IELTS Writing Samples Band 5. Page 961

IELTS Writing Samples Band 5

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

Nowadays children tend to use their phone for relatively a long duration in a day. This trend has occured because of many factors. While acknowledging the educational reason that may be one of the factors to overuseing phones, I believe that it is a negative development especially for their health. The following paragraphs will give further argumentations on this.

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Some people prefer to listen to music while studying, as music has a calming effect on the mind. Others prefer a pin drop silence in order to concentrate on the content they are studying and have an undivided attention while they do so. Which option works better for you and why do you think the other option is not viable to ensure a successful study time?

Laws, at its most basic form, is only a mere instruction on what a person should and should not be doing. Some people abide by it, some people does not, and in order to keep the society well-behaved, we shall try to make as many people to abide by said laws as we can. In that case, I think we should teach students that are studying in elementary school about basic laws to abide to.

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Should standardized testing be eliminated from the education system? Examine the pros and cons of standardized testing and argue for or against its use in schools.

The testing of learned knowledge is an essential part of the learning process. In recent years, a trend towards standardization of this process can be observed. Naturally, every change has its good and bad sides. In this essay, I try to present the most important pros and cons.

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A lot of people have become dependent on technology as it plays a big role in our daily lives. Do you agree that living in computer age has more advantages than disadvantages? Describe the positive and negative impacts of technology on our lives and give your opinion in 250 words.

The development of technologies have improved and changed our lives. It helps us in many ways, but some people completely depend on the technologies. I think it is natural when people are facing big innovative things, but there are not only advantages, but also disadvantages.

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Although there has been a large increase in the numbers of women who go out to work, women continue to do a disproportionate amount of housework and childcare. What can be done to promote greater equality between men and women between the home?

Recently the issue has been brought into focus is the unequal amount of household and childcare that women have to do. In my opinion, there is now greater equality between men and women in the family these days. However, women still tend to assume all the household chores while men just only go to work causing gender inequality in the family. Now i will discuss some solutions to address this situation and encourage better fairness between men and women in the family.

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Some people say that the government should make college free for people. Do you agree or disagree?

Few people believe that the authorities should remove the tuition fees of Institute .I personally believe that government should free fees only for the people who had a financial problem whereas other people should pay their full tuition.

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Some people say that distance learning is a quick and effective way to study. Others, however, disagree and say that distance learning programs can never be as good as courses taken in person. Do you agree or disagree with the statement?

The pandemic has thought us to adapt to difficult situations and changed the way we live and study. Distance-learning program is one of the products of the pandemic situation, it’s a common thing for us nowadays. The study material is posted through the internet, and we can join the learning process from afar, with no need to go to the classroom in person. I strongly agree that distance learning program is a brilliant finding to the education system.

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Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.

There are those who claim that all pupils have the right to learn in universities , while ,others think that colleges should be delivered for pupils who deserve it . In my opinion , providing universities for all students may be impossible and may have some drawbacks for the community .

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Some children receive almost no encouragement from their parents regarding their performance at school, while other children receive too much pressure from their over enthusiastic parents which can have a negative impact on the child. Why do you think some parents put too much pressure on their children to perform well at school? What do you think the role of a parent should be in their child’s education?

There is a noticable fact that a group of children never get any praise from their parents for their excellent result in school, whereas other children are always in extensive pressure from their parents which brings some adverse impacts on them. Having unaware of the negative consequences, some parents give excessive pressure on their children. However, parents should always paly the supervisor role in a friendly way towards their child’s education.

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Some people think that TV advertisements can be useful for viewers, while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

It is thought by some people that ads on TV are beneficial for society, while others assert that they are needless for viewers. Advertisements can be utilizing for consumers, because they introduce new units and show some promotions about products. Looking this case from the other side, it is a common fact that many people have been annoyed advertisements because streams in channels have been ceasing and they have considerable impact on people to shop redundantly.

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Nowadays in many countries young people do not communicate with older people as much as they used to. Why is this happening? How could this situation be improved?

These days, the young do not contact with older people sufficiently in most of nations. I believe this case is related with the generation gap, rapid changes in technologies. These flaws can be fixed by fair understanding, integration of olds to the novelties and empathy.

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When talking about success, we often think of people who are rich or famous. In your opinion, what are the qualities that characterise a successful person? Why do you think these should be the criteria?

It is believed, that to be popular and wealthy equal successful, however, I consider it to be more about personal characteristics such as confidence, ambitiousness and willingness to get new knowledge and learn from your mistakes. Obtaining such qualities inevitably leads to feeling fulfilment and happiness, as well as getting you motivated to pursue your goals.

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Some people believe that violence on television and in computer games has a damaging effect on the society. Others deny that these factors have any significant influence on people's behaviour. What is your opinion?

It is believed by many people that television and computer games which shows violence has an adverse effect, while others think that it has a remarkable impact on people's behaviour. I agree with the former belief.

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The efficientfunctioning o f society is based on rules and laws. Society would not function well if individuals were free to do whatever they wanted. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

We consider the issue, which is that some countries build special sport facilities for achieving the better results from the local top athletes. In this case, the ordinary people lose a possibility that everyone can attend kind of places.

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Do you agree or disagree that celebrities are paid far too much money ?

Every year a list of the highest-paid celebrities is published. Some stars are paid hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Some people think they deserve this money for their talent and hard work. I personally disagree, I don't believe anyone should have such excessive amounts of money. In this essay, I'll explain the reasons.

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Cooking food at home is a waste of time. Fast food restaurants help in living a modern and less stressful life.

Some people have the notion that preparing food in home is time consuming, and these junk food restaurants allow us to eat contemporary food and decreases stress in life. I completely disagree with afore mentioned statement. This essay will substantiate my views with relevant examples followed by the conclusion.

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Today more and more tourist are visiting where the conditions are difficult.Such as sahara desert and Antartic. What are the benefits for tourist who visits such places.

Tourism is a popular and growing industry now a day in many countries.Undoubtedly incredible amounts of travellers visit every year to challenging places like the Sahara desert and Antarctic.By doing this they contribute financially to the local community in that area however,there are drawbacks when these visitors come up to these problematic places also. This essay will discuss about the benefits and disadvantages for visitors.

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Nowadays, many schools find it profitable to sell unhealthy food and sugary drinks to students during lunch breaks. Is this a positive or negative development?

Currently, more and more unhealthy food and beverages are sold on the campus during lunch time. Some people may think it can create profits to school and bring advantages for school development, while I believe that school should avoid to sell these junk food on the campus due negative impact on children’s health.

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Some educationalists say that every child should be taught how to play a musical instrument. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

As play a musical instrument inexorably in recent years, there is an opinion that the teaching of playing musical instrument should be given to all children. Although it can bring a number of benefits to young people, I disagree with this view because I think it’s unnecessary in many situations.

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the gap between the rich and the increasing. What proble doese this cause? What solution can you suggest?

In today's society, many questions cannot be solved with a good solution in every country such as the gap between the rich and the increasing. In this essay, this situation will be explained and some solutions we can do will also be suggested.

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