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IELTS Writing Samples Band 7.5

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Some people believe that engaging in an active pastime does more to develop children's life skills than time spent reading. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Reading and practical knowledge have always been the foundation of a child’s development. However, some people believe that participating in practical activities contributes more to building life skills than reading. In my opinion, reading and practical experience are equally important to develop a child’s skillset. This essay will talk about how reading and practical experience go hand-in-hand in training children for their lives.

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“Prevention is better than cure.” Out of country’s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and prevention measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Recently, more and more people are having health issues. As a result, some people argue that governments should spend more budget on prevention measures rather than treatment. As far as I am concerned, I agree with this viewpoint to a large extent as there will be more long-term effects from prevention.

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Prison is the common way most countries try to solve the problem of crime. However, a more effective solution is to provide the public a better education. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Crime is a common problem in all countries in the world, each state has various kinds of punishment and prison is the familiar way that we knew, while some families believe that contributing better teaching is a more efficient solution to eliminate the lawlessness trouble. From my point of view, it can be hard to agree that, a more potential solution to handle the misconduct problem is to give the public greater learning.

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Some people believe that schools are no longer necessary because students can study well at home through the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Thanks to the technological advancement nowadays, classes can be attended remotely from home, and pupils are not required to go back to school, some suggest that online courses can replace schools for flexible schedule management, while some believe classes are also educating discipline other than knowledge, I disagree with the statement of the idea replacing the schools.

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Prison is the best way to punish criminals. Give your opinion.

Criminal is one of the most priority things that need to be prevented and eliminated from society. Then prisons have been invented to keep and prevent the bad people to not doing anything harmful to society. In my opinion, I disagree prison is the best way to punish criminals and I am going to explain in the following paragraphs.

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Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Is supposed by many people that there are many choices available for people to choose. This essay completely agrees with that argument for some reasons.

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Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Other believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinions.

Education topic is one of the major concern topics for parents. Most parents would like to provide the best education to their children. Indeed, it is an arguable discussion on providing a sense of competition or teaching kids to be co-operation that can assist their children are ready for future. Let us illustrate these views and opinions in the below paragraphs.

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Living in a country where you have to speak a foreign language can cause serious problems, as well as practical problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Life is so complicated if you live abroad. It brings essential communication and social issues. Being a foreigner living abroad, you must be familiar with the country's culture. You have to face the consequences not only socially but also practically as well. If the residents with citizenship are friendly and helpful, even though some problems can be fixed as soon as possible, I fully agree with this notion for the following reasons.

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Some people think that the best way to reduce the time spent in travelling to work is to replace parks and gardens close to the city center with apartment buildings for commuters, but others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.（

In this day and age, reducing the time spent on commuting has sparked a heated debate. Some are of the opinion that turning green parks of city centres into apartment complexes is of great assistance, while most people including me ratify the opposite idea.

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Many criminals re-offend after serving the first punishment. Why is this happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle this problem?

In fact, a lot of times when many criminals re-offend after serving the first punishment and it is a big problem for the government and the citizens so we have to find the best solution for this topic.In my opinion, the best road has been growing up culture in the society.

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Some people think that the best way to reduce the time spent in travelling to work is to replace parks and gardens close to the city center with apartment buildings for commuters, but others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.（

In recent years , one of the important problems facing commuters is spending too much time in the workplace.Because of this , the reason some people argued that,the best way to decrease the rate of travelling time , is by changing the entertainment areas such as Parks and Gardens into residential buildings. Others don't agree. I completely disagree with the statement.This essay will articulate the points in the coming paragraph with my opinion.

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People say that it is a waste of time for high school students to learn literature such as novels and poems. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It has been argued that studying literature in high school is completely useless. While I acknowledge certain benefits brought about by learning literature at this level, I believe that including this subject in the high school curriculum can be a waste of time for the majority of students.

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Although many people value public parks, this space could be better used for the other purposes such as residential areas for the ever growing population or to develop business and build economics. To what extend do you agree or dis agree with this statement.

The population of countries are increasing tremendously over the years, and many free spaces such as parks most times are left without being used. Some individuals do not see the need for places like this to be converted into apartments to accommodate the growing populace but I agree with the fact that there is a necessity to provide more accommodation for people to provide shelter and security.

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In many countries, schools have severe problems with student behaviors. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest?

It is true that schools in various nations have students with behavioural issues. In my opinion, it is because of the leniency teachers and parents have for their children. There should be a variety of strategies to eliminate the troubles and bring a peaceful environment. I will elaborate on both causes and solutions in the trailing paragraphs.

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In some countries more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in. What are the reasons for this? How can people research this?

In the contemporary epoch, there is a rising number of people who are still more and more focused on searching for data regarding the history of houses or buildings they live in. This essay is going to identify possible causes of this including curiosity and reliability of investment. Furthermore, to suggest sources of this information for instance neighbourhoods or authorities.

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With increasing populations and ever-growing urban centers, many countries are losing natural beauty spots. What benefits are there to protecting places of natural beauty? How can this be solved?

Nowadays, urbanization led to depreciation of the natural resources. The competition among the people to boost their luxury lifestyle has given rise to global warming. There are various ways to preserve our nature and I will elaborate on that in the trailing paragraphs.

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Extreme sports such as sky diving and skiing are very dangerous and should be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Over the past two or three decades, due to globalization, many people are being fascinated with sports and athletics. Although, some people argue that adventurous such as skateboarding and skiing should be forbidden. However, I believe that extreme play must be available and the reasons behind this are explained further.

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Some people regard eating meat as completely wrong. To what extent do you agree

Vegetarianism is a diet that has become widespread in the world in recent years and forms the basis of plant-based nutrition. I firmly believe that is adopted not only as a healthy lifestyle, and economic conditions but also as a philosophy of life and is accepted as an ethical approach. There are 2 common reasons related to my point of view.

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Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is argued that governments should invest money in railways instead of roads. I completely agree with this point of view because railways are environmentally friendly and also an important economic driver.

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The costs of international travel are decreasing and tourism is growing. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Nowadays, due to the advanced technologies, it is much cheaper to go to foreign countries than in the past and the role of tourism is increasing day by day. In my opinion, there are both pros and cons regarding this case.

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