Complete the description of the table using an appropriate word, words or number.

reasons for shopping at ASDA supermarket close to home good reputation 24-hour shopping parking facilities friendly staff competitive prices

no. of men 25 17 4 21 6 14

no. of women 20 22 0 20 6 17

The table shows the main reasons why ASDA is a popular supermarket for shoppers. The top three reasons are its location / closeness to home, its reputation and its parking facilities. Of these, the most important reason why men shop at ASDA is that the shop is close to their home 25 men rated this as an important factor. Women, however, prefer ASDA to other supermarkets mainly because it has a good reputation / of its reputation. They rated the location of the supermarket second. A significant number of both men and women also choose to shop at ASDA because it has / of the / of its good parking facilities. The women felt / said / thought / considered this was as important as the location of the supermarket. On the other hand, the attitude of the staff does not seem to be an important factor asonly six women and six men rated this highly. Surprisingly, almost no one said they prefer to shop / shopping at ASDA because it is open 24 hours a day.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below shows the number of medals won by the top ten countries in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

London 2012 Olympic Games Medal Table Rank by Gold 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Country United States China Great Britain Russia South Korea Germany France Italy Hungary Australia Gold 46 38 29 24 13 11 11 8 8 7 Silver 29 27 17 26 8 19 11 9 4 16 Bronze 29 23 19 32 7 14 12 11 5 12 Total 104 88 65 82 28 44 34 28 17 35

Source: http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/

model answer: The table shows the number of medals won by the top ten countries in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The USA won greatest number of medals overall with the total of 104. They won more gold medals than silver and more medals than any other country in both categories. China had the second number of medals at 88, and like the USA, China won fewer silver medals than gold medals. While Russias silver medal total was better than Great Britains, they did not do as well as Great Britain in the gold medals, winning just 24. In fact Great Britain had a lower overall medal total than Russia but, as the table is based on the number of gold medals won, they were placed third. Similarly, Germany was significantly more successful at winning medals than South Korea, with a total of 44 compared to South Koreas 28, but because South Korea won two more gold medals than Germany they were ranked higher. Australia gave the worst performance in this group, winning only seven gold and sixteen silver medals.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in a country in 1950 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Average Household Expenditures by Major Category

Look at the phrases in italic. Choose the phrase which sounds more formal. The two pie charts give information about what households spent their money on / household expenditure on goods and services in 1950 and 2010. It is immediately obvious that there are some quite significant differences / some things are significantly different between the two charts. In 2010 the largest proportion of expenditure was / most money was spent on food whereas in 1950 it was on housing, with food for just 11.2%. There is a great difference in terms of the amount of money peoples spent on housing / housing expenditure between the two years. In 1950 72.1% of the total household budget / the

total of what households spent went towards housing, compared to only 22% in 2010. There has been a notable increase in / People have notably increased the amount of money spent on transportation between the two dates. In addition, the charts show a significant rise in the proportion of money spent on health care / that people spent more on health care in 2010 compared to 1950. There are some similarities, however. For example, in both 1950 and 2010 people spent a similar proportion on education. / the proportion of education expenditure was roughly the same.

ou should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below shows the average band scores for students from different language groups taking the IELTS General Test in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Listening German French Indonesian Malay 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.2

Reading 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.4

Writing 6.6 6.5 6.1 6.0

Speaking 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.6

Overall 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.4

model answer: The table illustrates the breakdown of scores for the IELTS General Test in 2010. It shows separate scores for all four sections (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), together with the overall score for students from four different language groups around the world. From an overall perspective, German speakers achieved the highest grades with an average score of 6.7 across all four sections. Moreover, they scored the highest of all four

language groups in three sections of the four sections (Listening, Writing, Speaking). French speakers scored the second highest scores overall, closely followed by Malay and Indonesian speakers. Although French speakers did not do so well in the Reading, Speaking and Listening sections compared to Indonesian and Malay speakers, there was a significant difference in their grades for the Writing section. These grades were high relative to Indonesian and Malay candidates. Surprisingly, Malay speakers, who achieved the second lowest results overall, achieved the highest results of all four language groups for the Reading section. As a final point, it is interesting to note that the scores for each section show that all students on average scored the highest marks for the Speaking section and the lowest marks for the Reading section. (200 words)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below gives information about international tourist arrivals in five countries.

WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views 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 This model has been prepared by an examiner as an example of a very good answer. However, please note that this is just one example out of many possible approaches. Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it.

Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world around them from changing. Sooner or later they will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the safe patterns of behaviour are no longer appropriate. However, reaching the conclusion that change is inevitable is not the same as assuming that change is always for the better. Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are promoted because they have good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to impose changes (such as in working conditions or property developments) that are in their own interests. In conclusion, I would say that change can be stimulating and energising for individuals when they pursue it themselves, but that all change, including that which is imposed on people, does not necessarily have good outcomes.

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair. Discuss both these views 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. As a result of constant media attention, sports professionals in my country have become stars and celebrities, and those at the top are paid huge salaries. Just like movie stars, they live extravagant lifestyles with huge houses and cars. Many people find their rewards unfair, especially when comparing these super salaries with those of top surgeons or research scientists, or even leading politicians who have the responsibility of governing the country. However, sports salaries are not determined by considering the contribution to society a person makes, or the level of responsibility he or she holds. Instead, they reflect the public popularity of sport in general and the level of

public support that successful stars can generate. So the notion of fairness is not the issue. Those who feel that sports stars salaries are justified might argue that the numbers of professionals with real talent are very few, and the money is a recognition of the skills and dedication a person needs to be successful. Competition is constant and a player is tested every time they perform in their relatively short career. The pressure from the media is intense and there is little privacy out of the spotlight. So all of these factors may justify the huge earnings. Personally, I think that the amount of money such sports stars make is more justified than the huge earnings of movie stars, but at the same time, it indicates that our society places more value on sport than on more essential professions and achievements.

WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Many children are forced to stay at school and study subjects that will be of little value to them in the furure. These children may disrupt the education of the majority and should be allowed to leave school early to find themselves a job. What are your views? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words This answer would probably receive a Band 7. It is often said that students should study at school for some certain subjects and this will be good for their future. Another point is that those kids may interrupt their school work and be allowed to get a work early when they leave school. The view of point that students have to be forced to have the class at school is valid. One reason for this is that schools provide a plenty of academic knowledge to students and it is possible to enlarge students knowledge background when they are young and it is also a good method to force students to focus on their school work and this conditions might avoid students to spend their time to do bad thing. In Addition, some educations at school are useful for their life such as students might learn professional skills or knowledge that they may have more opportunities to find a job in their future. For example, employee prefer

to hire a employer who had a good degree and owns a lot of professional skills and knowledge in Taiwan. On the other hand, it can be argued that children should leave school early to get a job because they can be sure their interesting and learn social skills through having a job. Furthermore they can get much experience of the society which experience cant obtain at school and it is possible to encourage children how to manage the money that theyve earned and try to independent. Even though there are some advantages of leaving school early to find a job, I would say that kids should study the certain subjects at school since the disadvantages are pointed out and because so many ways can train children to learn independant and social skills

