Growing up in the city is better for children's development and it helps them have a good life later on compared to living in the village.
Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
The map shows the village park, now and 10 years ago. Summarize the information by
selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
In some countries, school are open till late so that children can be looked after when parents are at work. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages
In the future, robots and other forms of artificial intelligence may do the majority of the work that humans do today.
Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
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 activities?
TOPIC : Advertising discourages us from being individuals by making us all look the same.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
With the increase in transport and accommodation problems in many cities, some governments are encouraging businesses to move to rural areas.
Do you think the advantages of this outweigh its disadvantages?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the 19th century. The map below shows the development of the village
It has become very common for people to borrow money. Maby people have credit card, a mortgage and often they buy a car on credit card as well. Is this a good idea or this is too risky? Discuss both views abd give your own opinion.
Health experts claim that walking is known to be beneficial to health. However, people are walking less on a daily basis. What are the reasons for this? What can be done to encourage people to walk more again?
Nowadays, as a part of education process, students work at a company for a short period of time without pay. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
In many countries today, parents are able to choose to send their children to single-sex schools or coeducational schools. Some people think that children going to single sex schools have disadvantages later in life. To what extent do you agree?
As technology advances, travelling to space is likely to become an option for holidaymakers in the future.
what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of space tourism?
Long-distance flight consumes the amount of fuel that a car uses for many years and pollutes the air. Some people think that we should discourage non-essential flights, such as tourist travel, rather than limit the use of cars. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
3. Some people think that having a set retiremnt age (e.g 65 years) for everyone, regardless off occupation, is unfair. They believe that certain workers deserve to retire and receive a pension at earlier age.
Do you agree or disagree?
Which types of workers do you think should benefit from early retiremnent? –
In some countries, university students live away from home and in another city while studying. Do you think the disadvantsges outweigh the advantages of living in another city?
Modern technology is used in many workplaces today.
How do you think technology changed the ways people work?
Do you think there any disadvantages of relying on technology at work?
The graph below shows the percentage of workers from five different European countries that were absent for a day or more due to illness from 1991 to 2001. Summarise the information by selecting reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The chart below shows the average daily minimum and maximum levels of two air pollutants in four big cities in 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant
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Increasing car usage in many large global cities has caused a number of problems. Some cities have proposed banning private vehicles from the city centre.
To what extent do you agree?
The bar charts illustrate the average years of schooling, scientists and technicians per 1000 people and also the participation levels in research and development in developing and industrialised countries during 1980 and 1990.
The world has seen an enormous increase in flights for leisure,business and commercial purpose around the world over recent years.
What do you think are the main advantages and disadvantages of such flights?
Do you think flight should be taxed more?
In some societies, more and more people are deciding to live alone.
Why do you think this is? Do the advantages of living alone outweigh the disadvantages?
Some people think that it is important to have a single language as an official international language. Others think that it will make it difficult to identify countries and cause a less of culture. What are your opinions on this?
Many people these days have computer, laptops, telephones at their homes for work. Do you think, working from home has more advantages or disadvantages? Give reasons
In many parts of the world, children and teenagers are spending more and more of their times indoors. What do you think are the causes of this problem? What measures could best be taken to solve it? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
In many coutries, women are allowed to take maternity leave during the first month after the birth of the new born. Do you think the advantages od maternity leave outweight the disadvantages?
You recently saw an advertisement about a business conference that can be helpful for your work. Write a letter to your manager asking permission to attend the conference.
In your letter, say:
what the conference is about
how you know about the conference
explain to him/her why it is important that you attend this conference
You should write at least 150 words.
You recently visited a restaurant to celebrate a special occasion, but you were unhappy with the meal and service you received. Write a letter to the restaurant manager. In your letter:**
- **Describe the occasion and why you chose the restaurant.**
- **Explain the issues you encountered with the meal and the service.**
- **Suggest what you would like the manager to do to address the problem.**
The map below shows the development of the village of Ryemouth between 1995 and present.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic
You will move to a new city for work. You know some people who live there.
Write a letter to your manager. In your letter:
- Ask them for help finding accommodation
- Tell them where you would like to live
- Tell them the type of place you are looking for
All high school students should be encouraged to take part in community service programmes. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
It is a positive thing for people who are in senior management positions in companies to have much higher salaries than other employees in the same company or organisation. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some say that it would be better if the majority of employees worked from instead of travelling to a workplace every day.
Dou you think advantages of working from outweigh the disadvantages?
The chart below shows the percentage of females aged 16-25 in a particular country who participated in sports, compared to those who watched sports, in 2000.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some say that because many people are living much longer, the age at which people retire from work should be raised considerably.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
You should write at least 250 words.
Write IELTS essay with at least 250 words with the topic "In the developed world, average life expectancy is increasing.
What problems will this cause for individuals and society? Suggest some measures that could be taken to reduce the impact of aging populations."
1 For many young people today, shopping is their favorite free time activity.
Why do you think this has happened?
Should young people be encouraged to do different activities in their free time?
The charts below show the propotions of british, students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
In many parts of the world there is continuous coverage of sport on television. Some people believe this discourage the young from taking part in any sport themselves. Discuss this view and give your own opinion.
Some people believe that it is best to accept a bad situation, such as an unsatisfactory job or shortage of money. Others argue that it is better to try and improve such situation.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Some countries encourage teenagers to have part time job and see it is a good thing, while others disagree. Give your opinion and explain both views.
One of your friends wants to apply for a job involving working with foreign teenagers.
Write a letter of recommendation for him/her.
You should write at least 150 words.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task
The graph below shows the demand for electricity in England during typical days in winter and summer. The pie chart shows how electricity is used in an average English home.
Some people spend most of their lives living close to where they were born.
What might be the reasons for this?
What are the advantages and disadvantges?
Parents are often over anxious to teach their children to speak. If children are 'slow-developers' parents will often allow psychologists and schools to intervene and give children speech therapy. Do you think development at different rates and so should be left to themeselves to acquire language skills, or, is such intervation justified? Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Languages are dying out all the time. The Result of this is a world with fewer languages. This is a good thing for people everywhere. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The movement of people from villages to cities for work can cause serious problems in both places.
What are the serious problems associated with this?
What measures can be taken to solve these problems?
As computers can translate quickly and accurately with the development of technology, learning foreign languages is a waste of time.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
You want to learn a language. A teacher who teaches this language lives near the area where you live.
Write a letter to the teacher. In your letter:
- say how you came to know about him/her
- explain why you want to learn this language
- ask what help he/she can offer