As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual wellbeing. What factors contribute to job satisfaction? How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Shoppers have too much choice, from chocolate bars to jeans.' What, in your opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of having many things to choose from?
Nowadays, a lot o people are able to do their work from home. Discuss the advanatages and disadvanatges of this development?
Some people believe that parents should devote more time to helping their children with schoolwork. Others think that they should allocate more time to playing sports with their kids. Discuss both views and give your own opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the would are now 'one big traffic jam'. How true do you think this statement is? What measures can government take to discourage people from using their cars?
Some people think that university education should be free, while others believe students should pay for it. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
The diagram on the right shows a solar water-heating system from a contemporary home. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The natural Sesources such and fresh water as oil, forests. are being consumed. at an alarming rate. What problems does it cause? How can we solve these problems.
In some countries, more and more peaple are becoming interestedin finding out about the history of the house or building they live in. What are the reasons for this? How can peoplw research this? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You are the member of a public library. You borrowed a book from the library, but could not return it by the due date.
Write a letter to the librarian. In your letter
-Mention the name of the borrowed book, and the due date for returning it
-Describe the reason for not returning it
-inform him when you will return it
The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased by almost 20% in the last ten years. Discuss the causes and effects of this disturbing trend. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You have arranged a weekend holiday with a group of friends, but due to your studies you will not be unable to go with them. Write to your friends, and
•Tell them why you are unable to go
•Say sorry for this
•Suggest an alternative activity at another time
Food travels thousand of miles from far to consumer. Some people think it could be better to our enviroment and economic of people only are local produced food. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Some people think that adults should learn practical skills by themselves, while others believe that learning from a teacher in a classroom is better. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
The table below shows information about the popluation of new Zealand from 2011 to 2012 by age group. Summarize the formation by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
Your best friend is moving back to your city after being overseas for five years. Write a letter to convince your friend to move in with you. In the letter:
- Explain how much you have missed your friend
- Describe how you feel about your friend’s return
- Give reasons that you and your friend should share a home
Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses.
some people believe that professionals，such as doctors and engineers，should be required to work in the country where they did their training.Others believe they should be free to work in another country if they wish. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Many people like to wear fashionable clothes. Why do you think this is the case? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience.
The bar chart shows how many tourists visit four different museums in London over a five month period from June to October.
The bar charts show the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008.
The line graph shows information about the percentage of the population of four Asian countries living in cities and from 1970 to 2020, and with prediction for 2030 and 2040. Summarize key features and make compariopsns where relavnmet.
Some people think that a person can be known from his clothes. Do you agree or disagree. Some people think that a person can be known from his clothes. Do you agree or disagree.
Many people join distance-learning programmes (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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The chart below shows what Anthroplogy graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table shows the salaries of the anthropologists in work after five years.
The table and charts below give informations on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant. Nur
Some believe parents and teachers should supervise children very closely, while others think children should have freedom. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Some people say that friends are more important than family in today’s world. others say family is always more important. write in support of one of these views.
Some think they can use as much fresh water as they want, but others say governments should limit water use because it is not endless. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. People who decide on a career path early in their lives and keep to it are more likely to have a satisfying working life than those who change jobs frequently.To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.
Your English speaking friend who live in your town has asked for your advice about learning a new sport. Recommend a new sport that would be suitable for your friend to learn Explain how your friend could learn this sport Suggest that you both learn this sport together.
The bar chart illustrates the percentage of a car factory's total sale in four continents (Asia, Europe, South America and Asia) annually during the five-year period from 2006 to 2010.
Fresh water has always been a limited resource in some nations of the world. Today, however, growing global demand has turned this problem into a global one. What are the causes behind the increased demand and what steps can goverments and individuals take to address this problem?
You are preparing an outdoors event. Write a letter to your friend to ask for help with the
arrangements.
In your letter include:
what the event is
why the event will happen
how your friend can help you
In most countries, with the widespread of the use of Internet, people have more freedom to choose to work at home instead of travelling to work. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
Some people believe that professionals, such asdoctors and enginers should be required to work in the ciuntry where they did their training. Others believe they should be free to work in another country if they wish. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
In many countries, childhood obesity is a growing problem. What are the reasons for this and what can individuals and governments do to tackle the problem? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people believe that governments should prioritize spending on public services like education, healthcare, and the environment, while others believe that money should be spent on building infrastructure, such as roads and bridges. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
People spend more and more time browsing social networks. Is it a positive or negative development? Should anything be done to restrict children’s access to social networks? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Governments spend a lot of money on public celebrations such as national holidays and public festivals. Some people say that the government spends too much on this and that they should use this money on other useful things. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write a letter to your friend in another country where you like to visit for the holidays. In your letter, you should:
• explain your travel plans
• describe the interesting places you plan to visit
• ask for suggestions for sightseeing options.
the graphs below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main feature and make comparisons where relevant
Leaders and directors in an organization are normally older people. Some people think
younger leader would be better. Do you agree or disagree? It is true that young people can be good leaders at companies or organisations.
Youngle are usually physically stronger and can handle a heavy workload. For example, they can be more creative at work and come up with extraordinary ideas or initiatives which may lead to fruitful results. Being a leader requires people to work with much pressure, and old people are often not capable of doing that. Additionally, younger people are usually more creative, so they are more likely to find newer and better improvements which benefit the entire organisation.
However, older people have worked for many years and they have great experience. Furthermore, older leaders have a more powerful voice and old aged people are respected by others. They can allow members of a company to find optimal solutions when it comes to a pivotal decision point.Therefore, old people have a deeper understanding about enterpreneurial culture of the company and they capable of running the business more efficiently.After comparing young and older people's qualities it becomes clear that older people are more preferable to be leaders.They can have a more powerful voice within the company, and people are more likely to listen to them. For example, as the time spent working with the staff of the senior is often longer, they can understand their colleagues better, achieving more popularity. It is an interpersonal communication skills and approval of other people that can tremendously affect the success of a leader. Younger members, on the other hand, will need more time to make contributions over time to prove themselves worthy.
To conclude, I believe, that older leaders can bring more success to companies and organisations.
The chart below shows the percentage of a drug company's total sales, by region, from 2002 to 2006. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The maps show changes that took place in Youngsville in New Zealand over a 25 year period from 1980 to 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
Poor infrastructure hinders under-developed countries from progressing and modernizing. Some people think that it should be the first problem tackled by foreign aid. To what extent you aree with it?
'Nowadays, news companies spend a lot of money covering international news. However, local news is more relevant to people's lives and should receive more funding.' 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 or experience.
Shopping is the favourite pastime of most of the young people. Why is this the case? Do you think they should be encouraged to do some other useful activities in their free time?
Consumers are faced with increasing numbers of advertisements from competing companies. To what extent do you think are consumers influenced by advertisement ? What measures can be taken to protect them ?
The chart gives information about the number of university graduates from 1992 to 2007 in Canada. The number of university graduates can be seen growing gradually from 1992 - 2007.
You have invited to your friend’s wedding, which will take place in another country next month. Write a letter to the couple and say that you cannot attend.
Explain why you are unable to come. Invite them to visit you after the wedding. Describe some activities you can do together when they visit.