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Modern technology now allows rapid and uncontrolled access to and exchange of information. Far from being benefical, this is a danger to our societies. What are your views? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. This answer would probably receive a Band 6. In last few years, the morden technology has been developed very fast. People getting used to use the rapid and uncontrolled technology instead of (some people believe that) manpower. On the other hand, it brings problems to our societies. I will consider these different points of views in favour to support the modern technology. It has been argued that too much morden technology cause people losing their job. Nowadays, many factories are useing automatic technology instead manpower, in order to increase their

business. However, It brings a huge problem of unemployment, furthermore, it would increasing on the crimes rate. Similiy, morden technology speeds up our life. people feel stressful about their jobs, families, and societies. It is no doubt that morden technology deveoloped our life more convenient than before. For example, we could keeping in touch with our friends which live far away from us pass through the internet. Moreover, companies could contact with their customer by the internet. Its much cheaper than calling the long-distance phone. Besides, the technology development could help medicine inventing.

IELTS writing Task 1 sample 1 The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Answer:

The bar chart shows the number of people in Britain who took a further education in both a full-time and part-time. Over three decades, in general, there was an increase in the numberof women following full-time and part-time of further education and in the number of men continuing full-time education. As can be seen in the chart, in the first decade, the number of women is lower than thenumber of men for the two types of education, but in the last decade, the number of womenis higher than that of men especially for the part-time education. The number of men studying the part-time education tends decrease from about 1 million in the first period to over 800 thousand. The other interesting figure is that the number of women studying full-time education rose sharply from under 100 thousands in 1970/1971 to just under 200 thousands in 1980/1981, then the increase was stable. In a nutshell, the growth of the number of women who took further education is higher than that of men. Note: it is more than 160 words and it looks like get 7.

IELTS Writing Task 2 Introduction Paragraph Tips and Samples An introduction paragraph is an important part in an essay. In this paragraph, you mustpresent your position. Besides, you must not repeat the question but paraphrase them. The first paragraph should also be a stand point for your essay. In this article, I give some examples for an introduction paragraph. Question 1: Population control policies like Chinas one child policy are a good way to fight poverty. Discuss it. Sample answer: The great population growth is one of the problems in many countries with no exceptionfor Indonesia because it impact to the level of wealth and education of their citizens. Because of that, many countries have tried to control it and people thought that China is one of the successful countries on controlling their population. They made a policy that asked their citizen have one child in a family. China thought that the policy was good way to solve the poverty problem. Unfortunately, it is not really true and suitable for other countries because it has some disadvantages while it also has some benefits. Comment <from an IELTS native tutor>: Very good. This is a very good introduction paragraph and address the main issue.

IELTS Writing Task 1 Sample 2

The graph below shows radio and television audiences throughout the day in 1992. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Answer:The line chart shows the percentage of the population of radio and television audiences that is over 4 years old throughout the day. The data in 1992 shows that most people listen to radio in the morning and watch television at night. The most interesting figure is that the number of people who listen to radio rose dramatically in the morning and reached a peak at 8 clock. From then onwards, they decline gradually until 2 pm. At the peak time of radio listeners, there was just under 30% of the UK population who listen to radio. Time for television is contrast to radio because less people watch television in the morning. The television audiences rose gradually from 6 am to 2 pm, although it dropped slightly between 10 am and 12 am. After that, the percentage of televisionaudiences rose dramatically from 2 pm to 8 pm and it peaked at 8 pm and was stable until 10 pm. At peak time, there was over 40% of the UK population watching television. The sizeof television audience begin to drop dramatically at 10 pm and get the lowest between 2 am and 4 am. In summary, the UK people like listen to radio in the morning and watching television at night. Besides, the percentage of television is higher than that of radio for overall. Comments: Score 6.5 7

IELTS writing graph tips 2 They are some common patterns that can be used to describe a line graph. It's better for you to remember how to use the patterns in these samples. Tips #4:

Imports of the vegetables rose steadily until the end of June, then leveled off. Exports of the vegetables fell dramatically throughout the first half of the year. Theyrecovered in July, but started to fall again towards the end of the year. Tips #5:

After a slow start, Imports of the modern furniture began to rise dramatically, reaching a peak in July. From the onwards, they declined steadily. Exports of the rattan furniture fluctuated throughout the year, but the general trend wasdownwards. Tips #6:

Exports of the cars were stable throughout the first halh of the year, then declined gradually until november, when they began to recover slightly. Imports of the cars increased until late July, leveled off, then rose very slightly at the end of the year.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying fulltime or part-time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

model answer 1:

model answer 3:

According to this graph, the number of men and women in farther education in Britain shows that following pattern. In the case of male, the number of male has declined slightly from about 100 thousands in 1970/71 to about 850 thousands in 1990/91. However, this figure rose back to about 850 thousands in 1990/91 from about 820 thousands in 1980/81. The proportion of fulltime education has declined during this period. However, the proportion of part-time education has increased dramatically. On the other hand, in the case of female, the number of both full-time education and parttime education has increased during the period. From about 700 thousands in 1970/71, these figures rose to about 820 thousands in 1980/81, to about 1100 thousands in 1990/91. In terms of full-time education, this figure rose by about 260 to about 900 in 1990/91. On the other hand, with respect to part-time education, this figure rose dramatically between 1980/81 and 1970/71. However this figure rose slightly between 1980/81 and 1990/91. (165 words

: Help beyond National Borders We cannot help everyone in the world that needs help, so we should only be concerned with our own communities and countries. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Some people believe that we should not help people in other countries as long as there are problems in our own society. I disagree with this view because I believe that we should try to help as many people as possible. On the one hand, I accept that it is important to help our neighbours and fellow citizens. In most communities there are people who are impoverished or disadvantaged in some way. It is possible to find homeless people, for example, in even the wealthiest of cities, and for those who are concerned about this problem, there are usually opportunities to volunteer time or give money to support these people. In the UK, people can help in a variety of ways, from donating clothing to serving free food in a soup kitchen. As the problems are on our doorstep, and there are obvious ways to help, I can understand why some people feel that we should prioritise local charity. At the same time, I believe that we have an obligation to help those who live beyond our national borders. In some countries the problems that people face are much more serious than those in our own communities, and it is often even easier to help. For example, when children are dying from curable diseases in African countries, governments and

individuals in richer countries can save lives simply by paying for vaccines that already exist. A small donation to an international charity might have a much greater impact than helping in our local area. In conclusion, it is true that we cannot help everyone, but in my opinion national boundaries should not stop us from helping those who are in need. (280 words, band 9)

Wr2: National or International News Some people focus on national news, while others think it is more important to be aware of international news. Discuss both views and offer your opinion. Most would argue a basic understanding of events at both a national and international level is important. Whether one is more important than the other, however, is difficult to say. Both opinions will be analyzed in this essay before a reasoned conclusion is drawn. On (the) one hand, many people believe their nations interior issues should take reporting precedence over exterior ones. For example, elderly people in Canada, who tend to travel less than their younger counterparts, often focus on local news issues. The reason for this is that these domestic stories apply more directly to day-to-day life in Canada, and this is an area of news Canadas elderly people are interested in. As this example shows, it is understandable why some people focus their attention more on national news reports than international ones. However, on the other hand, others feel thoroughly understanding international events is more important than focusing on local news. People who typically share this point of view usually defend it by arguing that as cultures, economies and borders blur, a proper understanding of the world is necessary to retain competitiveness. Young people, such as university students, act as good examples here as their lifestyles employ more foreign travel and thus require a working knowledge of developments on the global stage. Thus, it is understandable why this point of view has garnered support. After analyzing all sides of the above debate, it is argued that being equally versed in both national and international news is important. Thus, it is considered impossible to state that one of these reporting types is better than the other.

