Test 3
WRITING
Your local council is considering closing a sports and leisure centre that it runs, in order to save money.
Write a letter to the local council. In your letter
* give details of how you and your friends or family use the centre
* explain why the sports and leisure centre is important for the local community
* describe the possible effects on local people if the centre closes
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
In the future all cars, buses and truck will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passenger. Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages?
In some places old age is valued, while in ohter cultures yoouth is considered more important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
In many countries, children are engaged in different kinds of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as a valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion?
In some countries, employees are generally given two weeks of paid vacation time each year. In other countries, employees are given four or six weeks of paid vacation time. Considering the needs of both employee and employer, what do you think is a reasonable amount of paid vacation time for employees to have?
The digital age has made the gap between the younger and older generations wider. Give reasons for your own answer.
Some students work while studying. This often results in lacking time for education and constantly feeling under pressure. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest? Show ideas and vocabulary / Find essays with the same topic / Report
The two pie charts provide information about boys and girls’ participation rates in various activities after the survey.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task:
Your internet connection has recently been slow and unreliable.
Write a letter to your internet service provider to complain. In the letter:
-Describe the problem and why you are unhappy
-Arrange for an engineer to visit your home
-Request a reduction in your bill
You do not need to write any addresses
Write at least 150 words.
Before students go to college, some students are encouraged to work or travel for a year, known as the gap year. Do you think this is a good idea?
Some parents think that helping their children with homework is a good idea others believe that children should do their homework on their own. Discuss both views and give your opinion
Many people are now opting to provide technology companies with their personal data in-exchange for access to software. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Some people say that companies that sponsor big game gain a lot; while the others believe that it can become a disadvantage. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999, and the bar graph shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999. ▪️Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Over the last few decades, the media has promoted the image of young tin women as being ideal. What problems has this caused? What solutions can you suggest to this issue?
In the past, most people used to travel to their place of work. with 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 the yeast development you should use your own ideas knowledge and eperience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the relationship between equality and personal achivement. Some people believe that individuals can achieve more in egalitarian societies.Others believe that high levels of personal achivement are possible only if individuals are free to succeed or fail according to their individual merits. Discuss both sides and gave your own opinion
You are desirous of improving the state of your local area for the youth.
Write a letter to the editor of a community magazine with ideas for how this could be done. In your letter,
write how the number of leisure facilities available can be increased
explain how these would benefit the area
suggest some possible ways by which young people can be involved
Alot of people who wanted to become professional athletes gave up this idea because of the fear of failure and parents pressure.Do you think that parents should support their children who want to do a career in sports.
Many people today decide to leave their small villages and life in the countryside and move to the big city. Give reasons for this and give the possible problems this can cause.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of three of the following as media for communication information. State which you consider to be the most effective. Comic, books, radio, television, film, theater.
The bar chart shows the results of a survey, in which people in Europe and the USA were asked what they consider to be the most important factor in the success of a business. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Around the world, rural people are moving to cities and urban areas, so the population in the countryside population are decreasing. Is this a positive or negative development?
Some people think that news has no connection to people’s lives, and therefore, they consider it a waste of time to read news in newspapers or watch television news programs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
your recently received a letter from a friend asking for your advice on wheather to go to college or to try to get a job.you think he/she should get a job.write a letter to this friend.in your letter;say why she will not enjoy going to college ,explain why getting a job is a good idea ,suggest the type of job that would be suitable.
Some people think young people are not suitable for important positions in the government, while other people think this is a good idea for young people to take on these positions. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Subjects such as arts sports and music are being dropped from the school curriculam for subjects such as information technology many prople childern suffer as a result of there changes. To what extent would you support or rejects the idea of moving these subjecs from school curriculam?
When choosing a job. The salary is the most important consideration. What extent do you agree or disagree? agree to some extent. motivation & reward less paid not hapy afeet work praising position/ good comany nice culture , tired
You recently attended a cookery class and enjoyed it. Now you want to provide feedback to the cookery school. Write a letter to the cookery school. In your letter:
Describe the cookery class you attended.
Explain what you enjoyed about the class.
Suggest some improvements to the class.
Many young people move out of their homes to live alone or to live with their friends. Some people think this is a good idea. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give examples from your own knowledge or experience.
It is widely believed that children of different levels of intelligence should be taught together, while others think that more intelligent children should be taught separately. Discuss and present your own opinion.
Nowadays, education quality is very low . Some people think we should encourage our students to evaluate and criticize their teachers . Others believe that it will result in a loss of respect and discipline in the class room . Discuss both sides.
Some people think that governments should ensure that their people stay healthy; others think it’s the responsibility of the individuals. Discuss both sides of the argument and provide your opinion.
“Public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited resources on expensive high-tech media such as software, videos or DVDs. Do you agree or disagree?”
In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there. Whats is your opinion about this?
Some people think that geting a degree frome university is the best way for guarantee a good job,others believe that it would be better to go straight into work and get experience instead. Discusse both side and give your opinion.
The supplied map gives data on the developments that were at the seaside report of Tempelton from 1990 to 2005.
People have different views about the kind of support that wealthy nations should provide for poorer ones. Although some say that non-financial support is beneficial for poor countries, my own view is that international aid should be in the form of financial assistance.
In recent years, there has been a surge in popularity of electrical vehicles. What are the advantages and disadvantages of EVs? Discuss and provide examples.
It It has become very common for people to borrow money. Most people have a credit card, a mortgage and öften they will buy a car on credit as well. Is this a good idea or is it too riske? Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
In the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicales will be passengers. Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicales outweigh the disadvantages?
You live near a public school. The school asked local residents to help maintain the school building and playground. Write a letter to the principal. In your letter:
-Explain why you would like to help
-Tell them how you can help
-Let them know when you are available
Some individuals believe that the primary goal of universities should be to provide information and skills for needed for future work. Others however feel that the main objective of universities is to give students access to knowledge for its own values regardless of the information is useful for a job or not. What in your opinions, should be the primary objective of university education?
Some people think that the government should be responsible for crime prevention, while others believe that it is the responsible of individuals to protect themselves. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
Many inventions by humans are considered revolutionary (e.g. wheel). Some people think that the most important invention is the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The main purpose of public libraries is to provide books and theyshouldn’t waste their limited resources and space on providingexpensive hi-tech media such as computer software, videos andDVDs.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Some people consider national news as more important while other people think that international news is of more importance. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Write a letter to your internet service provider to complain. In the letter:
– Describe the problem and why you are unhappy
– Arrange for an engineer to visit your home
– Request a reduction in your bill
Consider a situation where you are asked by your supervisor to participate in a group project at work. Your supervisor wants you to work with someone who has opinions that are very different from yours. Moreover, they feel very strongly about these opinions. Do you think that working with this person is a good idea?
some people believe that culture will be ruined if it is used to earn tourism revenue, but others consider that tourism is the only way of protecting culture. Discuss both sides nad give your own opinion.