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IELTS Opinion Writing Samples Band 6

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Many people say that universities should only offer places to young students with the highest marks, while others say they should accept people of all ages, even if they did not do well at school. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards housing, especially in the urban area. While it is evident that temporary housing, including apartments, condos,…, are becoming more popular than ever, we can not deny the fact that there are also more and more people starting to save up money to buy their house - their own home. So what exactly urges them to do such thing? In this essay, I am going to cite some of justifiable reasons for such issue from my point of view.
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Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now 'one big traffic jam'. How true do you think this statement is ? What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?

The statement points out that several cities all over the world are now facing great traffic issues because of the rise in auto ownership over the past 3 decades. This essay supports the aforementioned statement and will provide a reason with 2 possible methods to tackle crowded roads.
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Wealthy nations should assist poor countries with humanitarian relief during natural disasters Do you agree or disagree.

It is considered that rich countries ought to provide underdeveloped nations with humanitarian relief during a natural disaster. This essay agrees with the statement because poor regions are lacking financial resources and has poor medical facilities to recoup on their own.
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Many people assume that the goal of every country should be to produce more materials and goods. To what extent do you agree or disagree that constantly increasing production is an appropriate goal?

Would the production of more items be beneficial to the government? It has been constantly argued that the rate of manufacturing of products should be improved. I personally agree to the statement due to the reasons outlined below.
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In many countries it is now illegal to advertise alcohol. Do you agree or disagree?

It is argued that alcohol-promoting advertisements should be banned and some countries have already decided to consider such advertisements as illegal activities. This essay absolutely agrees with this decision, because those adverts impose the wrong perception of being cool for the younger generation and also hinder the process of giving up the alcohol addiction for those who are trying to quit it.
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One problem faced by almost every large city is traffic congestion. What do you think the causes are?What solutions can you suggest?

No one can deny that all metropolitans have a traffic problem, these days. Although there will be several reasons for traffic difficulties, there are some measures, that people and governments can take to tackle the problem.
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Every year several language die out. Some people think this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer languages. To what extent do u agree or disagree with this opinion.

All countries in the world have themselves mother language and some of them vanish every year. There are some people who believe that life will be convenient without several languages. I completely disagree, because the language is part of a culture and tourist industry.
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It has been said that reading for pleasure is better in developing imagination and language skills than watching T.V. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Books and TV sets have always been good sources of knowledge. A large population believes that reading books upgrades the imagination and language skills, far better than watching television. While many oppose the statement. This essay will strongly disagree with the statement and substantiate the reasons behind the same.
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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. Discuss this views and give your own opinion.

There has been much discussion revolving around the matter of whether advertising products can affect people's choices regarding purchasing the products or that is an outdated means of selling the products. In this essay, I am going to explain both sides of this statement, and I tend to believe the advertisement industry still can be effective in convincing individuals to buy the product for a variety of factors.
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Some people think that all entertainment TV programmes should educate people about the importance of social issues. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

This problem is a problem that I can observe from a person in my family who teaches at Kasetsart university by teaching in the field of Information and Communication Technologies-ICTs. Last year, he retired from teaching and the department announced the recruitment of a new teacher to replace this position that is still vacant by announcing the qualifications that must have completed this field at the doctoral degree level from abroad in order to save the budget of the university that has to send a teacher to study from abroad. As time has passed, the department has not yet been able to obtain a new teacher that has all the qualifications announced. From the survey data, it was found that in Thailand, there were only 806 teachers who graduated in the field of Information and Communication Technologies-ICTs from 2006-2014. However, from 2015 to 2024, higher education institutions in Thailand required 3,081 teachers who graduated in this field (wittaya Jiaraphan Somsak Wongpanyathawor...
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Some children spend hours every day on smartphones. Why is this the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

Undoubtedly, The impact of new technology development induces many children to spend most of their time on smartphones nowadays. From my viewpoint, It has so many reasons why they use it although it gives a negative development.
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Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals. Others say that there are more important environmental problems. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

According to the many news about our world, it is obvious we are dealing with different kinds of problem. These issues can be divided into many sections such as environment, pollution, etc. Some people believe our major concern and issue is environmental and other people think there are more important problems to deal with them. In this essay, I will dig into both opinions and we will discuss both perspectives.
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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

With the advance in research, many scientists discovered alternative treatments to help the patient. Patients avoid going to see a physician as they considered that alternative medicine such as herbal are cheaper and there are plenty of reviews on the internet. It will be discussed in this essay.
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Vaccinating children against preventable diseases is not only unnecessary but also dangerous. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, in our society vaccinating children against diseases that can be prevented is becoming unpopular. The people who do not prefer vaccination claim that vaccinating is just not necessary at the same time it is dangerous for the children. This essay will argue why vaccinating children against preventable diseases is extremely important despite some initial health risks.
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Government should be used to support children in school for sports rather than to support professional sports and arts that perform for the general public. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

Nowadays sport is one of the main subject in our life. Whereas ones state that the country's state agencies should support professional sport others on other hand claim that sport should be introduced and funded in schools. I agree to high extent that sport should be funded at schools because this is a motivation for high professional degree sports and also raise healthy population.
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Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or diagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

It is believed that raising the cost of fuel is the finest method to sort out expanding traffic and environmental issue. In my opinion, I disagree with the idea that higher petrol prices could solve these problems and I believe that various other measures would be more effective.
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Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is true that many high schools make students get a chance for unpaid community service. Although it is argued that it is not much more than wasting their time, it is my belief that unpaid community service should be a required part of high school.
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In future all cars, buses, and trucks will driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers. Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicales outweight the disadvantages?

In future, all vehicles are driven by technology. So people can enjoy the trip as a passenger only. In this essay, I want to discuss the benefits and drawbacks followed by this change.
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Some people say that due to the growing number of unfit and overweight people sport should be made compulsory in all educational establishments. Others claim that only voluntary decision to do sport helps people to be fit, but compulsory physical education embarrasses and turns away students who don't like sport. Discuss both view and give your opinion, and support it with relevant examples.

I couldn't agree more with the given statement that people students should have compulsory sport curriculum in their education and university shall do can help both the college and member of that particular university. on the other hand, voluntary decisions can lead to not doing or some active people like to do it for fun. either way, we can make a case that can justify the reasons for being guilty undergraduates or enduring athletes who can surge for winning. we will discuss it in a way that can justify the results of both cases.
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Some people say that Government should break down all the historic building and replace them with modern buildings. Do you agree or disagree?

It is fact that every country has a histroic sides and moments. There are some who feels it less value and govenment pull it down. In my opinion, these are the greatest assets of every country and cictizens should respect them.
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