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IELTS Opinion Writing Samples Band 6.5

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Some people feel that the effects of advertising are positive for individuals and businesses, while others think they are negative. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.

The majority of people have positive views about the influence of ads on society and jobs, especially for persons and trading. In contrast, other individuals have negative thoughts about advertisements on individuals and trade. In my point of view, ads produce a lot of facilities for people and their businesses. However, we cannot reject the impact of advertisements on people and businesses. Therefore, both sides of ads will be discussed below.

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Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmes (for example working for a charity, improving the neighborhood or teaching sports to younger children). To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Living in society has triggered some people to contribute to their community. A certain idea has been argued to adapt the volunteering as a mandatory programme in a high school. The following essay will elaborate more on its benefit as I strongly agree with this matter.

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It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?

Both of my parents who work as teachers always show that education is a window to the world. Parents always prioritize education to be the capital to become a better person with a brighter future. With economic limitations to send 5 children to school, but because I hoped to get the best education I was sent to the best school in Medan by getting a discount on school fees because the children were teachers. Having the opportunity to study in the best junior and senior high schools made me able to receive the best education and teachers and made me motivated to study to the fullest. This made me get the best rank in my class and was sure to compete in the selection to enter the STAN in the hope of providing the best potential for me for myself, my family, and also the Indonesian nation.

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Some people are happy to spend their whole lives in the same area. Other people prefer to live in many different areas. Discuss both views and give your opinion

People hold different views about living, some people prefer to spend their entire life at one place, but others prefer to transfer to different places. In my opinion, I partially agree as I believe that an individual should explore different places, but eventually needs to settle down in some place to start a family.

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People will buy a product if it has quality or fulfill their needs. There is no need for advertisement and considered as a form of entertainment. Do you agree or disagree with it.

The demand for a product is directly concerned with its quality and depends on how useful for the users. It is not required advertisements to let customers know about their goods if the products are well-known in the market.I strongly agree with the statement that if a product is good and it would be fulfilled their needs in customers' thought, it is no need to launch the product introduction and customers will look for the product.

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Do you think it is better for students to work before their university study? Why? Use reasons and specific examples to support your choice.

Since my father was a builder worker, I followed my father to come to his site when I was a child. I had a dream to become a civil engineer that I myself could build a nice house for my family. When I grew up, I decided to enrol on the university of construction and studied construction economics, because it could help me to study not only the technique of construction but also how to estimate the cost of a project.

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In the past people use to spend their free time in a battery as compared to nowadays. To what extend do you agree or disagree.

Beyond doubt,there has been much discussion revolving around the issue of whether common masses utilised their leisure time in a better way than their counterpart of the past.some thinkers believe this phenomenon whereas some intellectuals have opposite views.as far as I am concerned I fully agree with the given statement because I deem that technology is gaining ground all over the world.

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Some people think that schools are no longer necessary because people can acquire information on the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Many opine the educational centres are not necessary anymore as a result of deriving almost all information on the Internet. From my point of view, I personally disagree with this idea. I am going to explain some reasons below.

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The internet has greatly increased our access to information. To what extent do you think this is a good thing? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is irrefutable that the internet has an important role in our life with regards to accessing and collecting information. I believe that it is an indispensable element that makes people's life more enjoyable, even if it has a few disadvantages. In this essay, I will describe this point of view and provide them with examples.

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Under British and Australian laws a jury in a criminal case has no acccess to information about the defendant's past criminal record. This protects the person who is being acccused of the crime. Same lawyers have suggested that this practice should be changed and that a jury should be given all the past facts begfore they reach their decision abouthe case. Do you agree or disagree?

It is common in British and Australian laws that a trial should include a judge as a leader, a defendant with their lawyer, a prosecutor, also a jury to decide counts as guilty or not guilty. Interestingly, a board has no access to a defendant’s past record on criminal. Nowadays, lawyers are divided into groups that some of them argue that the mentioned regulation is not relevant anymore. It is believed that a jury should have known about the past records to help strengthen their decision. In this essay, I would give my opinion as I disagree with that idea for several reasons.

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Some people say that advertising is extremely successful at persuading us to buy things. Other people think that advertising is so common that we no longer pay attention to it. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In about 300 words, give examples to support your ideas.

A number of people believe that advertising has a remarkable effect on inducing me for buying consumer goods.While others say that publicity is more prevalent that we no longer take heed of it.

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In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, transportation is growing quickly in many countries. There is an argument between whether it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines or the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. I think both perspectives are valid and the statement should depend on the situation of the countries.

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Some people prefer the lifestyle and activities offered when living in a cold environment. Others prefer a hot environment. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

It is often said that nowadays about a better place for live, a lot of humans like a cool climate country, however, others love a warm, sunny and dry climate. From my point of view, both the environments have a lot of advantages and choice is very hard and unstandard. In the below essay, I will elaborate on both sides in detail.

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In the future, nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without oaying. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Undeniably, in the future modern life, nobody will buy printed types of newspapers or books because online reading will be replaced with printed editions without paying. In fact, in my point of view, this change will be so positive and brings so many advantages to our society.

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Human activities have negative effects on o plant and animal species. Some human activities have negative effects on Plant and animal species, some people think it is too late to do anything about this Problem. others believe that effective measures can be taken to improve this situation. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Nowadays, several people do a lot of activities and create a negative impact on plants and animal species. Some segments of society reckon that it is already too late to take any steps to tackle this problem; however, counterparts of the society insist that the effective solutions should take to tackle this situation. There are split opinions regarding to this topic, though both have their pros and cons as per everyone's perspective. Therefore, before commenting on my decision, both opinions would be discussed.

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Technology is becoming progressively universal. In the fullness of time, classronn teachers will be totally substituted for technology. Do you agree or disagree?

Over two decades, technology has been influenced people in many aspects namely education, health, politics and entertainment. Let's take an example about this, the development of education is impacted by technology in many various ways. One of them is, teachers prefer to replace their pedagogy from traditional way to modern one such as teaching via technology. This notion will be fully discussed and give some explanations from the writer's perspective.

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These days, many people prefer ready to eat food outside of their home rather than homemade food. Do you think this has more advantages or disadvantages?

For the last few years, people have had more activities especially when it comes to earning money. They got more work while having little time to make food. This activity makes the population become more rush that changes their preference to eating outside, for example, fast food.

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In some countries, some criminal trials are shown on the television andthe general public can watch them, do you think the advantages of thisoutweigh the disadvantages?

In many nations, criminal trials are being broadcasted through television networks for the public to watch. There are pros and cons to this action, and in this essay, I will discuss the advantages that are superior to the disadvantages.

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Many manufactured food and drink products contain high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is celar that modern people have been suffered from many diseases as a result from taking too much sweat food. Many doctors asserted to raising the prices of sugary food because eating lots of sugar can cause various health problems. However, I disagree medical field's opnion for many reasons.

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In their advertising, businesses nowadays usually emphasise that their products are new in some way. Why is this? Do you think it is a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Many companies promote their new products by the means of advertising these days. There are a number of reasons contributing to this phenomenon. In my opinion, it will have positive effects on development in this way.

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