Course Change Petition Write a letter to your professor outlining why you are not satisfied with their course. In your letter: - write the reasons why you are not satisfied with the course - request to change your course - indicate what course you want to take instead Dear Sir, I am one of your 101 Introduction to Economics students here at Homer University. I am writing to you to request that I be allowed to skip this entry course and study at the 201 Economic Theory level. You see, last year I transferred to Homer from Klassen University. Unfortunately, despite having studied an economics course at Klassen (which covered all topics present in your course), I was not allowed to apply this credit to my studies here at Homer. Having now studied with you these past two weeks, it has become blatantly apparent that I am not going to be learning anything new at the 101 level. Thus, I would be most grateful if you would consider looking at my case and high academic performance at Klassen. I am sure that following this you will feel confident in graduating me to the 201 level. Please kindly let me know if we can meet sometime next week to further discuss this matter. Awaiting your reply, Ryan

Move to Another City Write a letter to your friend apologizing for not informing them about a recent move you made to another city. In your letter include: an explanation for your sudden move a description of your new home in what way your new home is better than your old home Dear Curtis, I am writing to apologize for not updating you on my new living status. You see, late last week I returned home to find my basement flooded. It appears that the cold weather we have been having caused a water supply pipe running along the roof of the basement to burst. Although the problem was addressed before major damage

occurred, my landlord offered to have me move to one of his other houses until everything is completely rectified. Personally, I am not complaining about this move as the new place is much roomier and has a nice view of the park. It also has cable TV and pool table, which will make returning to my old place difficult! Again, Im sorry that I was not able to let you know ahead of time that I was moving. Please take note of my new address as printed on the envelope encasing this message. Your friend, Ryan (152 words)

A Nomination of a Model Citizen Your local community newspaper has announced a competition to acknowledge a person who has greatly contributed to your town or city. Write a letter to the editor about a person you know who deserves the award. In your letter include: what his/her personal qualifications are how you know the person how he/she contributed to the community To the editor of the Highland Local Times, I am writing in response to your request for nominations of individuals that have made significant contributions to our home of Highland. The person I would like to nominate is Doctor Alvin Chai. Allow me to highlight why I believe he is deserving of this award. I had the pleasure of meeting Doctor Chai during our preliminary medical studies 30 years ago and we have remained professional colleagues since. Doctor Chai, currently heading the medical studies department of Highland Medical School, is a model citizen whose life has been devoted to hard work, perseverance and charity. Despite being offered higher paying positions in larger cities, he has committed his life to education and has helped our communitys young scholars achieve excellence in their medical studies. Today, Highland Medical School is considered among the best institutions for medicine in the country, and I do not believe this would have been possible without the efforts of Doctor Chai. As you can see, Doctor Alvin Chai has brought both prestige and opportunity to our Highland community. I hope you agree that he is the right choice to receive your award. Good luck with the selection process, Ryan (201 words)

It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician.Discuss both these views Essay topic: It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Is talent or education important to be a musician or a sports person? It has been an arguable question for ages. Some claim that it is sufficient to be born talented. However, some people think vice versa. People who support the consideration that being a good sports person or a musician depends on the talent assess that there were a lot of talented musicians in the previous centuries, despite poor education or lack of education. It is obvious that if a person cannot feel the music, he or she can hardly be a notable musician. As well as a man does not have physical abilities, he cannot be a good athlete. However, there is a significant group of people think that each child can be taught to play in a variety of music instruments and different kinds of sport. For this argument they exemplify a variety of musicians and sportsmen with physical disabilities. For instance, Oscar Pistorious an athlete from RSA. Although he does not have legs, but he runs along with the sportsmen without disabilities in the different competitions. He was disabled, however he did not lose his hope, he trained a lot. As a result, he indicated that, a person can do everything by training. To me, both sides are justified. If a child has a good feeling of music, however nobody helps him or her, it is clear that, this child could not success. There must be a person to help the child to emerge his talent. In my opinion, somebody has to aim the children who were born with a music or sport talent to the right direction. (280) To conclude, anybody cannot deny that both training and talent is necessary for the futures genius musicians and sportsmen. We must find talented children and we must teach them. It will give us better opportunities.

Some people believe that study is important to success, others say there is no relation between study and success. Discuss both views and give your opinion based on your experience. Essay topic: Some people believe that study is important to success, others say there is no relation between study and success. Discuss both views and give your opinion based on your experience. Although success is a relative term which seems to have close connection with studies, it is unrealistic to think that study is the prerequisite for success, as it is achieved only by certain other prime factors such as determination, perseverance, hard work and dedication. In this essay, I would like to discuss both views and state my opinion from own experience. To begin with, determination and perseverance plays an important role in gaining prosperity in any field. To be more clear, it is generally accepted that success comes along with any person if they determine and aim to reach the goal without being losing interest in between for various hardships and reverses they may encounter. There are many good epitomes in our society which has influenced me like Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and many more who had a striving will to face impediments and to sacrifice with indefatigable endeavors to achieve the goal. In addition, hard work and dedication are synonym to success as it is proven fact that the goal we set with full heart and accomplish by taking great effort gives a positive and polished result. It is worth to quote my personal experience as example, how dedication, hard work, perseverance and determination helped an average student like me to embrace success in graduation by flamboyant colors. However, opponents claim that study is the mere factor which is associated with success. It is true that people without proper education are often relegated back from the mainstream of the society, as cut-throat competition is a reality whilst, one should not

