What is your opinion of the custom of tipping? What are the positives and negatives?
If you are in a foreign country where tipping is customary, do you believe you should tip, even if it is not customary in your home country?
Many people work long hours, leaving very little time for leaisure activities. Does this situation have more advantages or more disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Completing university education is the thought by some to be the best way to get a good job. On the other hand, other people think that getting experience and developing soft skills is more important.
Discuss both the sides and give your opinion.
You recently made reservations for dinner at a very famous and expensive restaurant in town. However, the meal and the service were terrible. The restaurant manager was not available to solve the problem, so you left without a resolution.
Write a letter to the restaurant's manager in abot 150-200 words.
- state what problems you had with the food you ordered
- complain about the service
- describe how you want the restaurant to resolve the problem
Some people believe that it is better to have the same job throughout their life, while others think that people should change their job after some period of time. Discuss both the views and give your opinion.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some countries have introduced laws to limit working hours for employees. Why are these laws introduced? Do you think they are a positive or negative development?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graphs below show current rates of secondary and higher education among people in
various parts of the world.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
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Some believe that in many nations, it is necessary to spend a lot of money to build new railway infrastructure for fast trains between cities. Others feel that the government should spend money to improve existing public transportation. Discuss both of these perspectives and give your opinion.
Some people believe that unpaid community services should be a compulsory part of high school programs (for example working for a charity, improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children). To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Many manufactured food and drink products contain high levels od sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar.
Do you agree or disagree?
Several languages are in danger of extinction because they are spoken by a very small number of people. People say that govt should spend public money on saving these languages. Discuss both views and give ur opinion.
Some believe children should be taught to give speeches and presentations in school.
Why is this?
What other skills do you think it is important to be taught in schools?
Nowadays some professions such as doctors, lawyers and engineers are paid much higher than ordinary workers. What do you think of this trend? Are there any jobs which you think should offer higher salaries.
You have recently visited a museum. Now write a letter to your friend about the museum you have visited.
Write a letter to him/ her. In your letter, write:
where you went
what you saw there
how you felt about it
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ...................,
You live in a house opposite a park. Every day a man brings large dogs to the park and lets them run free. Write a letter to your local council complaining about the danger. In your letter
- say where the park is,
- say how often this happens
- give a description of the man and the dogs.
Writing Task 1:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You have recently started work in a new company.
Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter,
• explain why you changed jobs
• describe your new job
• tell him / her your other news
You are a member of a sports club located in an old building. The manager asked you to suggest some improvements to the building.
Write a letter to your manager and say
Why the club is important to you?
What improvements should be made in the building and
How these changes would benefits the members?
In order for a child to develop his/her family life, mothers and fathers should take a course on parenting skills and child development each year. Do you agree or disagree ?
Some people say that the only reason for learning language is in order to travel ro or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Task 2: Some suggest that young people should take a job between school and the university. Discuss what advantages and disadvantages might be for people who do this.
In many parts of the world throughout history, governments have moved their capitals.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this and say whether you wou'ld be in favor of moving your capital?
Some people believe that it is the responsibility of people to take care of the environment. Others say it is the government that should take care of the environment.
Discuss both views
Some people think that parents should teach their children how to be good members of the society. Others, however, believe that schools are the best places to learn this. Discuss both these views.
Some people think that the government should regulate the level of violence in TV and movies. Others believe that films with violence should not be released. Discuss both the perspectives and give your opinion.
Some people think that all university students should study whatever they like. Others believe that they should only be allowed to study subjects that will be useful in the future.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion
Many manufactured food and drinks contains high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Surgary products should be made more exspensive to encourage people to consume less sugar
Do you agree or disagree?
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Many people now undertake extreme activities, from hang-gliding to mountain climbing.
Why do people risk their lives in this way, and do you think this is a good trend?
Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 250 words.
Universities should allocate the same amount of money to students’ sport activities as they allocate to their libraries.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Give reasons for your answer and give any relevant examples or experience you have to support your answer.
The government spends a lot of money on space exploration and on trying to discover life on other planets. Some people think that the government is wasting money and should spend more money on addressing problems in society. To what extent do you agree?
Some people argue that governments should make laws regarding people's nutrition and food choices to improve public health while others contend that this is the freedom of personal choice and responsibility. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
More and more people are expected to be living in urban centres in the future. What problems will this cause? Should the government encourage people to settle outside the city?
Some of people believe that unpaid community service should be compulsory part of high school programmes (for example working for a charity, improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children).
To what xtent do you agree or disagree?
Many people think that public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their money on expensive hi-tech media, such as softwares, DVDs or videos. Do you agree or disagree?
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Should students be allowed to choose which classes they take, or should they be required to take the same classes as everyone else?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach to education?
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the proportion of businesses making e-commerce purchases by industry in Canada between 2015 and 2019.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words
Some people think that ast lessons such as painting and drawing lessons should be compulsory in secondary schools. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
These days people are using the Internet for shopping, work and to communicate with others without the need for face to face meetings. Do the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages?
The role of education is to prepare children for the modern world. School should cut art and music out of the curriculum so that children can focus on useful subject such as information technology.
To what extent do you agree.
It is often said “ when is Rome, do as Romans do”, do you think people should adapt and accept the culture of the country they are visit? Do you think it is possible to learn a culture without learning the language?
Women are better at childcare than men therefore they should focus more on raising children and less on their working life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Write about the following topic:
Some people say that living in a high-rise apartment block is a lonely experience because there is no community spirit. Others say that people who live in high-rise apartments have a much better sense of community than those who live in a house.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
Today, the life expectancy of people is much higher than before. Older people should continue to be involved in the workforce. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some people think the development of the technology make people’s life more complex, so we should make the life simpler without using the technology. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Many organisations and companies ask their staff to wear a uniform. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? What kind of jobs should have a work uniform?
‘Cannabis has been classified as a Class B drug in the UK since 2008 and carries a prison sentence of up to five years for possession.’ (Source: The Week)
Many countries have decriminalised the use of cannabis and as a result have seen a reduction in drug related crime.
Should cannabis and other soft drugs use be legalised?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people are of the opinion that there should be a cae-free day once every month, on which no private vehicles are allowed on the road.
Discuss the advantages and possible disadvantages.
In the future, nobody will buy products newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement