People hobbies and interests change over time and are more a reflection of trends and fashions than an indication of what individuals really want to do in their spare time.
To what extent do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge, and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
LIFE NOW IS BETTER THAN IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWERS AND INCLUDE ANY RELEVANT EXAMPLES FROM YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE.
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When talking about success, we often think of people who are rich or famous.
In your opinion, what are the qualities that characterise a successful person? Why do you think these should be the criteria?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Everybody should be allowed addmission to university or colllage programs regardless of their level of academic ability.
To what do you agree or disagree with the statement ? Give reason for your answer and iclude any relevent examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people believe that celebrities should be role models for young people. Other people believe that parents and teachers should be role models for children. Discuss the advantages of both and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words
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People are never satisfied and always want more.
In what ways is this a good thing and in what ways is this a bad thing?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some people believe that the experiences children have before they go to school will have the greatest effect on their future life. Others argue that experiences gained when they are teenagers have a bigger influences.
Discuss both the views and give your own opinions
Nowadays, some employers think that formal academic qualifications are more important than life experience or personal qualities when they look for new employees. Why is this a case? To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
We should introduce laws to make businesses and state services employ equal numbers of male and female workers in every department or area of the company.
How far do you support this idea? Give reasons for your answer, and support your essay with ideas and examples from your own experience.
Some people feel paparazzi should not follow celebrities and invade their privacy by taking pictures of them everywhere, while others believe this is just the price of fame.
Discuss both sides and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answers with relevant examples from your knowledge of experience.
You saw an advert in the newspaper asking for volunteers to help run a charity event. Write a letter of application to the organizers. In your letter:
-explain why you are interested in helping
-Give details suitable past experience
-suggest ways you might help with the event.
In the past, people usually stayed in one place throughout their life. These days, people often move around. They often live in several different places in their lifetime. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?
Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant information from your own knowledge experience.
Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter
explain why you changed jobs – need to feel challenged and also wanted more benefits
describe your new job – whole new experience / I have never worked on it before / love it
tell him/her your other news – next month I’ll travel to Europe
Today more and more tourists are visiting places where the conditions are difficult, such as the Sahara deserts or the Antarctic. What are the benefits and disadvantages for tourists who visit such places? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people say it is important to keep your home and your workplace tidy, with everything orgainsed and in the correct place.
What is your opinion about this.
Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.
Some people believe that studying in a college or university is the best way for students to prepare for their future career. Others think they should leave school as soon as possible to develop their career through work experience gained in the workplace. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
You have recently returned from an afternoon at your public library, and noticed various negative aspects that could be improved upon.
Write a letter to the manager of the public library. In your letter:
•Describe the poor experience you had
•Include ideas for what the library should change
•Explain why you feel the library needs alteration
Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
To Whom This May Concern,
In some countries employees are generally given two weeks of paid vacation time each year. In other countries employers are given four or six weeks of paid vacation time.
Considering the need of both employee and employer, what do you think is a reasonable amount of paid vacation time for employees to have? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience
You were recently impressed by a staff member at a supermarket.
Write a letter to the manager of the supermarket. In your letter:
· Describe the situation
· Explain how you were helped
· State what you are going to do as a result of this good experience
Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
To Whom This May Concern,
Completing university education is thought by some to be the best way to get a job. On the other hand, other people think that getting experiences and developing soft skill is more important. Discuss both view and give ur opinion
Some people believe that it’s not necessary to have internet access to live a full life. What is your opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own experience.
Some people feel that manufacturers and supermarkets have the responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of goods.
Others argue that customers should avoid buying goids with a lot of packaging. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
In some countries children have very strict rules of behaviour, while in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything they want.
To what extent should children have to follow rules?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people argue that it is not wise for an industry to replace its experienced but old workers with new and young yet inexperienced individuals.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some people believe that education is important to get jobs while others believe it its experience and skills. Discuss both views and give your opinion
Having police officers patrolling the streets is often considered an essential way to reduce crime. How effective do you think police street patrols are? What other ways of reducing crime can you propose?
Give reasons for your answer, and provide ideas and examples from your own experience.
Levels of young crime are increasing rapidly in most cities around the world.
What are the reasons for this, and suggest some solutions.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.
Many people say that the only way to guarantee getting a good job is to complete a university education. Others claim that it is better to start work after school and gain experience in the world of work? discuss your opinion.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
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Worker often have to retire at the age of 60 or 65. However, some people say that they should be allowed to continue working for as long as they want.
What is your opinion about this?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 254 words.
You are going on a month training programme to the UK and know that the head of the course would like one of the participants to be the social events’ organiser.
Write a letter to the Training Organiser
•expressing your interest in the role
•requesting more information about it
•explaining what experience you have
Some people think high school graduates should travel or work for a period of time instead of going directly to study at university. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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New technologies and ways of buying and selling are transforming the lives of consumers. To what extent do you agree with this opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some countries allow the young above 18 years to drive,drink or married.
Some countries don't.
Give reasons along with personal experience and what do you think is the ideal age for taking adult responsibilities.
APPLICATION LETTER TOPIC . You recently noticed a local restaurant that was offering a part-time job.
Write a letter to the restaurant’s manager. In your letter,
– explain that you would like to apply for the job
– give some details of any relevant experience that you have
– specify the days and times that would suit you
You should write at least 150 words.
Watching television is bad for children.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Use your own knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Some people think that the true function of a university is to give students access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reason for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic. “Parents should not pressure their children to choose a particular profession. Young people should have the freedom to choose a career path they like. To what extent do you agree or disagree?” You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence
New forms of money are becoming extremely popular nowadays.
Is this a positive development or adding risk to the system? Should new money technology face greater regulation and scrutiny?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people believe that the only purpose of films is entertainment. Others say films have educational value. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experiences.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
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Some people believe that school children should not be given homework by their teachers, whereas others argue that homework plays an important role in the education of children.
Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 250 words.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
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As the internet becomes more popular, newspapers are becoming a thing of the past.
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 and experience.
Write at least 250 words
Some people believe that schools should reward those students who show excellent academic performance while some believe that only the ones who show significant improvement in the grades should be rewarded.
Discuss both the views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
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It is often argued that reading non-fiction books is better than reading fiction. To
what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
Please answer very good answer to this Writing task 2:
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task
Write about the following topic:
It will be better to have wide use of driverless cars for individuals and society. To
what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words
Some people believe that studying for a university degree is better for an individual’s career than gaining work experience immediately after high school. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some students take one year off between finishing high school and going to university, in order to travel or to work.
Do you think the advantages of a ‘gap year’ outweigh the disadvantages?
Support your opinion with examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
People should be at least 21 years old before they are allowed to drive a car.
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 and experience.
As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual well-being. What factors contribute to job satisfaction? How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers?
Give reasons for your answer and give any relevant example or experience you have to support your answer.
Do you think consumers should avoid over packaged products or it is the responsibility of the producer to avoid extra packaging of products?”
Give your views or any relevant example with your own experience.
3. Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic:
Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.