared to one's learnt in their hometown and will explain in the below paragraphs.

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Using a computer every day can have more negative than positive effects on children. Do you agree or disagree?”

Computer usage has increased in recent years among children. Some people opine that using computers are good for future of children however others consider that it may affect them negatively.

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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?

The great invention such as the Internet has immensely changed the way people purchase various products of daily needs. The E-commerce development is considered as one of the meaningful and life-changing advantages while others may point out some negative sides of online shopping. Nevertheless, there is more positive (marks) about buying things online which will be mentioned below.

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All education and healthcare should be funded by the government and free for everyone. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Expense on education and health is an integral part of people’s lives and well-being. Therefore, it is argued that all the funding for these two facets should be government’s responsibility because this will enable people to access these facilities for of charge. I agree with this statement completely.

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equal numbers of male and female students in every subject.

This is likely to waste educational resources and obviously not an efficient and effective approach to foster certified talents.

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