IELTS Writing Samples Band 5. Page 1642

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5

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Employers sometimes ask people applying for jobs for personal information, such as their hobbies and interests.Some people say that this information may be relevant and useful, others disagree. Discuss both the views and give your own opinion.

Companies nowadays are keen to know their employees in all aspects. Knowing them personally, their interest and other engrossments are useful in many ways. For the prospect employee it is good in two aspects, one it helps to identify family responsibility and dependency a person has and second, gets to determine what are her favourite leisure time activities. However, on the other hand these background details affect recruitment in fields which are gender and location biased.

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Advances in science and technology and others areas of society in the last 100 years have transformed the way we live as well as postponing the day we die. There is no better time to be alive than now. To what extent do you agree and disagree with this opinion?

Recent inventions in science and improvements in the tech areas and various other fields have completely changed the human activity in the last century. Life expectancy of masses has also increased which makes them to live more as compared to past. There is an ongoing debate that this is the best time human life can enjoy, and I partially agree with this statement.

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Many people today think that homework is still an important part of school while others think that it is becoming outdated. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Over the years, schools have regularly revised their curriculums to impart structured knowledge to their students, however,a few people contend the process of giving home assignments to pupils. I believe that this practice of imposing assignments might appear to be unfair, it is actually immensely beneficial for school-aged children.

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Some people say that now we can see films on your phone or tablets there is no need to go the cinema. Others say that to be fully enjoyed, films need to be seen in a Cinema. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

Nowadays, due to the advancement in technology there are many people that prefer watching movies on their own devices such as mobiles or tablets instead of visiting cinema halls. Whereas a certain section in society still prefer watching movies in a Cineplex. This topic is highly debatable. I will give my views about both aspects and also share my opinion.

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The prevention of health problems and illness is more important than treatment and medicine. Government funding should reflect this. To what extent do you agree?

It is often argued that avoidance of the health issues are whole lot better than treatment of it, hence the ministry will need to allocate a desirable amount of budget for it. I completely agree that the government should take full responsibility for the health care system by providing large amount of money for preventing diseases.

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Some people believe that we cannot learn anything from the past for our life today, while others believe that history is a valuable source of information to understand human's life. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Human life is full of suspense and experiences. Few believe there is nothing to learn from past days while other see past days as a path way for the future. In my opinion, history provides a safe guideline to the future. I shall describe the details in the essay.

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The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year 2000 there may be as many as 29 million vehicles on British roads. Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and international laws introduced to control car ownership and use. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

In my opinion, due to the worsening of global warming effect day after day, the notion of diversifying myriads types of transportation should be highlighted and implemented to people's mind by setting new laws to control car ownership and use based one three reasons as follow.

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Many elderly people are no longer looked after by their families but are put in care homes or nursing homes.What are the disadvantages and advantages of this trend?

In today's world, the younger generation are so busy with their professional life, they do not make an effort to look after their parents or grandparents. Instead, they send elderly people to old age homes or nursery cares which is not the trend to be encouraged. In this essay, I will examine the pros and cons of keeping aged people in nurseries, far from their families.

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Nowadays, children watch a lot of TV and play video games. However, some people think that these activities are not good for a child’s mental health. (To what extent do you agree or disagree.)

Presently, kids do a lot of activites that make their health worse such as watch TV programs to long and play many games. From my point of view, I strongly agree that these activities are made they unhealthy.

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

There are many genres of music representing their traditional identity and country people. Some people believe that music is a good way to unite humans from different cultures and age group. I agree with this opinion to a great extent. I will support my stand with valid arguments in the following paragraphs.

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Some say that university students must only learn science and technology. While others believe that they should learn what they want. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Whilst some argue that every student in the univerisities should choose only science and technology as a subject, others hold that they should opt the subjects as per their interests. I reckon that pupils in the universities should read and learn subjects as per their interest. Both views will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

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Some people believe that teaching music in schools is a vital part of growing up and the human experience, whilst others believe that teaching music in schools is a waste of time and resources. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Learning music contributes significantly to student’s upbringing and development, according to certain people. However, some would consider it useless and unsignificant. I think schools should teach music because it has valuable benefits that cannot be exist in other subjects.

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Some people argue that technological invention such as mobile phones are making people socially less interactive.

Although, Several people think that the products are made by technology, are the bad result that communication of people may decrease in the modern culture. From my point of view, I strongly agree that modern innovations are made people do not interested to talk with other people.

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Some people argue that technological invention such as mobile phones are making people socially less interactive.

Although, Several people think that the products are made by technology, are the bad result that communication of people may decrease in the modern society. From my point of view, I strongly agree that modern innovations are made people do not interested to talk with other people.

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The growing number of overweight people is putting as train on the health care system in an effort to deal with the health issues involved. Some people think that the best way to deal with this problem is to introduce more physical education lessons in the school curriculum. To what extent do you agree or disagree? -

It is known that Physical activities in general, promote benefit for health preventing diseases. However, the practice goes beyond health. For instance, physical education lessons can learn how the students can work in team; they learn how important is socialize trough the sports and doesn´t overload health system. Personally, I agree with the introduce more physical and activities education lessons in the school schedule and I feel this way for tree reasons

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Crimes committed by teenagers are increasing. Discuss this issue. Give reasons and suggest some solutions.

Unlawful acts committed by the young criminals is on a surge these days. More and more number of teenagers nowadays are involved in various offences such as murders, robberies. This causes a serious concern for the society as well as the parents. After all, these children are the policymakers of the nation. This essay will illustrate the reasons for the spike in teenage crimes and measures to overcome this problem.

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Countries with a long average working time are more economically successful than those countries which do not have a long working time. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Economically successful nations have higher number of working hours per day as compared to the nations who are not financially successful. This essay does not agree that average working hours is directly related to countries economy and it will be justified in following paragraphs by submitting arguments such as national policies and natural resources are the key determining factors of a good economy.

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In the past, the role of teacher was to provide information. Today, students have access to wide sources of information. There is, therefore, no role of teacher in modern education. Do you agree or disagree?

Whilst in the bygone era, teacher’s duty was to give information to the pupils, there is no space for them in present education system; students can obtain required knowledge from varieties of sources accessible to them. This essay completely disagree with the view and I intend to justify this further in the following paragraphs.

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In some countries, owning a home rather than renting one is very important for people. Why might this be the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative situation?

In some countries, owning a home rather than renting one is very important for people. Why might this be the case ? Do you think this a positive or negative situation ?

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In some countries, owning a home rather than renting one is very important for people. Why might this be the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative situation?

Owning a new home seems to be the more preferable option as compared to renting a place. The first option provides freedom, security and comfort to house owners. From my viewpoint, both options highly depends on each person’s preference and financial circumstances.

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