forget the fact that without all those factors mentioned above, one cannot be successful in academic studies moreover, there are so many relevant personalities who are not educated and are renowned in their area of interest with realistic goal and dedicated mind. In short, in the light of above stated points, I firmly believe that study is a secondary matter to be successful and primary factors noted above are considered as catalyst elements which helps to surmount failures and to enhance success in one's life for a better future. Nowadays, environmental problems are too big to be managed by individual persons or individual countries. In other words, it is an international problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Essay topic: Nowadays, environmental problems are too big to be managed by individual persons or individual countries. In other words, it is an international problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Throughout human history, people have been generating their life power by using natural resources. In a changing world, during this process they have been used technology which has damaged our environment. According to this, there are some who hold the opinion that, to get rid of this damage, governments should take precautions globally, whereas others share a different point of view. In my case, the two major effect of this change is global warming and non effective resolutions. The people who say that, problems cannot be solved personally have some notable arguments. To begin with, global warming became an international and inevitable issue in nowadays. It is obvious that, it is a huge threat for peoples and animals current lives. Speaking of, changing climate is undoubtedly very dangerous for endangered animals such as polar bears and pandas. However, there are some international effective resolutions in which people can act together to inhibit society from being destroyed. For instance, Green Peace is a huge organization which has thousand of members from whole the world. In my opinion, to have an effective alteration people should act as one body. It will help people to not feel such burden on their shoulders. On the other hand, there are more compelling reasons which show that, every government should create its personal laws about saving their environment. In addition to

this, we can declare that every country damages their area in multiple and different levels so that, they should have special precautions. For instance, India has a terrible reputation about this critical subject. We can recognize that, its pollution basis on explosion of population. Thus, there are some who claim that its advantages are more highlighted rather than its disadvantages. All in all, in my point of view being a group and to face difficulties globally is crucial especially in nowadays.

IELTS Writing Sample - Task 2 Go To Sample You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic: Modern lifestyles mean that many parents have little time for their children. Many children suffer because they do not get as much attention from their parents as children did in the past. Do you agree or disagree? With the fast pace of the development of our world, every company and employee have to strive for the best to suit the needs of the society. It also means people are getting busier and busier every day. As a result, parents can only spend very little time on taking care of their children. Hence, it is believed that in todays society many children have to suffer this lack of attention which did not happen before in the past.

Firstly, all professionals need to have rest after work. After a long day at work dealing with a great number of stressful jobs, it is clear that everyone needs to have some private space for themselves. Because of this workload, not many parents can spend enough time with their children.

Secondly, it is not rare to see many people have to work overtime. Eight hours

working might not be enough for most business people. They have to constantly travel overseas and speak to numerous customers and clients. Undoubtedly, they will be very exhausted after coming back or they will come back very late when their children might have fallen asleep.

Next, educating children has become harder than ever before. Nowadays kids are getting more freedom than they used to. Parents have to be aware of this and have to respect their childrens rights. Hence, it will make parents sometimes feel difficult to spend time with their children.

In conclusion, it is clear that the lack of attention from parents to their children is getting worse which did not happen earlier. As mentioned above, this is because parents have to take more rest after work or they have to work overtime continuously. Besides that, spending time with their children requires them to have more knowledge than before.

he only way to reduce the amount of traffic in cities today is by reducing the need for people to travel from home for work, education or shopping. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your own knowledge.(250 word) Today Traffic issues are one of the main concerns that facing big cities, like London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, especially on working days rush hours, when inhabitants start moving from home to work at morning time, and on the opposite direction on evenings. The same problem is even noticed on weekends for shopping and entertainment purposes. Some argument suggests reducing the figures of working people which is not reasonable because of the growing needs for work every day, even housewives started going to work to cover the high expenses of modern life. To solve the problem of traffic, some governments implement some new systems to

avoid the jam during working days, for instance, they impose an amount of money as traffic fees for passing some roads or for parking services, certainly, this idea can be implemented only on people who use their own cars. In addition, they activated the public transportation in very useful ways to serve must of the working people on rush hours, like buses, trains and underground metro. On the other hand, new studies took place on Urban Design and researchers are considering the traffic problems for planning new areas or new cities and suggesting significant ideas, like moving the shopping malls and universities to rural areas or locate these activities on the citys boundaries, even offices or government buildings are placed in different locations to distribute the heaviness on centers. In conclusion, I agree with the argument of reducing the number of people who travel to the centers by moving a number of working places to other areas and locating some other activities like shopping malls on different parts of the city to avoid the possibilities of traffic problems in city centers. This writing is found under the following category(ies): Agree or Disagree

Some people feel that certain workers like nurses, doctors and teachers are undervalued and should be paid more, when other people like film actors or company bosses are paid huge sums of money that are out of proportion to the importance of the work that they do. -How far do you agree? -What criteria should be used to decide how much people are paid? In our world industry of entertainment like cinema and music are better paid than industry education and health even the last two are more helpful. But it can be explained that health and education supported by government while entertainment provided with money from business. However government should hold salary of doctors and teachers at enough high level because their work is undervalued. Doctors and teachers have high response from their clients. Mistake of doctors may cost a life of patient. And teacher fault will affect the person of students and pupils. Take into account this factors it will need to think about to do their jobs well-paid. However it is not so easy to do that. Workers like nurses, doctors and teachers are taken huge amount of percent in workforce of country. And all of them get salary from government. Opposite film actors get money from cinema business. Film with actor can be sold

hundred times. And bring big money their creatures. It is not require special knowledge and concentration like doctors work. Actors cratered by their personal quality and skills. And by these criteria only the best get high wages other get low. It may be lower than social workers. To conclusion, doctors and teachers should provide with high paid salary. And to develop system which consider best salary for the most experienced and educated person. This writing is found under the following category(ies): Agree or Disagree IELTS Opinion Essays

We need more female leaders in Politics to reduce violence. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Looking at the current political Scenario, one may easily co-relate violence with lower number of female participation in politics. Whether it is violence in Middle East or civilian war in European countries I personally believe that higher proportion of women politicians can be beneficial not only to bring down violence but crime as well. Women are supposedly kind-hearted personalities who integrate people together start from the family itself like my mother or my wife. Besides this, they are proven teambuilders who can circumvent any clash among people. Admittedly, a nation can be benefitted in terms of less violence if these peace-keepers are brought in front to lead the national or international politics. On the same time, people might argue about the weakness of a female leader related with the lack of firm determination and harsh punishment required to control violence, if she is lenient and soft-hearted. However, contemporary politics is based on general consensus where women also have equal rights. Good governance is very much possible under the leadership of a woman. Take Sonia Gandhi for example, she is able to manage a good coalition government and maintain peace among various parties and extremists who are ready to destroy peace and bring violence keeping the laws at bay. In sum, it is felt that womens kind hearted personality will create a consensus among different groups or parties of a nation and it will definitely bring down violence. A healthy participation rate of female political leaders will create a world of peace lovers.

