Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmes. To what extend do you agree or disagree?
There are several reasons why I would argue against having compulsory community service for secondary school students.
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, students' performance in other subjects would be affected if valuable study time were taken by charity work or neighbourhood improvement schemes. Linking Words
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite