Samples Band 7

IELTS Opinion Writing Samples Band 7

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Some people believe that family is important than friends. To what extent do you agree and disagree?

It is always debatable whether family or friends contribute significantly to one’s life. However, I believe that both have equal importance to gaining overall development and the reasons for my inclination are elucidated in forthcoming paragraphs.

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it is important for people to take risks, both in their professional lives and their personal lives. Do you think the advantages of taking risks outweigh the disadvantages?

accepting risks in different aspects of life including professional and private ones has been the subject of debate in recent years. While there are drawbacks to taking risks, I personally believe that it can promote individuals’ status and also bring more consent to their lives.

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The young today spend a large amount of their leisure time in shopping centers. It is feared that this trend can bring negative influences on the youths and the society. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this view?

Nowadays, comfort is highly prioritised, hence, shopping is shifted from individual showrooms to large shopping complexes, serving each and every item under a single roof. Since, these are large infrastructures, moving from one place to another consumes a lot of effort. In respect of this, people believe that spending more time with adults at these sites would have a negative influence on them. However, some people believe in the opposite way. This essay will discuss both opinions.

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Most high level positions in companies are filled by men even though the workforce in many developed countries is more than 50 percent female. Companies should be required to allocate a certain percentage of these positions to women. Do you agree?

Men are preferred by most companies to fill positions in higher-level management. Corporations think that women don't have the ability to deal with work pressure despite most of the female candidates showing extraordinary performance in the workplace. I partially agree that,companies should allocate a certain percentage of positions to women as it would help the women and men to contribute equally towards organizational growth . However certain positions need to be filled based on experience and skills.

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Universities should accept equal members of male and female student in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that both gender men and women must equally accept in all subjects in college. I completely agree with this statement. The impending essay will discuss the same with a logical conclusion.

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In some areas of the US, a 'curfew' is imposed, in which teenagers are not allowed to be out of doors after a particular time at night unless they are accompanied by an adult. what is your opinion about this?

It is often argued that in some areas adolescences are not permitted to stay out of their home at night unless they are with adults. I completely agree with this law due to the safety of them.

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Some people believe studying in a college or university is the best way to prepare for a successful career. Other people prefer to get a job as soon as they leave school and to develop their career through work experience. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Education plays a significant role in ameliorating careers for one and all. Some people believe that a college or a university degree sharpen the future of an individual while other think that just after completing school, one should get a job as soon as possible and then make their career utilizing their work experience. In my opinion, before preparing for a successful future to get a grade from a college or university will be much better. I think this way for the following reasons, which I am going to discuss in this essay.

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Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this a positive or negative development?

The notion of providing distance education at several universities has become quite fashionable. Whilst I believe online courses to have great benefits in several cases, I presume that this trend may give rise to some downsides.

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Developments in technology are causing environmental problems. Some think the solution is for people to adjust to a simpler life while others believe that technology itself can solve these problems. Discuss both the views and give your opinion

Developments in technological equipment are leading to an increased lot of environmental issues. Some say that one way to solve this issue is by settling ourselves into basic life, whereas, others say, the best solution is the technology itself. This essay agrees with the latter part and would show that despite, having a simple lifestyle there will be a great impact on society, but environmental solutions by technology would be a win-win situation.

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Some people say history is one of the most important school subjects. other people think that, in today's world, subjects like science and technology are more important than history. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

In today's world, people often debate about the importance of subjects in school like history, science, and technology. Some individuals are of the opinion that very few subjects are as important as history while others hold the view that history is not as important as science and technology. In this essay, I will discuss both view and give an opinion. I, personally, side with the latter view.

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People living in the twenty-first century are happier than people of previous times. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

Humans living in the current century are more blessed than people of previous centuries. I agree with this view to some extent so that nowadays individuals are living among lots of comforts and chances although there are disadvantages of twenty-first-century life as well. I'll discuss these views in the following paragraphs.

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Crime rates will fall as advances in technology make it easier to detect and prevent crimes. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Many people believe that as technology advances, it will ease the challenges of law enforcement. I am generally in agreement that these innovations will not completely eliminate criminality as it is inherent to human nature.

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Many people join distance‐learning programs (study material, post, TV, Internet) and study at home, but some people think that it cannot bring the same benefit as attending colleges or universities does. Do you agree or disagree?

Many people considered online learning a great educational platform, due to the fact that it is more affordable. However, learning through the internet lessen students' opportunity to access some academic materials that only colleges provide. In my opinion, I agree that attending college is a better option in terms of accessibility to more educational resources and enhancing social skills.

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More and more newspapers and news channels are using photographs to support their news articles and stories. Some believe that photographs are not a reliable source of news while other consider photographs to be irrefutable. Discuss both the views and your opinion.

These days, different types of newspaper publishing companies use graphical images to publish their news to gain more attention from the readers. While others oppose this process of publishing news. I have discussed both points of view along with my opinion.

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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.

It is widely argued that a large amount of money should be used for the construction of new railway lines that operates expresses between cities. In contrast, some people insist that the necessity of improving the existing public transporting system. Both opinions are persuasive to some extent, but I agree with the former opinion.

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Scientists agree that many people are eating too much junk food and it is damaging their health. Some people think that these problems can be solved by educating people to eat less junk food. Other people believe that education will not work. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.

In the present situation, junk food has become a hot topic all over the globe. While some people argue that encouraging individuals to be equipped with knowledge about the impacts on the human body of eating processed foods is the key method to aid people in having a clean diet, others point out that it would not be effective. In my opinion, I strongly believe that education will not influence people to have a healthy diet.

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Advertisements are the most important marketing strategy to enhance the sale of products? do you agree or disagree?

The importance of advertisement in the modern era was always debatable with many people claiming that it is an effective approach to increase product sales while others reject this notion.This essay will elaborate my view in favouring the positive impact of this trend and thus lead to a logical conclusion.

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Shopping is the favourite free time activity for many young people today. Why do you think this has happened? Should young people be encouraged to do different activities in their free time rather than shopping?

İt is true that people between the ages of fifteen and thirty like buy some things for themselves these days. I think, there are a lot of reasons for this situation and they need to directed new pastimes.

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Some people think that the detailed criminal description on newspapers and TV has bad influences, so this kind of information should be restricted in the media. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Living in a modern society with easy access to global information, many believe that there should be regulations about the content of published news like descriptive criminal cases since it holds a certainty of negative impact. From my own point of view, I’m strongly against the prohibition of mentioning illegal behaviours on public media.

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Some people think history has little or nothing to offer, while others say the study of the past helps us understand the present. Discuss both the viewpoints and give your opinion.

Some people state that history has little or nothing to offer, while others say the study of the past helps us understand the present. In this essay, I will discuss both views in this debate and give my own opinion.

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