IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Leisure Time

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Some people believe that people must do activities that develop mind during leisure time such as reading. However, others are of the opinion that it is important to give one’s mind rest during leisure time.

Discuss.

Write at least 250 words.


 SAMPLE ANSWER

With the advancement in technology, the world is moving at a faster pace than ever before. People are doing more things and juggling between different activities, leaving them with little leisure time. Some people believe that during this time, activities that involve mind work should be done, however others are of the opinion that one must relax and keep mind at peace during leisure time.

Doing less of any activity during leisure time makes sense to many for different reasons. Firstly, after working for so many hours or days, one needs some time to relax. For instance, a person who is may be working ten hours a day, during his/her rest time, prefers either to go to movie or massage, so as to boost energy for the next day. Secondly, everyone has their own choices and priorities. Like, a doctor who is already tired of working throughout the day might not prefer a five kilometers run.

However, doing mind work during leisure time is an effective way of relaxing for those who are involved mostly in physical work. For example, a footballer who is most of the time either practicing football or playing a game, might prefer reading a book during the leisure time.

Overall, in my opinion, what a person chooses to do depends entirely on the kind of work they do otherwise. Although reading or doing mind activity is right for some, others can very rightly prefer another activity.

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Types Of Killing # IELTS Vocabulary

When talking about killings and murders, often people either use the word suicide or murder, no matter what. However, English provides us with a range of vocabulary words to be used in each specific case. Let us have a look at them –

 WORD EXPLANATION
 Suicide intentional killing of oneself
 Medicide  suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician
 Autocide  suicide by automobile
 Murder-suicide  a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders
 Self-immolation   suicide by setting oneself on fire, a form of extreme protest.
 Avunculicide   the act of killing an uncle
 Familicide  a multiple-victim homicide where a killer’s spouse and children are slain.
 Filicide   the act of a parent killing his or her son or daughter
 Fratricide   the act of killing a brother, also in military context death by friendly fire
 Geronticide  the abandonment of the elderly to die, commit suicide or be killed
 Honour killing  the act of killing a family member who has or was perceived to have brought disgrace to the family
 Infanticide   the act of killing a child within the first year of its life.
 Mariticide  the act of killing one’s spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife
 Matricide  the act of killing one’s mother
 Neonaticide   the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month
 Nepoticide  the act of killing one’s nephew
 Parricide  the killing of one’s mother or father or other close relative
 Patricide   the act of killing of one’s father.
 Prolicide  the act of killing one’s own children.
 Senicide   the killing of one’s elderly family members when they can no longer work or become a burden
 Sororicide  the act of killing one’s sister
 Uxoricide  the act of killing one’s wife

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Make A Sentence # 15

Given below are sentences that have jumbled up words. You need to rearrange the given words and make meaningful sentences.

 

Often /they’re/another/./television/ on / on /screens/,/ watching / friends/ on/one/ while /chatting/ with/ doubling/ up/
Answer – Often they’re doubling up on screens, watching television on one while chatting with friends on another.
According/device/./new/ study/,/ of /four-and-a-half/ to/ a / of /age /spend/ an /average/or/ using/ a /digital / hours/ each/ day/ watching/ TV /tweens /from /8/ to/ 12 /years/
Answer -According to a new study, tweens from 8 to 12 years of age spend an average of four-and-a-half hours each day watching TV or using a digital device.
Among /71% /enjoy/ playing/ video/ games/,/girls/./tween/ boys/,/ twice /as /many /as /tween /
Answer -Among tween boys, 71% enjoy playing video games, twice as many as tween girls.
Common /Sense /and/a /nonprofit /group /focused/ on /helping/ children/Media/,/ ,/ parents /and /teachers/ better/ understand/ media / technology/,/ conducted/ the/ study/./
Answer – Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group focused on helping children, parents and teachers better understand media and technology, conducted the study.
One /in /looking/ hours/ of/ five/ tweens/ media/ each /day/, /and/ 18%/ of/ teens/ are /screen/10 /hours /a /day/./at/ their /screens/ for/ more/ than /uses /more/ than /six /
Answer -One in five tweens uses more than six hours of screen media each day, and 18% of teens are looking at their screens for more than 10 hours a day
Kids /report/ spending/ about / hour /each /day/ being /an/active/./
Answer -Kids report spending about an hour each day being active.
It / screens/as /no /lot/ of /time/ in /front /of/spending/./ surprise/ that/ kids/ are/ should/ come / a
Answer -It should come as no surprise that kids are spending a lot of time in front of screens.
Teen / more/ each /day/ on / spend/ about/ 40 /minutes/girls/,/ meanwhile/,/ spend/ about/ 40 /minutes/social /media /than /boys /do/./girls/,/ meanwhile/,/
Answer – Teen girls, meanwhile, spend about 40 minutes more each day on social media than boys do.
Tweens/ spend / minutes/ per/ of/ five/ minutes/,/ music/,/ or/ writing/./day /making/ something/ with/ all /their/an /average/ and/ teens/ nine/ digital/ tools/, /whether/ it’s/ art/
Answer -Tweens spend an average of five minutes and teens nine minutes per day making something with all their digital tools, whether it’s art, music, or writing.

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The Quiz # The Social Media Effect

The quiz below is based on the reading passage The social media effect.

The table below has two columns, column A consisting of the words given in the passage and Column B has the meanings of the given words.

Your task is to match the words with the correct meaning.

 COLUMN A COLUMN B
 1.social media  (i)achieving or having achieved success
2. global-society (ii)used to refer to a society that is being built in modern times in which all the people of the world have a good deal in common with one another
3.relevant (iii)to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc
4. promoting (iv)distinguishing feature or quality
5. expanding (v)to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.)
6. social network (vi)noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities,customs, etc.
7. perception (vii)the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating;engendering
8. aspire (viii)websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts
9. successful (ix)the point or place at which a person stands to view something
 10. prevalent  (x)to search or search for again
11. research (xi) to regard as resulting from specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to)
12. suggests (xii) the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind;cognition; understanding
13. attributes (xiii) the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc
14. characteristics (xiv) a portrait
15. personality (xv) to help or encourage to exist or flourish
16. societal (xvi) widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance
17. standpoint (xvii)something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort,great courage, etc.; a great or heroic deed
18. competition (xviii)bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand
19. achievement (xix)a beginning or start
20. creation (xx)to long, aim, or seek ambitiously
21. portrayal (xxi)the visible aspect of one’s character as it impresses others
22. onset (xxii)a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts

SAMPLE ANSWER

  1.  viii
  2. ii
  3. xviii
  4. xv
  5. iii
  6. xxii
  7. xii
  8. xx
  9. i
  10. xvi
  11. x
  12. v
  13. xi
  14. iv
  15. xxi
  16. vi
  17. ix
  18. xiii
  19. xvii
  20. vii
  21. xiv
  22. xix

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