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In many countries around the world, life expectancyis increasing. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this situation and give your own opinion.

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Medical care over the past century has improved dramatically. As a consequence, the world's population is increasingly living long into old age. Is
this
 having a harmful effect on societies across the globe, or are there more benefits than drawbacks? One obvious issue with an ageing population is that it can create enormous demands on a nation's
health
 service. As
people
 live longer into their old age, the chances of them suffering from serious illnesses
increases
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.
As a result
, the likelihood of them requiring medical treatment becomes higher, and it becomes more difficult to provide care for everyone. A
further
 downside is that living longer does not necessarily bring happiness. By
this
 I mean, an older person is unable to do many of the activities that they want to do, leading to the likelihood of depression and a deterioration in their physical
health
. Having said that, one obvious benefit to
people
 living longer is that young
people
 can benefit for a longer time from the wisdom handed down to them by older members of their families. In today's
fastpaced
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 world, it is often comforting to seek advice from older generations.
Consequently
, the physical
health
 of a grandparent is almost irrelevant, as the children and grandchildren will benefit from the experience of an older mind. What is more, retired
people
 today are generally much healthier than they have ever been
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 and often enjoy their lives more than they did when they were young. They have the best of both worlds - a family that can care for and look up to them, and better
health
 than at any time in human history. Weighing up both sides of the argument again,
although
 there are a number of problems that old age brings - predominantly
healthrelated
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health-related
health related
 - the benefits that it brings to the family unit and to society as a whole are impossible to ignore.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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