This writing is found under the following category(ies): Agree or Disagree

IELTS Writing Sample - Task 2 Go To Sample Some people think women should be allowed to join the army, the navy and the airforce just like men. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Whether women should be permitted to be the part of defense forces is unquestionably hot debatable topic. Firstly, people who refute the idea of inducting women in army, the navy and the air force, argue about the might in comparison to men. They find, this job for the women, not only difficult but also physically challenging. Secondly, in various cultures women have been symbolized as entrusted caretakers of children because of their soft heart personality. People from these societies will restrict them from such a tedious and harsh life experience required for the job. However, one might easily find several women fighter in history like Laxmi Bai in India, who were famous for their professional skills rather than simple life living. Also, in modern world, wars are fought either with automated weapons or with proper strategy. Less strength required for this job can counter to those who disagree to see women soldiers. In addition to this, women are also equally responsible to protect their country during war-time. They also have same feeling of patriotism as men. It will be extremely unjustified to put these women away from battle field in some urgent and unavoidable break through. As, it can be easily seen that brining women to national forces not only give them a feeling of equality, but also make them a responsible citizen. In my mind, I tend to believe that women should always be treated equally and hence, make them responsible soldiers of the army, the navy, and the air force just like men.

This writing is found under the following category(ies): Agree or Disagree

IELTS Writing Sample - Task 2 Go To Sample Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extend do you agree or disagree ?

Recently, there have been must debates about overwhelming traffic and pollution. One of the most concerned issues is whether we should use oil price as a method to inhibit this problem. In my own view, its quite difficult for people to decide whether to support or reject the statement above without a cautious analysis of sides, advantages and disadvantages. To begin with, costs, in general, take an important factor in controlling the economics. In fact, administrated activities of authorities virtually try to alter, directly or indirectly, the value of products. There is no doubt that adjusting prices is an effective and conventional method. Concretely, with petrol, increasing the price of petrol will absolutely makes immediate affections such as decreasing transport consumption and inhibiting traveling. These obvious results seem to be a very convincing argument for those who support this proposal. On the other hand, if people look at the other angle of the problem, its really clear to see many latent risks behind the method above. Raising petrol cost easily lead to the instability of others products price. In fact, almost all common products have the delivery processes which are inevitably using petrol. The truth is that dealing with this anticipated situation is far harder than the original one. Next, looking back at the issue, in my opinion, this problem cannot be solely solved by polities. Otherwise, itll be easier if people have their own conscious awareness about traffic and environment in which theyre living. Instead of forcing people to do the right things, helping people know what are the right things to do is harder but far more effective. It will cost a long time of great effort but I think its totally worth. All things considered, no one can alter the fact that dealing with major problems like traffic jam and pollution needs a long term combination of many methods. Clearly,

increasing price of oil is a good one. However, I personally believe that the main factor always start from people. This writing is found under the following category(ies): Agree or Disagree

IELTS Writing Sample - Task 2 Go To Sample Some people believe that studying at university or college is the best route to a successful career, while others believe that it is better to get a job straight after school. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

When they finish school, teenagers face the dilemma of whether to get a job or continue their education. While there are some benefits to getting a job straight after school, I would argue that it is better to go to college or university.

The option to start work straight after school is attractive for several reasons. Many young people want to start earning money as soon as possible. In this way, they can become independent, and they will be able to afford their own house or start a family. In terms of their career, young people who decide to find work, rather than continue their studies, may progress more quickly. They will have the chance to gain real experience and learn practical skills related to their chosen profession. This may lead to promotions and a successful career.

On the other hand, I believe that it is more beneficial for students to continue their studies. Firstly, academic qualifications are required in many professions. For example, it is impossible to become a doctor, teacher or lawyer without having the relevant degree. As a result, university graduates have access to more and better job opportunities, and they tend to earn higher salaries than those with fewer qualifications. Secondly, the job

market is becoming increasingly competitive, and sometimes there are hundreds of applicants for one position in a company. Young people who do not have qualifications from a university or college will not be able to compete.

For the reasons mentioned above, it seems to me that students are more likely to be successful in their careers if they continue their studies beyond school level.

(271 words, band 9) Blood sports have become a hot topic for debate in recent years. As society develops it is increasingly seen as an uncivilized activity and cruel to the helpless animals that are killed. All blood sports should be banned. Discuss the main arguments for this statement and give your own opinion. Now days, humanity is reduced or diminished among the human for the sake of their own happiness. Pride and the past culture are the two significant causes for the cunning game Blood sport. Moreover, they are not in the recent era and proliferating quickly, instead they are the successor of the previous old tradition. Owing to that, in the history shows people followed many other sports related to human physique and mind, but hurting and hunting is easy compared to others. So society took the evil event in spite of good and considered it as the honor to be a superior and to show their supreme power. Additionally, the blood event has attaining its popularity in the recent decade because of the enthrallment and people avid for the sport in relates to others. Nevertheless, everyone must understand and feel the pain of the living being that posses when it is competing in the arena. It is limpid to watch but hard to play. However, the value of the life is to be considered as the same as like everyones precious life. They must behave and see as their own pet. Some organization and private sector are there in the recent years to protect and provide life. In spite of this individual responsibility is more important in this aspect. At the end, from my perception-banning blood sport is not a solution for this arrogance, as it would increase rather declining. Instead, government or private organization could conduct private camps to make people aware of this inhumanity and provide laws to

regulate this event and could restrict this event should happen only for certain festivals. Yet, it is immortal to kill animals for self-esteem and money.

Some people believe that money is everything in today's life , however some say it is not . Discuss both and give your opinion. In the contemporary scenario, world is inclined towards the materialistic gadgets and gizmo's. Wind of development is on its face,Hence there is a tremendous change in the life pattern, in which money play an indispensable role. however some people disagree with this. In the following paragraphs I discuss both sides of the coin. To begin with, Money is pertinent in prevailing days. Take India for instance, Parents do diligent efforts to nourish and nurture they children. They trying to give them the best education, which is impossible without money. As in India, schools has become commercialized. Parents have to spend a huge amount of money to make their children humanitarian because they know that education is quint essential to their kids to compete in this competitive world. Thus it is clear from the above example that money is pivotal to provide even the qualification which is the base of every individual. Apart from this, if anyone have money, that person can buy anything and can go anywhere around this globe. On the contrary, some people say that people who have lots of money still are unhappy. For instance, In India; big guns and the rank and file have enormous amount of money, but these people often suffer with severe diseases such as heart attack, diabetes, and so on. these people are unable to enjoy there lives because of these sort of illness. Besides this, morality level in their children is very low because of having significant amount of money. But I am at the variance of the above because if one have money he/she can easily fine the solution of all these problems. Eventually, keeping all the above in consideration, I would like to conclude that money play a significant role in one's life. Without money no one can embark the edifice of success.

