Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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It is believed that the
railways
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ought to be wasted more
money
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instead
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of the new
roads
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. I completely disagree with
this
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opinion as there are several reasons. First of all, nowadays
governments
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are spending more
money
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to
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on
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new
railways
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.
However
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,
governments
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should resurface
to
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apply
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streets
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in my country.
This
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is because the
streets
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are very ramshackle.
At these
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These
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days, people are buying more
cars
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for
their
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theirs
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.
Cars
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are very popular in the world. Humans prefer to
more
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have more
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cars
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.
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, nowadays
cars
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are going everywhere. As much as
,
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apply
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railways
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do not go to where. In the world,
railways
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are crumbling from day to day.
Therefore
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,
governments
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should invest more and more
money
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to
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in
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roads
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. In my opinion,
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this
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these
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activities are very
benefit
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beneficial
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for people.
On the other hand
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, some villages need to help
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streets
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the streets
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.
This
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is because some villages'
streets
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do not resurface.
Governments
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do not help
to
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apply
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their
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them
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. Because they
are
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take public
money
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personally. It is
streets
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are very terrible
during
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apply
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every
winters
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winter
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. And the summers, the
streets
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are dusty.
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, Uzbekistan's
some
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apply
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bucolic villages
do not resurface neither
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do not resurface either
resurface neither
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roads
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. If
fair
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a fair
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governor
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governors
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confirm
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confirms
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, my country will prosper
every
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in every
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place.
Therefore
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,
governments
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should build
roads
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first. In conclusion,
governments
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ought to be invested
money
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on
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in
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new
railways
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despite
on
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of
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roads
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. I think
governments
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will build on
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roads
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road
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every
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and every
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streets
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street
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in the future.
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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

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