IELTS Writing Samples Band 5. Page 158

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5

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Some people say that music , art, and drama are as important as other school subjects, especially at the primary level. Do you agree or disagree?

I agree that music, art, and drama are crucial subjects in schools and should not be underestimated. This essay will explore several reasons supporting this view.

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Some people think it would be a good idea for school to teach every young person how to be a good parent. Do you agree or disagree with this option ? Describe the skill a person needs to be a good parent.

The upbringing of a child is a very demanding task and a few people advocates that a subject on parenting must be added to school curricula. However, I disagree with this notion to a large extent because majors are of immense importance in this era. The reasons to support my stance are elaborated in following paragraphs and I would also discuss a few traits of being an ideal parent.

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Foreign visitors should pay more than local visitors for cultural and historical attractions. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There is an opinion that the cost of each item paid by national travelers should be higher than that for local ones. The writer of this essay strongly disagrees with this statement due to the decline in finance and a rise in the poverty rate.

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Nowadays, many families have both parents working. Some working parents believe other family members like grandparents can take care of their children, while others think childcare centers provide the best care. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Recently, the question of whether family members such as grandparents are able to take care of their children or childcare centers can supply children with the best infrastructure has been a topic of discussion. While many endorse the latter opinion, I am still in favor of the former.

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Illiteracy continues to be a concern for many countries in the world today. What are the causes of illiteracy in modern world, and what effects does it have on the people concerned and on society as awhole

Nowadays, people seem to begin staying away from reading newspapers or books. That issue makes many nations worry about continuous of literacy. From my point of view, it is caused because of too many distractions. The result of this pattern is lowering creative thinking of a person therefore making people less in detail.

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Increasıng the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extend do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

Increasing the price of petrol will definitely drive more vehicle owners find alternatives to reduce their daily commute expenses.

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In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this became a positive or negative development?

These days, because of technology, the method of interaction has changed among people. Generally, this change has happened in quantity and quality of conversation in society. Thus, this improvement is more positive.

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Question：more students study abroad to learn new things today do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages？ is it positive or negative？ agree or disagree to what extent do you agree or disagree？

Nowadays, most of students tend to study abroad to learn new things. From my perspective, I think it has more benefits than the drawbacks.

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Some children spend hours every day on their smartphone. Why might this be the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative development

It is quite mundane the indiviuals are incling towards modernised amenities and are the leaving traditional ways of relaxing themselves.Although people use the recent technical equipment for their comfort,this has made their minds less creative and innovative.The impact of such sedentary lifestyle and becoming introverted in this challeneing would not give them any idead or creativity.

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The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend. Do you agree or disagree?

With the development of society, more and more people hope to reduce the working week and add more daysoff. In this essay, I agree that we should consider reducing the working week and extend weekend that people can have more opportunities to rest. The local government also have larger tax income from this.

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Many children are encouraged by their parents to get a part time job in their free time. What are the advantaged and disadvantages of children doing so

Education and work experience have a crucial role in academics. While some parents encourage their children to seek part time jobs during their spare time, others are against this notion due to their detrimental effects on children's health. This essay will delve deeper into advantages and disadvantages offered by such inclination.

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Today's young generation is facing many problems in school and at home. What are the problems? What can parents do to help their teenage children?

Children these days are majorly facing issues like lack of attention and care from parents and academic pressure in school. These issues should be resolved with urgent actions as I believe these are the foundation of the growth of toddlers.

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It is too expensive to look after and repair old building .Tho money should spend on building new modern buildings instead .To what extent do you agree or disagree.

some people believe that it more costly to fix or upgrade an old building, so money should be inveast in new houseing projects. however, I strongly agree it is better option to invest in new porperty because it offers more resident stisfactory , Also, it can accomdate new life style demand.

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A REPORT INDICATED THAT MANY CHILDREN BETWEEN 7 AND 11 SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WATCHING TELEVISION AND / OR PLAY VIDEO GAMES. HOW DOES THE PROBLEM AFFECT THE CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES AND SOCIETY? WHAT MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN TO CONTROL IT?

It has been reported that, alot of kids spend much of their time watching television or playing video games specially at certain age group.This essay, will highlight two drawbacks of these habit in children life and will suggest two ways to mitigate this determental problem.

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Food travels thousands of miles from producers to customers. Some people think that it would be better for the environment and economy if people only ate the local food produced by farmers. Advantages and disadvantages.

Losgistic of food normally takes up more than 50% of the food cost as food travels a long way from producers to customers if it is imported. Therefore, some people sugggested that it would benefit the environment and economy if people only eat local food products by local farmers.

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The funds for postgraduate research are limited; therefore some people think that the government should provide financial support. In their opinion, only scientific research should be funded, rather than other less useful subjects. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, financial investation for postgraduate research from any funders are limited. Thus, several people suggest that it will be better if government gives funding support to them particularry for researchers who are contributing in the development of nation rather that those who have non-useful research. Personally, I fully support this idea because I believe that they should be facilitated in order to get satisfactionally result in their studies.

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It is sometimes possible to pay somebody to do things you don’t want to do, or don't have time to do, for example household chores or looking after children. Is this a good way of providing work for others? Should people do these things for themselves?

IIn this modern world that all people suffer from their busy schedules , It is a common trend to delegate some non-specialized works to third parties. From my perspective, it not only could provide job opportunity for some other people, but also it could lead to work life balance.

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Many people join distance-learning programmes and study at home, but some people think that it cannot bring the same benefit as attending colleges or universities does. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Although some people insist that joining learning programs on line and studying at home cannot bring the same advantage as directly attending colleges or universities does, I am totally disagree with this idea. The reasons for this is because joining educational courses online is, in fact, more beneficial for many people in saving time and online courses enable us to manage our schedules more effeciently.

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In the future all cars, buses, trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers. Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disavatages

Recently, we can see that the automation revolution has been applied suscessfully in many industrial sectors, and a transportation will be one of them. Then, the public vehicles without drivers will be the important consideration that it can bring to us many benifits agaisnt the traditional modes.

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Some people say that school should reward students who show the best academic results, while other believe that it is more important to reward students who show improvements. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Schools are the best place to achieve a good career .where we can see many students they may be academically intelligent or not .Although,few people believe that school should give award for students who acquire achievements in their curriculum.Whereas ,some people conversely think that academies should offer gift for students ,who show progress in their studies.But I strongly agree with the first statement. This essay will articulate both views and predominant reasons for agreement in detail along with a relevant conclusion.

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