Some people prefer to live in a house, while others think that there are more advantages living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages to living in a house rather than in an apartment? There are several reasons why people choose to move into a house or apartment. Generally, while most people seems to prefer living in houses apartments offer some practical advantages. Personally, I prefer living in an apartment at this stage of my life but at some time in the future I want to move in a house of my own. There are clear benefits of living in a house in terms of privacy and safety and having more room but it may also involve more costs and effort. Usually, houses are more spacious than apartments. They may even come with a private yard or garden or extra space for hobbies. Another important aspect of having your own building is privacy and safety. For families it can be particular important to have a safe playground for their children. Moreover, neighbours life in some distance and therefore conflicts with them are less likely compared to living wall-to-wall in apartments. However, there are also downsides to staying in your own house. Not only are the costs usual higher but the residents are usually responsible for all repairs and maintenance. One must expect to spend more time working in the garden or repainting the walls of a house. Such responsibilities are usually shared among the residents when living in an apartment building. In contrast, apartment are more cost effective and require less commitment by the inhabitants. The principal benefit of dividing a house in several units is cost savings as some facilities and common costs are shared are fewer expenses for each resident. Certainly, this units have less space in most cases. I would therefore argue that apartments are more adequate housing in places where space is scare, such as large cities. Moreover, living in an apartment means less commitment and more flexibility. Flats are more often rented instead of sold. Hence, it can be easier to simply move if ones requirements of space changes. also there are less duties in terms of maintenance and administration compare to living in a house. All things considered, the best type of housing depends on the circumstances and personal preferences. In a large city or for young people without a family apartments can be a more cost effective and convenient solution. In the countryside houses tend to be more affordable. They are also more suitable for the space and safety requirements of a family or a person working from home. Both houses and apartments have its own advantages and disadvantages. Someone can not judge which one is better in between home and set of rooms as it is depend upon individuals need. This essay is going to discuss both side benefits and limitations.

Some people think that house is better than a single room because it gives more relaxation to mind as there is more space than apartment. But opponents said that the house is not become home with just bricks and space, in house family member should have strong relation with each other. Many people said that management of goods and guest is easy in house. But others said that these matters can be adjustable as for guest we can share room and for things we can cut our needs. It is claimed that apartments are cheaper than houses. However, space is problem in apartments this point decreases value of low price advantage. Although many people believe that in apartments people need less things like only one television which has double profit for someone as it cut his electricity bill also, but I feel that it creates clashes between family members as every body want to see his favorite channel. I think this is not an either / or question. Both have equal importance in the world. It is tough to choose which is better as it depends upon many factors like economic position, personal taste and availability. Some argued that government should take care of the disadvantaged people such as unemployment and needy. Discuss it and give your opinion. This truth is universally acknowledged fact that problem of food and unemployment in some countries has gained a depressing magnitude. Government of any country can make or mar the lives of the country men. It is believed that this is responsibility of the government to look after the people in their difficult phase of lives. I totally agreed with the above statement because of the following reasons. In order to justify my point of view, I would like to state that, People make the government for their own benefits. For instance, The constitution of India has a "slogan" that Indian government is "by the people, for the people and of the people. Thus, I is clear for this example that the election of government only occur to satisfy and satiates the requirement of the citizens of that country. To strengthen my point of view further, I would like press upon the fact that, People pay an enormous amount of taxes every year. Take Australia, for instance, people of Australia pay a significant part of their wages as tax, such as income tax, carbon tax, toll tax and so on.These people honestly fulfill all the requirement yearly, with respect to that, Government earn a huge amount of funds every year. Therefore, it become prime duty of the government to provide a proper help whenever these people need in the hard time of their lives. Hence, the above example proves that, government should always be there for the inhabitants of their country.

However, some people are of the view that, with help of government people get lazy and lethargic. they never learn to overcome from their hardship of lives. But I am at the variance of this statement,as I believed that these little help by government gives us an opportunity and way out to combat the problem. Eventually, keeping all the above in consideration, I would like to conclude that, with the prodigious efforts of the government, any country can embark the paradigm of excellence and epitome of perfection. Several languages die every year. Many people feel this is a positive trend and that a world with fewer languages promotes harmony and understanding between people. Analyze both sides of this argument and provide your opinion. Since technology has taken unimaginable strides over the years, world has become a global village. It is argued that in the wake of technology a significant number of languages are weeded out. It depends upon the perception and perspective of different people as to how they take these changes. The following paragraphs depict both sides of the coin. To begin with, I would like to state that knowing a common language has played a pivotal role in the prevailing scenario. For instance, English is known as a global language because it is assimilation and amalgamation of all the different countries. Now any modern man can become a globe trotter capable of visiting, trading and getting higher education from any part of the globe. Hence, it is clear from the above example that having less languages gives more opportunities to explore the world more closely. Beside this, people can get a chance to know each other very well, owing to no communication barriers. On the contrary, many people are of the view that this will disappear many languages. Take India, For instance, the youth of this country prefer to speak in English, instead to talk in their own national language, as they believe that this will be congenial for them to settle down their career in near future. The reason could be that now the multinational companies are found any corner of the world and they hire only people that are good in English. Thus, it has been seen from the given example that, people feel that this trend will vanish their traditional languages. However, I am at the variance of this statement because it is today demands to know the global language as we are living in a technosavvy world whereby nothing is possible without communication as every business, education, shopping and social interaction are held on internet. Keeping all the above in consideration, I would like to conclude that it is a positive

approach that nowadays, we have fewer languages to deal with; because to embark the paradigm of excellence and epitome of perfection, one has to flow with the waves of water.

It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. It is actually very common to hear people saying that "this kid was born to do this". There is much discussion as to whether people are indeed born with talents or anyone can be taught how to gain certain skills. On the one hand, it is thought that each one of us has a specific talent that was born with it. Therefore, there are several children that are definetely very good at music or sports even from their young age even though they have not be taught how to do this before. Moreover, there are many children that have managed to develop their skills on their own without any help from experts. This is actually what impresses people and yrge them to believe that there are people that have been born with specifis talents. However, that does not mean that experts and teachers are not important, as they play an essential role in order to identify these talentes children and help them to improve their skills. On the other hand, several people argue that everyone can become a good musician or athlete, for example, provided that they are taught by qualified teachers. What is needed is to be really keen on learning and willing to try hard in order to achieve your goal. There are lots of examples of children that they didn't seem to be able to ever be a musician, but after a lot of practise and lessons, they finally succeeded it. Everyone can become what he is dreaming through the right and professional training. Taking all the above into consideration, I hold the view that there are actually some children that from the very young age seem to be very talented in different skills, but without the appropriate training from experts, noone can improve their skills in order to reach to the absolute perfect scale.

Some cultures value old age while others value young age. Discuss both attitudes and express your opinion.

