The best way to solve traffic and transportation problems is to encourage people to live in cities rather than suburbs or countryside. What extent do you agree or disagree? You should write at least 250 words.
Some
people
argue that encouraging people
to live in cities rather than suburbs is the best way to solve traffic
and transportation
problems. In this
essay, I will explain to what extend
I agree or disagree.
Living in the cities has several advantages including closer distance to main facilities, Replace the word
extent
such
as shopping mall
, office galleries, and Fix the agreement mistake
malls
hospital
, which enable Fix the agreement mistake
hospitals
people
to save both time and effort doing their daily activities. However
, I don't think this
closer distance will significantly solve the traffic
and transportation
problems. My main reason is because, generally, traffic
and transportation
problems arise when the number of vehicles are
significantly higher than the road capacity. Change the verb form
is
Hence
, even if the distance is close, the traffic
will still be there if the road capacity is not sufficient. In contrast
, I think that having people
live in certain
area only, which is the city, will make the Add an article
a certain
traffic
worse because people
will be commuting in
Change preposition
on
a specific roads
within a specific time.
Correct the article-noun agreement
a specific road
specific roads
To sum up
, I don't think where people
live, either in city
or Correct article usage
the city
suburbs
, has Correct article usage
the suburbs
strong
correlation with congestion and Add an article
a strong
transportation
issues. Instead
, the ratio between the number of vehicle
and road capacity plays Change to a plural noun
vehicles
more
important role here. If we want to solve the issues, it is better for Add an article
a more
government
to 1) ensure that Correct article usage
the government
the
public Correct article usage
apply
transportation
is convenient and affordable so people
prefer to take it rather than personal
vehicle, and 2) encourage Add an article
a personal
people
to use their personal vehicle
efficiently, Fix the agreement mistake
vehicles
such
as using 1 car for a family, rather than each person in the family use their individual car separately.Submitted by helma.devina on
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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
The easiest way to score well on the IELTS Task 2 writing portion is to structure your writing in a solid essay format.
A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).
Stick to this essay structure:
- Paragraph 1 - Introduction
- Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
- Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
- Paragraph 4 - Conclusion