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IELTS Essay Sample Questions # Traditional Subjects

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

 

Schools are spending more time teaching traditional subjects such as history. Some people think they should rather spend more time in teaching skills that can help students find a job.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 
Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Schools are considered to be the place where a child learns how to complete a syllabus and grasp the theory about practicals he or she will be doing as part of job. Some people are of the opinion that instead of making children cram the theory they must be given industrial training in school. In my opinion, I disagree on giving more importance to job specific training than theoritical knowledge.

Firstly, school is a place where a child develops his or her overall personality. Subjects like history, English help in understanding the world better. For example, a person who has learnt about the world war II will surely be better able to understand the present world scenario. Even more, often the work that we do is an amalgamation of lot of jobs put together. For instance, in IT it is not just about computer coding but also about communication skills.

Secondly, every industry is always changing and evolving. Getting a hold of how the industry works can limit the person in a box or a way of doing things. It is only when one knows the theory right and does faces the real life problems he or she develops a new way of dealing with things. In addition, there always comes a time when an individual becomes the master. Not having slightest of knowledge of other domains can make one’s career stagnant.

Overall, in my opinion, schools are where the students learn not just the subjects but importance of things like hard work, patience, relationships, time management. These are things one can learn when they have a broader knowledge base to get a grasp. Limiting one to a certain industry can make an individual stagnant in later phases of life.

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Subsidised Memberships

IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Subsidised Memberships

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Some employers offer their employees subsidised membership of sports and gym. Some people believe that this is an effective way of improving your productivity, while others are of the opinion that there is no benefit in doing so.
Discuss both views.
You should write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Every company across the world wants the best of the employees to be working for it. Although, some take it for granted, there are many business empires that make sure that their employees work productively.

On one hand, if the workers are stress free and more jolly their working time will be more efficient leading to higher levels of output and service. Companies that offer sports and gym membership are more likely to have a staff that balances work life quite well. This can be more motivating than pay increments, perks or financial rewards.

Conversely, it is not guaranteed that such perks could help employees perform better. For instance, not necessarily employees will avail these services. Even more, it is easier to quantify the target related approaches. Example, it is simpler to find if a job training worked out or not. But, for health of employees and its relation with productivity is hard to find.

Overall, the health related subsidies surely are attractive but they do lack the measurability factor. Spending more funds in training the employees in newer domains seems to be a better use of HR budget.

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IELTS Writing Sample Questions # Social Status

The question below has been taken from British Council. 

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honour, kindness and trust, no longer seem important.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER 1

We are living in a world surrounded by people with goals, however, sadly the goals seem to be centrally oriented towards the career. In times, when we judge the potential of the other person on the basis of how well off her or she is ,there are some who believe that no matter what the behaviour does comes first.

A person cannot help another individual until and unless he or she is able to help himself or herself. In a world, where money can buy almost everything, judging a person’s worth based on the social status, surely seems more logical. Even more, with millions of people all over the world fighting for success, a person who gets it must have definitely worked smarter than others. For example, there are millions of those who code, but it was ultimately Mark Zukerberg who could bring out the idea of Facebook.

On the other hand, judging a person only on the basis of the money might not be the right thing to do. A person who cannot share is similar to the person who does not have. For example, although Steve Jobs was more of a genius that Bill Gates, it is ultimately Bill Gates who helped millions of people get education. Even more, there are people like Mother Teresa or Malala who have changed the way we see at others.

Overall, in my opinion, certainly people are judged on the basis of the credit they have, but we have still not forgotten the good deeds that make a person. No matter how successful a person is, he or she is ultimately judged on the basis of his or her behaviour.

SAMPLE ANSWER 2

With the advancement of technology and media the lives of individuals have become much more vulnerable than ever. People know about others more than ever in the last few decades. There are some people who believe in modern times, the worth of an individual depends on the social status that he or she has while many others are of the opinion, that the behaviour of the person still has a very important role to play.

We are in times when the lives of all the successful people is like an open book for us. Although, this has helped people in understanding how to gain success, people have started comparing every successful person with the one  they know about. So, for example, Sandeep Maheshwari might not be considered as successful as Bill Gates, simply because he does not have that much of money. Even more, people with madness rushing in their lives have surely started judging the success on the external factors.

However, no matter how successful an individual is, ultimately he or she is also judged on the basis of the good deed he or she has done. It is the good work that does make an impression on other people lives. For instance, Steve Jobs might be considered a revolutionary figure by many, but it is Bill Gates who is admired by all. Even more, there are people like Mother Teresa and Malala that are loved more than anyone in the world.

Overall, in my opinion, surely people have become litel materialistic with the changing times. However, ultimately it is the kindness and the nature of the individual that impacts the people all around the world.

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IELTS Writing Pie Chart Sample Answer # Population Growth

You should spend 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the increase in the population of Hindus and Muslims over a decade.

population

Write a report to a university lecturer giving analysis of the report.

You should write at least 150 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

The line graph illustrates the growth rate of population of Hindus and Muslims over a period of  70 years from 1951 to 2011. Units are measured in percentage.

For the first three decades, i.e. till 1971 Hindus showed a linear increase in their population with the population growth showing an increasing from 20.76 to 24.07. On the other hand,  the growth rate of Muslims marked a consistent decline, from 32.49 to 30.78.

From 1991 to 2001, the growth rate of Hindus and Muslims dipped down. Whereas on one hand, the Hindus population growth dropped down to an alarming 16.76 Muslims were still higher with a population growth rate of 24.60 percent in 2011.

Overall, the growth rate of Hindus was highest in year 1981 whereas Muslims marked the highest population increase in year 1961. Although, there were uncertainties in the population rate for Hindus and Muslims, Muslims had a higher growth rate as compared to Hindus.

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