To many cultures, old age is the symbol of wisdom and the representation of authorities. While some cultures regard age as a synonym dependencies and disabilities. These cultures tend to embrace the energy and beauty in youth but show a much lesser respect for the elderly. Because there are truths to both sides of the perspectives, nowadays we see more cultures are adopting values from each side and blending the two to create a comfortable middle-ground. I believe that old and young have something different offer the society, therefore both should be valued. On one side, elderly people are valued for their abundance of knowledge, their previous contributions to society and their unique views because of their accumulated experiences. Old age is often associated with maturity in decisions, and the source of wisdom that cannot be learnt from books. In some cultures, old age is the evidence of good fortune and long life. Because of that, old age deserves respect and along with that respect, elderly people are often given a level of authorities. On the other hand, youth is highly regarded and valued because it represents hope, possibilities and energy. Young people are the building blocks that possess the power to shape the future. Youngsters are also seen as pure and fresh minds that have not been contaminated the corruptions of the society. Youth also becomes the standard for beauty and old age becomes the enemy of youth. Therefore, rather than respecting and valuing the inner beauty, a negative shade has been casted old age in these cultures. In conclusion, while youth is valued for the future prospects and old age is valued for the past contributions, both aspects are true and has strong supporting points. I believe beauty lies within both young and old age. Most importantly, both add irreplaceable values to the overall well-being of the society. I believe a middle-ground should be achieved on these two aspects that will allow us to both celebrate youth and embrace old age.

Some people think that children should learn to compete in the world, but others think the children should be taught to cooperate so as to become more useful to society. State your reasons from both sides and give your opinion. Childhood education is one of the hottest topics nowadays as people are becoming more aware of the importance of children's upbringing. Some people hold opinions that they should learn to be competitive enough to embrace their future life while others think they should have been gregarious. In this essay, I am going to discuss both sides. Firstly, people have been competing with each other consciously or unconsciously since

they were born. For example, businessmen strive for more efficient ways of production to save cost and increase profits; students work diligently for more opportunities to get top grades or to be able to enter well-known universities; parents spur their children to be outstanding among their peers and every one of us is eager for success or a relatively good standard of living conditions. Moreover, in order to get a good job with high salary and social status, people have to become more competent. It is a common phenomenon that many applicants compete for one position in job markets. Hence, the lesson from the observation is that teaching people how to compete at a young age is of high importance. On the other hand, children also need to cooperate with others. The society where we live is a huge family that contains everyones contribution. In other words, it is not a platform for a single person. Speaking of, for instance, filmmaking, money exchanging, products circulation and international trade, there is undoubtedly a need for a variety of people in order to make them run properly. Hence, children need to be taught how to share and cooperate with other people as they live in the family. Cooperation is also a way to make things easier and more effective with everyones participation and contribution. For example, management board in a company is usually made up by more than one person. In conclusion, children should become more competitive and at the same time they need to learn how to cooperate with others as both sides will bring merits to them.

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Working abroad can help employees earn a great deal of money and gain more benefits. However, some people think this trend has many negative impacts. Discuss both these views 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. There are many advantages of living and working in a foreign country. However, with the ongoing growth of the number of people working abroad, there have been some negative impacts on cultural lives. In this essay, I'm going to cover both the up side and down side of this matter.

Firstly, invaluable work experience and the knowledge about the new culture where you live are two of the many advantages you will get from working abroad. With the professionalism from the workplace, you can enrich your expertise. For example, Asian software developers who work in Australia have the opportunities to improve their English level and their software related knowledge as well. Next, the new culture that you have to adapt yourself into will help you have a new picture of what is happening outside your country. On the other hand, negative impacts also exist along with the positive points mentioned. Employees who work abroad tend not to go back to their home countries, thereby leading to the increase of brain drain in those countries. Without skilled workers, the countries which are normally developing countries will not be able to develop at the same pace as they could have. Moreover, if this trend happens so quickly, it would result in the explosion of immigration in immigrant countries. In summary, working abroad seems to have both positive and negative impacts. The positive side is that skilled employees have opportunities to improve their expertise and study new cultures. The down side is that the countries where the workers come from will have less chance to develop quickly. Based on the discussion, I personally think working abroad should be encouraged but it should be strictly moderated and controlled by the government.

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair. Discuss both these views 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.

It is true that in today's society the income of a famous professional sport player is far larger than the ones of other careers. Some people believe that this result is fair while the others are against it. This paper will examines this issue from the two viewpoints and from that, it can be seen why this phenomenon is justified.

There are two reasons why it is fair for sport players to earn a greater deal than others. Firstly, everyone has to devote himself to the hardest training course in order to be a champion or a famous sport athlete. As a result, it is justify for an expert sport players, who is popular, to earn a great deal of money because of the hardness he exchanged for glory. Secondly, successful sport professionals will contribute a huge value of entertainment worldwide. Hence, people should pay an equivalent amount of money for their contribution even it is usually higher than for other careers. In short word, it is justify for a famous athlete to gain more money than others. However, some people believe that this difference in incomes is significantly unfair to other professions. It is caused by a wrong comparison between the number of famous sport players who can earn a great deal of money and the number of people from other careers who can earn good money. More specifically, there are only a few sport professionals who can earn huge salary while for other professions, there are more people who can actually have large incomes. The reason is that others jobs are in more demand compared to sports. In conclusion, a successful athlete has the right to earn a great deal of money by exchanging his hard working for his succeed. However, people should pay a worthily money for their contributions to the society to prevent an unfair situation with other careers.

Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views 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 Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it.

Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world around them from changing. Sooner or later they

will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the safe patterns of behaviour are no longer appropriate. However, reaching the conclusion that change is inevitable is not the same as assuming that change is always for the better. Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are promoted because they have good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to impose changes (such as in working conditions or property developments) that are in their own interests. In conclusion, I would say that change can be stimulating and energising for individuals when they pursue it themselves, but that all change, including that which is imposed on people, does not necessarily have good outcomes.\

A friend who lives in another country has invited to you come and stay with him/her on your next holiday. You are too busy to accept the invitation. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: Thank him/her for the invitation Explain why you cannot come Give him/her your other news You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows: Dear __________ Dear Peter, I have already received your invitation letter. I am very thankful to you for this offer. Unluckily, I am unable to visit you this holiday since I will be working overtime during the period. As you might know, I have been promoted to a managers position recently. I am now managing a very important project which was given to my company last month. This project plays a significant role in the development of this company since this is a government project worth more than a million dollars and it is also about the reputation of my company. Hence, I have to make sure the project can be finished on time by working through this holiday. By the way, I also want to inform you that I am going to get married in March. I hope you can come here and spend your valuable time with us. I look forward to seeing you here soon.

Best wishes,

Modern lifestyles mean that many parents have little time for their children. Many children do not get as much attention from their parents as children did in the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree? One common concern nowadays is how modern lifestyles can have a negative effect on family life. A particular worry is that parents no longer are able to provide sufficient care and support for their children. My own view is that this is generally true, but not always so. If we look at the past, the traditional family structure was the husband was the head of the family and his duty was to provide for his immediate family by going out to work. His wifes role was to stay at home and bring up the children. In this situation we should note that the children frequently did not see much of their father during the working week. In the present day, that traditional structure has changed in many cultures. One reason for this is that it is more and more common for the wife to go out to work because it is now accepted that woman have as much right to work as men. A consequence of this is that many children do not see their mother as often as they would have done in the past. A second reason is that divorce has increased and in single-parent families children only ever see one parent. We should also consider, however, that these changes are not the same for all families. In low income families, for instance, it has always been normal for both parents to work. Likewise, if the family is close-knit, the parents will still spend time with their children even though they both work. My conclusion is that generally most children see less of their parents and this is due to changing lifestyles. However, this is not always the case. Television has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that television has positively or negatively affected the cultural development of your society? It is unarguable that television has had a considerable impact and changed the world in which we live. However, there is debate whether that change has been for the better or the worse, when we consider cultural development. While there are certainly strong feelings on both sides of the argument in western Europe, my own view is that television has had a largely positive influence on our society.

