In your opinion. What has been the most significant transportation innovation
of the past 200 years?
Support your opinion with reasons and examples from your own knowledge or experience.
With traffic jams and pollution increasing every year in big cities, some people say that public transport should be free in big cities to help reduce these problems which are caused by cars.To what extent do you agree or disagree?
In recent years, the small local shop has closed because customers travel to two large Shopping Centre for the mall to do their shopping in this a positive or negative development?
QUESTIONS:
In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decided to do this.
During last twenty years, the assessment of students has undergone a major transformation. Many educational institutions have shifted their focus from traditional examination towards a variety of innovative assessment techniques, as they believe traditional examination results are not often true to student’s ability.
To what extent do you agree with this belief?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The bar chart illustrates, the proportion of people watching movies in theatres for the year 2012. Moreover,the populace is eminent between male and female while categorizing them into five diffrent age groups. Overall, it is evident that the number of cinema-goers fluctuated across different age groups, however, senior citizens made up the majority of the audience.
On the one hand, individuals belonging to the age group 14-17 years and
You have seen an advertisement in an Australian magazine for someone to live with a family for six months and look after their six year old child.
Write a letter to the parents. In your letter
---Explain why you would like the job
----Give details of why you would be a suitable person to employ
-----Say how you would spend your free time while in Australia.
Over recent years, mobile phones have become an indispensable tool in our daily lives. However, there are several problems such as social and medical which must not be ignored. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones
The graph below shows the average number of years of education, by country between 1950 and 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The graphs below give information about computer ownership as a percentage of the population between 2002 and 2010, and by level of education for the years 2002 and
2010.
Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
For the past year you have been a member of a local club. Now want to discontinue your membership. Write a letter to the club secretary. In your letter:
The table upward displays the planned spendings over the next five years for three environmental projects specialised on sustainable forestry. The pie chart illustrates
the anticipated investment for a year as the projects are commenced.
Every year several languages die out. Some peple think that this is not important becuase life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Millions of dollars are spent on spce research every year. Some people argue that the money should be spent on improving living standard on Earth. Do you agree or disagree?
The bar charts below show the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls aged 12 to 19 years by ethnicity, in the United States for the years 2004 and 2014
The table below shows the numbers of same day and overnight stays in public and private hospitals in 5 Australian states for last year.The pie chart below shows percentage of same day and overnight stays in public and private hospitals in the same 5 Australian states.
You are going to study in a college in the UK next year. You would like to stay in a college Hall of Residence.
Write a letter to the college. In your letter
•explain your accommodation requirements
• explain what your food needs are
• ask what alternatives are available if they cannot provide what you want
Some people believe that the goverment should takr care of old people and provide financial support after they retire. Others say indiciduals should save during their working years to fund their own retirement.
What is your opinion? Is it a positivr or negative development?
You have been assigned to give a networking presentation with your colleague from a different office, who you met last year. Write a letter to your colleague. In your letter:
· Inform your colleague that you will be working together
· Provide your initial ideas on the networking presentation
· Ask for a time to meet and practice the presentation
Some people argue children should stay in school until the age of 18 while others think that 14 years is long enough.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
You have a friend who lives in a city abroad. You have decided that you would like to apply to do a course at one of the colleges in this city.
Write a letter to your friend. In the letter
explain what you would like to do
explain what kind of work or studies you have been doing for the past few years
ask for assistance in contacting an appropriate institution
With the development of technology children are now living in a world that is completely different to what it was 50 years ago.
What problems does this cause for society and the family?
Some people think that having a set retirement age (e.g 65 years) for everybody, regardless of occupation is unfair. They believe that certain workers deserve to retire and receive pension at an earlier age.
• Do you agree or disagree?
• Which types of workers do you think should benefit from early retirement?
Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience
The table shows data about underground railway systems in six major cities with date opedend, kilometres of route and passenger numbers per year in millions.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features making comparisons where relevant.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The bar chart below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and
Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing
the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
The table below shows the numbers of visitors to ashdown museum during the year before and year after the refurbished. The chart show result of survays asking how they were satisfied with their visit during the same two period
The table below shows the numbers of visitors to ashdown museum during the year before and year after the refurbished. The chart show result of survays asking how they were satisfied with their visit during the same two period
People believe that in order to reduce road accidents it should be mandatory for drivers to retake the driving test every 3 years.
Do you agree or disagree with the above statement?
Life now is better than it was 100 years ago.
To what extend do you agree or disagree with this statment? Give reason for your answer and include any relevant example from your own knowledge or experience.
Technology have developed very fast in the past 100 years. However, some people think that technology progress has brought negative effect on humanity. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?
The charts below show the number of international students in Canada and USA in 2002 and 2003, also the changes of the increase in student population over the two years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The charts below show one government's spending on culture and education in 1995 and
2005 and the number of people participating in Arts events in the same years.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
You have been working in a company for three years, but now wish to leaving job. Write a letter to the manager of the company.
In your letter- * What have you learned while working for the company? * Did you enjoyed working there? * What are you reasons for leaving the job?
The chart shows the proportion of people in a UK survey carried out in the three different years who said they were interested in certain sports.
What invention in the last 30 years has made the most difference in the lives of people? Explain why it has had such a noteworthy effect. Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
You have a meeting with your manager the next day. Write a letter telling him/her what you are going to discuss in the meeting.
In your letter, you should tell:
what you have done for the company in the year you worked there
what changes you would like to recommend
what training you require
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table below shows local catches and imports of fresh fish into Perth, Australia for the years 2004 - 2014.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You have had a back account for a few years. Recently you received a letter from the bank stating that your account is $240 overdrawn and that you will be charged $70 which will be taken directly from your account. You know that this information is incorrect. Write a letter to the bank. Explain what has happened and say what you would like them to do about it.
The tables show the number of mobile phones sold in millions of for a period of six years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and makes comparisons where relevant.
The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children.
to what extent do you agree or disagree ?
Jenny is conducting a research project on cell phone use. The chart shows the percentage of students, and parents of students, at Jenny’s school who owned cell phone over a 14 year period. The table provides the cell phone ownership rate nationwide over the same timeframe.
The table below presents the number of children ever born to women aged 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was collected since 1981.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The charts show degrees granted in different fields at the National University in the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. In the pie charts, there were four majors given in those years: Computer science, Medicine, Business, and Law.
The chart below shows the proportion of survey respondents that showed interest in particular sports in three different years in the UK.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the number of years at school of two sex in Singaporean, whereas the pie chart depicts the educational levels between 2000 to 2010.
Many high street shops have gone out of business in recent years. Why do you think this has happened? Is it a positive or negative development?
The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. many of the problems young people now experience such as juvenile deliquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this opioion?
The pie charts below show the devices people in the 18 to 25 age group use to watch television in Canada in different years
It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going university. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?
The pie charts below show the percentage of students on the one adult education centre taking a various courses offered in 1985 and this year