In the past, most people used to travel to their place of work. With the increased use of computers, the internet, and smartphones, more and more people are starting to work from home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?
Today’s children are living under more pressure from the society than children in the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
With an increasing population communicating via the internet and text messaging, face-to-face communication will become a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree with this opinion?
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teacher were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they were nowadays. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Over the past decade, increase in use of mobile phones resulted in birds losing their habitat. Do you agree or disagree
Modern lifestyle are completely different from the way people lived in the past. Some people think the changes have been very positive, while others believe they have been very negative. Discuss both these points of view and give your own opinion.
As compared to the past, people spend more years in school and enter the workforce much later in life. Describe some of the problems entering the workforce later in life can cause and suggest at least one possible solution.
In the past, people wore traditional clothes, spoke languages and practiced activities as dictated by their regional culture. These days, the world’s cultures resemble one another quite closely. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
In the past, knowledge was contained in books. Nowadays, knowledge is upload to the internet. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Has the importance of travel by water changed now from how it was in the past? Discuss these views and provide your opinion. You should spend 40 minutes on this topic. Write no less than 250 words. You should provide reasons for your answer.
In many countries, people are deciding to have children at a later age than in the past. Why? Advantages outweigh disadvantages?
Some believe that engaging in an active pastime does more to develop life skills than time spent reading. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
These days it is much easier for many people to travel to different countries for tourism than in the past. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
A friend of yours has recently written to you asking for advice about a problem at work. You have had a similar problem at your workplace in the past.
Write a letter to your friend. In your letter,
tell your friend how you feel about the problem
explain how you faced a similar situation in the past
suggpst possible solutions to the problem
Nowadays air travel is cheaper than in the past. Is this a positive or a negative development? Discuss and give your own opinion.
In the past most people lived in small villages where everyone knew everyone else. Nowadays most people live in large cities where they only know a few people in their area. What do you think were the advantage and disadvantage of living in a small community?
These days many of us prefer to throw damaged things away, whereas in the past people used to repair damaged items and keep them for a long time. What are the effects of this change in attitude?
Some people think history has nothing or little to tell us, but others think that studying the past history can help us better understand the present. Discuss both views and give your opinion, citing examples form your experience.
Modern lifestyles are completely different from the way people lived in the past.Some people think changes have been positive by others believe they have been negative.Discuss both views and give your opinion.
n the past, lectures were the traditional method of teaching large numbers of students in a classroom. Nowadays new technology is increasingly being used to teach students. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this new approach in teaching? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.
In the past, buildings often reflected the culture of a society but today all modern buildings look alike and cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What do you think is the reason for this, and is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Vehicles using alternative fuel have been available since the past few years, yet they are not common on the roads. What are the reasons for this? How can people be encouraged to use these vehicles?
In the past, the role of a teacher was to provide information. Today, students have access to a lot of information. There is, therefore, no role for teacher in modern education. Do you agree or disagree?
Crime rate nowadays is decreasing as to compared to past because of technology advancement. Do yo agree or disagree?
Today many things are done by machines. Machines have replaced the way things were done in the past, at home and by hand. Give the advantages and disadvantages of this idea.
In general, people do not have such a close relationship with their neighbours as they did in the past. Why is this so? Do you agree or disagree?
With recent developments in technology like e-books, some people feel that printed media like books, newspapers, and magazines will soon be a thing of the past. Others feel that these forms of media will never disappear. What is your opinion ? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The ways people interact with each other have been changing dramatically for the past thirty years because of text messaging. In what ways has text messaging affected the types of interactions people have? Has this become a positive or negative development?
People nowadays sleep less than they used to be in the past. What do you think is the reason behind this? What are the effect on individuals and people around them?
Around the world, people are now living longer than ever before in the past. To what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweigh the disadvantages?
Nowadays both men and women spend a lot of money on beauty care. This was not so in the past. What may be the root cause of this behavior? Discuss the reasons and possible results.
Some people think history has nothing or little to tell us, but others think that studying the past history can help us better understand the present. Discuss the two views and give your own opinion.
ou should spend about 40 minutes on this task. As the internet becomes more popular, newspapers are becoming a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
In some counties,many more people are choosing to live alone nowadays than in the past.Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
people now are live longer than in the past. Some people think that ageing population will cause many problems for government. Other think that have more elderly will benefits for society.Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
The process diagram give illustration on the stages involved in the production of dairy and its varieties. Overall, there are 8 different stages in the production of milk. The first few steps takes place in the farm while the last steps are done in the factory. To begin with, Grazing occurs in the farm, It is harvesting by animal instead of by machines. It provides good nutrition and other benefits to the animal. Milk is extracted from the cows by milk machine and the milk is refrigerated. Milk is transferred into milk tanker and milk is delivered daily to the diary. Furthermore, Diary milk is pasteurized and packaged in form of cheese, butter and cream. They are distributed in supermarkets, shops and stores for human consumption. In addition, grazing occurs in the farm and extraction of milk by the milking machine, milk pasteurization and packaging process is done in the factory, and then distributed to shops.
Shopping is the favourite pastime for most of the young people. Why do you think is that? Do you think they should be encouraged to do some other useful acitivities?
In the past, people stored knowledge in books. Nowadays people store knowledge on the internet. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
The map shows the the past plan for the village in 1920 and now.
In the past, when students did a university degree, they tended to study in their own country. Nowadays, they have more opportunity to abroad. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development? You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidences
There have been many technological developments in the past few decades, for example in telecommunications, transport and health. What technological development do you think has been the most important? How has it changed people's lives? Have all the changes been positive?
In the past, people used to travel abroad to look for many differences from their home country. Nowadays, cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What are the reasons? Is this a positive or negative development?
Nowadays, families are not as close as in the past and a lot of people have become used to this. Explain the reasons for this and discuss any possible effects it may have on society.
Weddings are more expensive in many countries comparison present and past. What is the reason behind this? Is this a positive or a negative development?
Teachers in this modern era are unvalued by society than they were in the past. Do you agree or disagree?
Nowadays, some consumers are less influenced by advertising than in the past. What are the reasons? Is it a positive or negative development
People sleep less than they used to in the past. What do you think is the reason behind this and what are the effects on individuals?
In past, museums storaged information about culture and history. However, now this information can be found in internet. So, there is no need of it in museums. Do yo agree or disagree?
In the past when students did a university degree they tended to study in their own counrty. Nowadays, they have more opportunity to study abroad. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?
Over the past 50 years, young people have gained status and power but old people have lost. What is the cause and is it a good development?