IELTS Writing Samples Band 5. Page 44

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5

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Some people advocate the death penalty for those who committed violent crimes. Others say that capital punishment is unacceptable in contemporary society.Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the death penalty and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The death penalty is a highly debated topic with arguments for and against it. Supporters think it deters violent crimes and provides justice for victims’ families. Critics argue that it is inhumane, ineffective, and that mistakes in convictions are irreversible. Considering both sides, I believe the risks make the death penalty unacceptable in today’s society.

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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Health services are a basic necessity. However, private companies have made them quite costly for ordinary individuals. Do the advantages of private health care outweigh its disadvantages? Write at least 250 words.

Since healthcare is considered a basic need, some people opt to attend their medical needs in a private health companies which require too much funds. I believe that it provides more positive result than its drawbacks.

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In some countries university students live at home with their family while they study, whereas in other countries students attend university in another city. Do you think the benefits of living away from home during university outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, studying in different regions is quite popular among the students in some countries, while the others prefer to stay and live at home with their family. I strongly agree that the advantage of living away from home during university outweigh the disadvantages.

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Nowadays people use bicycles less as a form of transport. Why is this the case? What can we do to encourage people to use bicycles more?

In recent years, as techonologies in transportation keep developing, many more people are intend to buy a car or a renewable energy car instead of a bicycle. This trend can be a annoucement to the governments that affected by various factors, the carbon emmisions will continue to increase if they do not take any steps to try to solve that.

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Today, children play very cruel games. This should be the reason for the increase in violence and crime in most of the world's major cities. What do you think about this?

It is true that nowadays, children spent most of their time on playing violent video games. Because of that, violent and crime rate increases at a pace rate in some large cities of the world. I think, cruel games are responsible to some extent but there are other factors who are more responsible of occurring that situation. Therefore, there is need to take effective measures to reduce the effects of that problem.

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Som people believe that cooking is an important life skill, so schools should be teach all boys and girls how to cook , others people think that teaching all boys and girls to cook may be a waste of time.

Some individuals believe that cooking is an essential life skill, and therefore , it should be taught at school both boys and girls in schools . This essays aims to examine both sides of the rgument surrounding this topic , in my mind cooking techniques should be included in school curricula.

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Some people think that technological development has made life complex. The only possible solution it not to use technology to live a simpler life. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Technology becomes the important part in human life in the twenty first century. Humans seems to rely on technology for their life. The rapid development of tehcnology helps people's life to become easier and more efficient in various aspects.

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WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Women and men are commonly seen as having different strengths and weaknesses. Is it right to exclude males or females from certain professions because of their gender? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

In recent years, many people think there are some merit to the argument that whether it is appropriate to exclude men or women from certain professions based on perceived general differences in strengths and witnesses. In this essay, my perspective is to consider for both sides of the argument along with relevant examples and a balanced view.

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"Nowadays, more people are choosing to socialise online rather than face to face. Is this a positive or negative development?"

Human beings are social creature and socializing can take several forms. These days, most people choose to interact using social media rather than meeting their friends in real life. Even if technology is growing rapidly, it is still important to make a live conversation as it gives more benefits to have a face-to-face conversation.

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Some people think that children should be encouraged to travel more while at school to broaden thier experience. Others think that not enough time is spent in the classroom learning the basics of a good education. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

A group of individuals present the view that children ought to be motivated to travel during their schooling to expand their experience, whereas others believe that there is not sufficient time dedicated in the classroom to mastering the fundamentals of a solid education. I strongly agree with the former opinion.

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There are benefits to studying abroad, at least for part of one’s higher education. All students should try to include at least one year of a study-abroad program in their university or college education. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Competitive in job is significantly increase; however, some people say that study abord are more benefits with the future work, especially, exchange students that will have more advantage because it can learn in abord and homecountry university after graduated will get a duo degree that will add value for freshgrad. I strongly agree with this aregement that will have make more opputunity for freshgrad.

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Some students prefer to take a gap year between high school and university, to work or to travel. Do the advantages of this outweight the disavantages?

After graduating from high schools, some students choose to have a break before entering univerisities. They either prefer to take a trip or experience the lifestyle of a worker. Those who want to have a different taste of life maybe desire to change a mode from studying or feel sick of reading books everyday. This phenomenon does have its pros and cons.

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Many organisations and companies ask their staff to wear a uniform. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? What kind of jobs should have a work uniform?

These days, a whole host of organizations such as governmental ones have required their employees to wear informal clothes which are alike other memebrs in the workplace. There are some pros and cons in terms of this issue which will be explained in this essay.

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Nowadays, not enough students choose science subjects in universities in many countries. What are the reasons for this problem? What are the effects on society?

Most of pupils can be seen taking up majors like arts or other vocational subjects instead of choosing subjects like science and matematics. There may be various reasons for this kind of present trend. In upcoming paragraphs, I will put light on the causes and afftects of this thing.

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People today spend less and less time interacting with other people in their neighborhood and this has a negative impact on community. What are the causes and solutions? an

Nowadays, people socialize to a minor degree with their neighbors and it is influence badly on community. The main problem this cause is people do not see necessary to communicate with livers on the street. In consequences, people might feel lonely and get along with livers it is a good opportunity to get help when you need help. The most viable solution is an activities , competitions between neighbors or camping together.

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People today spend less and less time interacting with other people in their neighborhood and this has a negative impact on community. What are the causes and solutions? nb

Nowadays people spend a little bit time to communicate with other people in their street and it gives negative effect on community. The main problem this cause is destroying relationship between people and the most common solution is to spend a lot of time with neighbors.

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In many countries it is now illegal to smoke in public places. It is only fair that people who wish to smoke should have to leave the building. Do you agree or disagree? an

Nowadays it is in habitat smoking in crowded places. If people want to smoke they must smoke outside the building. This essay agrees with this idea because smoking influences badly to not only a person’s health and the people he surrounds. In addition, passive smoking is more dangerous than active smoking. Moreover, smoking in public places can damage the environment.

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Some young people are leaving the countryside to live in cities and towns,leaving only old people in the countryside.

Nowadays, we can see more young people are leaving the rural area to reside in bustling cities and towns, but only the old people stay in the countryside. While more older people stay without a provider, leaving the countryside can give different types of opportunities ranging from boosting lifestyles to quality learning.

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Some people think children have the freedom to make mistakes, while other people believe that adults should prevent children from making mistakes. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

Mistakes are considered really important in the human live. Such people are being sometime judged for making too many mistakes whereas sometime also encouraged to learn from mistakes and consider that mistakes can make a man more experienced. However, there are some people who believe that children should be avoided from doing any kind of errors. On the other hand, other support errors and its importance, in lives of yougster. I will discuss about this in upcoming paragraphs and would give my opinion later.

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Some people think that the government should invest more in education, while others believe that investment in infrastructure should be prioritized. Discuss both views and give your opinion

There is a debate over whether the government should allocate their funding to education or prioritize infrastructure instead. In this essay, I will shed light on both perspectives and give my own opinion.

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