There are, however, several reasons why it can be argued that television has a negative effect on cultural development. Perhaps the principle argument is the lowbrow nature of many programmes, particularly sitcoms and soap operas. People who watch these programmes do not learn anything, they are simply entertained. The other major argument is that because people watch so much television, they no longer take part in more traditional forms of cultural entertainment. An example here is how traditional dancing and music is becoming much less popular because people are staying at home to watch the television. On the other hand, there are a variety of ways in which cultural development has been assisted by television. Here the major argument is that television has allowed the whole of society access to cultural entertainment. For example, in the nineteenth century only a small proportion of people could go to the ballet or the theatre. However, it is now possible for everyone to enjoy these on television. A second positive effect is that on television we can learn more about other cultures and societies because there are so many interesting documentaries about other countries. My personal conclusion is that television is a largely positive influence. However, it is important that we do not watch it too much and that we watch the right sort of programme. If we watch the wrong sort of programme and watch too much television, we may become couch potatoes

Should museums and art galleries be free of charge for the general public, or should a charge, even a voluntary charge, be levied for admittance? Discuss this issue, and give your opinion. Should museums and art galleries be free of charge to the general public, or should a charge, even a voluntary charge, be levied for admittance One very complex issue in todays world is the funding of museums and art galleries. While there is an argument that they should be free to the general public and funded by governments, I also believe that there is also a case for saying that they should charge an entrance fee like other attractions. Those who argue that museums should be free typically make one of two arguments. The first argument is that institutions like museums are a public service and therefore there should be free access to the man in the street. If for example there was a charge only the wealthy could afford to enjoy works of art. The second, and related, argument is that if they did levy a charge fewer people would go to museums. This would be serious as they are educational institutions and standards would fall. In contrast, there is only one major argument on the other side of the debate. This is that both museums and art galleries need to charge an entrance fee if they are to survive in the modern world. Governments do not have sufficient funds to subsidise all such institutions

and there are other priorities for public money. Therefore these galleries and museums need to charge their customers not only to survive but to update their exhibitions and make new purchases. By way of illustration, the Tate Modern in London could not have been founded without revenue from admissions. My personal position is that there is no clear answer to this question as there are such strong arguments on both sides. Perhaps it is possible for some museums and galleries to charge fees and for others not to. It will depend on the situation of the individual museum or gallery.

Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing developed nations today. What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of reducing the working week to thirty five hours? It is unquestionable that rising unemployment is one of the most pressing issues in the industrial world. One solution that has been put forward is to cut the working week to a maximum of 35 hours. However, this solution is somewhat controversial as it has both positive and negative effects. It is fairly easy to understand the reasons why this proposal has been made. The reasoning is that if workers are not allowed to work for more than 35 hours weekly, then employers will be forced to engage more staff. There would be at least two advantages to this. Not only would unemployment be reduced, but the working conditions of employees on very long shifts would also be significantly improved. For example, a factory employing 300 manual workers doing 10 hours a day might employ 450 workers. There is also, however, a strong argument not to implement this proposal. This argument is based on economic competitiveness. If a company was forced to employ more workers to produce the same amount of goods, then its wage bill would rise and its products might become more expensive and less competitive compared to companies with longer working weeks. In this case, it is possible that the company either might become insolvent or it would have to make some employees redundant. As a result, the intended benefit to the personnel would not happen. In summary, we can see that this is clearly a complex issue as there are significant advantages and disadvantages to the proposal. My own personal view is that it would be better not to introduce the shortened working week because it works only in theory and not in practice.

Some people prefer to live in a house, while others think that there are more advantages living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages to living in a house rather than in an apartment? There are several reasons why people choose to move into a house or apartment. Generally, while most people seems to prefer living in houses apartments offer some practical advantages. Personally, I prefer living in an apartment at this stage of my life but at some time in the future I want to move in a house of my own. There are clear benefits of living in a house in terms of privacy and safety and having more room but it may also involve more costs and effort. Usually, houses are more spacious than apartments. They may even come with a private yard or garden or extra space for hobbies. Another important aspect of having your own building is privacy and safety. For families it can be particular important to have a safe playground for their children. Moreover, neighbours life in some distance and therefore conflicts with them are less likely compared to living wall-to-wall in apartments. However, there are also downsides to staying in your own house. Not only are the costs usual higher but the residents are usually responsible for all repairs and maintenance. One must expect to spend more time working in the garden or repainting the walls of a house. Such responsibilities are usually shared among the residents when living in an apartment building. In contrast, apartment are more cost effective and require less commitment by the inhabitants. The principal benefit of dividing a house in several units is cost savings as some facilities and common costs are shared are fewer expenses for each resident. Certainly, this units have less space in most cases. I would therefore argue that apartments are more adequate housing in places where space is scare, such as large cities. Moreover, living in an apartment means less commitment and more flexibility. Flats are more often rented instead of sold. Hence, it can be easier to simply move if ones requirements of space changes. also there are less duties in terms of maintenance and administration compare to living in a house. All things considered, the best type of housing depends on the circumstances and personal preferences. In a large city or for young people without a family apartments can be a more cost effective and convenient solution. In the countryside houses tend to be more affordable. They are also more suitable for the space and safety requirements of a family or a person working from home.

Should museums and art galleries be free of charge for the general public, or should a charge, even a voluntary charge, be levied for admittance? Discuss this issue, and give your opinion. One very complex issue in todays world is the funding of museums and art galleries. While there is an argument that they should be free to the general public and funded by governments, I also believe that there is also a case for saying that they should charge an entrance fee like other attractions. Those who argue that museums should be free typically make one of two arguments. The first argument is that institutions like museums are a public service and therefore there should be free access to the man in the street. If for example there was a charge only the wealthy could afford to enjoy works of art. The second, and related, argument is that if they did levy a charge fewer people would go to museums. This would be serious as they are educational institutions and standards would fall. In contrast, there is only one major argument on the other side of the debate. This is that both museums and art galleries need to charge an entrance fee if they are to survive in the modern world. Governments do not have sufficient funds to subsidise all such institutions and there are other priorities for public money. Therefore these galleries and museums need to charge their customers not only to survive but to update their exhibitions and make new purchases. By way of illustration, the Tate Modern in London could not have been founded without revenue from admissions. My personal position is that there is no clear answer to this question as there are such strong arguments on both sides. Perhaps it is possible for some museums and galleries to charge fees and for others not to. It will depend on the situation of the individual museum or gallery.

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