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IELTS Essay Sample Questions # People After Prison

You should spend 40 minutes on this tast.
Some people believe that people who have been in prison become good citizens later. It is often argued that these people are the best to guide teenagers about committing a crime.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

This is a question for the IELTS academic writing section. Before you start writing the answer for the IELTS, the first thing that needs to be done is pin down the points which are going to help you form the sentences for the essays. Make sure you figure out early the flow of your essay, the kind of words you will be using and then move ahead with the essay part.

POINTS

  1. People in prison understand their mistakes and more importantly the circumstances in which they made them. This helps in understanding the other person who might be on the same path.
  2. There is no one better than them who understands the consequences of the things that a wrong move can take.
  3. People after having lived in prison can explain better how to live a life not falling into the loopholes that one might just get into.
  4. There is no guarantee that a person who has been in jail for a certain act might not do another. There are people who do revolutionize but then there are even others who still hold by the fact of a prisoners life.
  5. It is not necessary that a person who is living in prison could actually bring about change in the way people think about crime.

Once the points have been written you need to make sure what your point of view is  going to be. What is the exact thing that you feel about the topic. Make sure that you give certain examples for the topic and when you are sure of it, go ahead and do it. There are even people who spend around 15 minutes on figuring out what to say and when that is done, bring out the best in the remaining time. There is although, no such time limit on how much you should spend on figuring out what needs to be written but make sure that when you start writing the final essay you have already made a draft about what you are going to write down.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Prisoners are the people who have experienced the tough consequences certain actions can lead to. Some people argue that these people know the best and could help teenagers from not taking any dramatic step in their lives. In my opinion, if a person has truly evolved after spending life in prison, surely they can have a great impact on other people lives.

Teenage years are the ones in which a person is susceptible to lot of things and with an increased crime rate committed by teenagers, there are several reasons for criminals to help individuals. Firstly, a person who has been in the prison can explain in a better and deeper way the consequences one could have to face for wrong actions. They have examples and more importantly, they understand the other individual better as at some point, they can inter relate. Secondly, it is easier for them to judge the other person. So a prisoner can very easily predict the kind of trouble a teenager is having and under what circumstances can he or she take any drastic step.

However, it is not necessary that a person who has been in jail understands the consequences. It is very likely to be possible that the person has no regrets going to jail. If someone like him or her, counsels a teenagers the outcome could be more devastating than expected. Even more, it is not obvious that a person who has been in jail can influence people to be better.

In conclusion, a person who has faced the consequences of his or her actions can surely bring out change in the lives of others but it is not a compulsion. The most important thing is how well the people receive him or her and how well the person has evolved after the tenure in jail. (304 Words)

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IELTS Vocabulary # Power And People

The following article has been taken from historytoday.com. Read the article at –

History Today

The idea of taking back ‘control’ has come to dominate political debate in Britain. Much of the discussion has centred on the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU). Indeed, the aim of achieving control substantially shaped the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. For the victorious Leave campaign, the promise of this kind of power resides in the restoration of sovereignty. Yet the analysis is based on a misunderstanding. While the future of Britain outside the EU is obviously hard to determine, one thing is certain: the possession of sovereignty does not guarantee the exercise of control.

The modern debate about sovereignty began with the French thinker Jean Bodin (1530-96). Having joined the Carmelite brotherhood as a monk in his early manhood, Bodin was released from his vows in 1549 and then opted to study law at the University of Toulouse. Much of his education involved attention to Roman law and included the humanistic study of classical texts in political and legal philosophy. It was out of these materials that Bodin developed his conception of supreme power.

In his most famous work, the Six Books of the Commonwealth, which originally appeared in French in 1576, Bodin presented a definition of sovereignty. He claimed that it was ‘the absolute and perpetual power of a commonwealth, which the Latins call maiestas [majesty]’. Later in his text, Bodin made clear that the Romans had yet other terms for sovereignty, summum imperium (ultimate authority) being conspicuous among them. Yet, while the Romans, like the Greeks and the Hebrews, had a conception of supreme authority, Bodin believed that they had not fully understood its implications. Above all, he insisted, they had failed to grasp that the highest power of command was indivisible. It could not be shared among competing powers in the commonwealth.

This meant in effect that, while a state might possess a mixed system of government, it could not be based on a system of ‘shared’ sovereignty. This insight has proved confusing to posterity, above all to admirers of the American constitution: since the United States can be seen as a mixed regime, surely its sovereignty is divided among the different organs of state? This thought was later used to characterize the European Union, too, which is similarly taken to exemplify the ‘pooling’ of sovereignty.

Let us now have a look at the meaning of the difficult words stated above.

WORDMEANING
dominatehave power and influence over.
substantiallyto a great or significant extent;for the most part; essentially.
referenduma general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
victorioushaving won a victory; triumphant.
campaigna series of military operations intended to achieve a goal, confined to a particular area, or involving a specified type of fighting.
restorationthe action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.;the return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power.
sovereigntysupreme power or authority;the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
misunderstandinga failure to understand something correctly.;a disagreement or quarrel.
possessionthe state of having, owning, or controlling something.;something that is owned or possessed.
debatea formal discussion on a particular matter in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward and which usually ends with a vote.;argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner.
monka member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
legalpermitted by law.
conceptionthe action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived.;the forming or devising of a plan or idea.
posterityall future generations of people.;the descendants of a person.
regimea government, especially an authoritarian one.;a system or ordered way of doing things.
conspicuousclearly visible;attracting notice or attention.
characterizedescribe the distinctive nature or features of.;) be typical or characteristic of.

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Perfect CV

THE PERFECT CV

The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about making a perfect cv.

You can download the audio from the link – AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.

  1. What is the full form of CV?
  2. “Looking for work” is a phrase with meaning defined in the audio. Which word does that?
  3. How long do you have to make an impression on the employer to hire you?
  4. Something that becomes “popular easily” is defined in the audio. Which word does that?
  5. “Becoming more visible than others” has a phrasal meaning in the audio? What is it?
  6. Which phrase means to make something clear?
  7. What word is used to refer to someone who is self-assured and believes in his or her capacities to do things?
  8. What is the synonym of humble?
  9. Anything that is brief has a synonym in the audio. What is the synonym?

ANSWERS

  1.  Curriculum Vitae
  2. job seekers
  3. viral
  4. less than five minutes
  5. stand out
  6. get your strengths across
  7. confident
  8. modest
  9. concise

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IELTS Speaking Sample Question # Effects Of Television

Television,the idiot box, is one of the most popular invention in human history. No matter how many times people have tried to bring out the disadvantages of television, rarely has anyone seen a big affect on this industry. With times when there was only one channel being aired, to now when there are several channels and then so many serials, let us today have a look at some of the questions related to effects of television.

Do you think that TV makes people lazy?

Anything when done in access surely has its down affects and television is one of them. Watching it only for some time, can give refreshment but if one watches it for like forever, it surely makes you lazy because then there are so little activities that you can do.

Do you think too much time is spent watching TV?

I believe yes, there are lot of people who watch TV for more than 3 hours a day and in the age that we are living, with internet, there is so much more a person can learn by simply switching on the Internet. If a person chooses to watch Television for simply passing out time, there is not much that can be achieved. Also, there are some kids who after coming back home, directly switch on TV rather than changing. These things surely make the habits and do affect the person.

Do you think TV make a person passive?

Television has been regarded as a passive form of entertainment because there is no brain applied while watching television, also one need not to be very attentive while watching internet. With most of the senses not being used actively, if one watches lot of television, I think it surely does makes a person passive.

effects of television

Does TV take away a person’s ability to think for himself or herself?

I am not very sure of this because it is not television that takes away anyone’s ability. It is what the person decides to do in his or her life. If a person chooses to simply watch television 24/7, there are more chances that he or she cannot make decisions because that is not what he or she is used to. However, if someone watches television for entertainment while doing other activities as well, there is not much harm that can be done.

Do you think that TV prevents people from communicating?

There are two sides to it. It can even prevent people from communicating or make the communication going. So, if someone watches only television and refuses to talk to anyone else, it does blocks away the communication, but then there are people who when meet each other talk about the stories in the television. They discuss on what is right and all about the characteristics of their favorite stars. In that sense, surely TV makes people communicating.

What do you think of TV shows that are designed to “discover new talent?”

Too an extent they do help finding new talent, because people from different places come to display their talents, but then with so many of them coming in, I doubt their integrity. There have been news where these shows asked for money to select a particular individual and then there is this public voting that takes place. Often in this, the most talented gets eliminated.

If you couldn’t watch TV at home but had to stay there, what would you do?

I would read novels because that is one thing I love more than anything in this world. Or may be a newspaper or anything to read.

Could you live without TV for a week?

Yes, I can. I remember there was a time I could not live without it for an hour, but recently I have stopped watching television.

Do you like watching TV alone or with your family?

If ever, I like watching television with my family because then you can laugh together at the jokes or make some jokes at the stupid things happening. Also, there is nothing much better than fighting for the remote with your siblings, making pacts and then breaching them.

Who decides what to watch: the parent or the child?

Until a certain age, it is the parent who decides what a child should watch, but I think after certain time, nothing can stop an individual from doing things that he or she prefers or loves to do.

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