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IELTS Essay Samples of Band 7
IELTS Essay, topic: Popular events
Popular events like the football world cup and other international sporting occasions are
essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
The World Cup football match and the Olympics are held worldwide with great national support
and expectations. As a fan of those competitions, I agree with the idea that sporting events can be
necessary for international relations and national unity. In this essay, I will think about the effects
of these popular sporting events.
First of all, the World Cup, Olympics and other international games work for easing tensions
among different nations. For example, South and North Korea have football games regularly which
givetwo nations a chance to understand each other deeply. In the mid1990s, a hundreds of North
Korean supporters came to South Korea with the footballers and they were very excited during the
sporting events. Even if it sounds ridiculous, many South Koreans were quite surprised at that
moment when North Koreans shouted and cried during the match. We all realized that they were
very normal sports fans even though they were occasionally very secretive. Through the sports,
two divided nations could reduce their political and ideological tensions and could feel the patriotic
unity.
On the other hand, some sports matches can make international relations worse. For instance,
football or baseball games between Korea and Japan are always big matches in two countries
wherefull of tensions overflow. Sometimes, after the matches, the two rivals blame each other and
their patriotic emotions explode in an aggressive way. Even much worse scenario is that the
troubles caused by losing games affect the players directly. As far as I know, a couple of Korean
players in Japan are suffered from invisible discrimination after the match between two countries.
In conclusion, I think that international sporting occasions can be one of the good ways to ease
tensions or to release patriotism safely. However, I believe that games can not be the fundamental
ways for the sound patriotism or peaceful international relations.
This is an excellent essay! Very well done!

IELTS Essay, topic: Internet connecting people
Some people say that the Internet is making the world smaller by bringing people

together. To what extent do you agree that the internet is making it easier for people to
communicate with one another?
In today?s world _ due to the advancement of technology new inventions are coming into
existence. It is true that ‘Necessity is a mother of invention’. _ Internet is just like a wonder box,
which contains every type of information. Besides it has also proved as a very important tool to
connect people with one another.
In today’s modernized era nobody has sufficient time to write letters to their loved
ones. Moreover it also takes longer to send or receive any information. But the Internet is the
easiest way to send messages to our loved ones. Communication can be either in the form of email or through text messages sent via internet to mobile phones. We can send and receive
messages straight way.
In other hand today’s young generation mostly prefers to do chatting through the Internet. During
such chatting we can write messages and get replies straight away. Moreover voice chatting
is going to be very popular day-by-day.


As it is a reality the advantages and disadvantages resemble two sides of one coin, which usually
runs parallel. So like other things internet also have some downsides, like causing people health
problems for example, poor eye-sight, back ache or migraines. Today’s teenagers usually prefer to
spend their time on the internet rather than to participating in other physical activities, which
causing them to have a weaker physical health.
To conclude, I would like to say that the Internet is one of the most modernized and most
successful tools, not only forcommunication, even to get most relevant information regarding
every field in a very short period of time.
This is a great essay, well done! Remember, ‘the Internet’ is a proper noun, currently,
there is only one. Pay attention to your punctuation – many commas are missing after
linking words. Otherwise, the essay is well argued and set out.

IELTS Essay, topic: Space exploration
With all the problems in the world today, spending money on space exploration is a
complete waste. The money could be better spent on other causes.

Nations after nations, every day, every year, celebrates its achievements in space exploration.
However, it is now the time to question how meaningful these blasts are. This essay aims to
explain why it is questionable.
First, until all urgent and important matters of the globe have been solved, money bumped on
space exploration is meaningless. It is not a common sense at all to invest millions of dollars
researching and producing foods for astronauts (for space exploration purpose), while every day
thousands of people are starving. Furthermore, the discovery of outer space only serves a minor
group of people if the majority are even not well-educated. Those in rural areas or third-world
nations do no even know how to prevent common threatening diseases such as AIDS and lung
cancer.
Then, some may argue that the purpose of space exploration areto discover new lands, new
energy resources or to deter potential threat to globe. Nevertheless, is it effective to do so while
other alternatives are available? Lands on earth are no yet effectively used. New energy resources
(e.g. solar and nuclear energy) have not yet been widely-used. Threats of plagues have not yet
been deterred. All of these tasks that haven’t been tackled yet require money. That is why costly
space discovery programs are a waste of resources.
In a nutshell, people should only invest in space exploration provided that urgent and important
matters mentioned earlier in this essay have been solved. Also, purposes of space exploration
campaigns should be studied carefully and other alternatives should be considered before the
money is wasted.
This is a very good essay, well done.

IELTS Essay, topic: Children and rules
In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior, in other countries they are
allowed to do almost anything they like. To what extent should children have to follow
rules?
Freedom plays a pivotal role in everybody’s life. We can see in today’s modernized era that nobody
likes to be restricted, whether it is a child or an adult. Some people think that there
should havesome strict rules of behavior for children, but I disagree with this statement.
Wherever it is a reality that sometimes more restrictions can cause more frustration in children,

which leads to many other mental problems as well. Morever they can be, behave like a stubborn.
Sometimes they feel themselves under pressure, which can be the main reason for their poor


performance in their field. In some cases children may insist on doing these things from where
we?ll try to keep them away.
In other words _ we have to look for other aspects as well, like if we usually ignore our children’s
bad habits, then they can’t begood human beings in their future life. Moreover_ if we never draw
attention upon the children’s main activities then they might end up in a bad company. They can
know regarding the value of respect for their elders. They can know the importance of
relationships. They can know regarding their cultural values as well.
In a nutshell, I would like to say that children should be teach the value of their customs, rituals
and respect towards their elders for their future life, but most of the additional restriction
should be being avoided. It would be better to make them good human beings in their future.
This is a good, well-written essay. Some sentences are too short and could be combined
together to create a more complex structure. There is also some repetition of words,
which should be avoided. Overall, nicely done.

IELTS Essay, topic: Children and rules
Some businesses prohibit smoking in any of their offices. Some governments have
banned smoking in all public places. Do you agree or disagree that this is the right
course of action? Give reasons for your opinion.
Most of the firms, organization and companies as well as governments impose restrictions to
smoke in work places and public amenities. It has become fashionable in the world today to blame
smoking. However, although I feel that smoking can be harmful, but I don’t think it should be
forbidden completely. I would also argue that people should have the right whether or not they
should smoke.
Allow me to present the three positive sides of smoking. Firstly, smoking certainly helps many
people to relax. For some, it even improves concentration. If someone is upset owing to debt or
they have exam, like to smoke to reduce the pressure or tension. Most of the people like to smoke

when they are relaxing with friends. Secondly, governments throughout the world make huge
profits from taxes on cigarettes. The income obtained through taxes provides funds which are used
for building school, hospital and public places such as parks, gardens, sports ground and foot
paths. Thirdly, tobacco industry also employs tens of thousands of people all over the world,
particularly in poorer countries such as Zimbabwe or India. Without cigarettes, these people would
have no jobs.
Despite these positive effects there are lots of negative effects to smoking too. Initially, smoking
has been proven to be very dangerous for health. As one cigarette contains more than 4000
chemical substances, therefore, it causes for many dangerous diseases such as heart attacks,
asthma, bronchitis or lung cancer. According to a recent report in Britain close to 3,500 people are
killed each year in road accidents and 120,000 are killed by smoking. Furthermore, smoking costs
governments millions of dollars because of the large number of people who need treatment in
hospitals for smoking-related problems. Moreover, passive smoking is also a major concern today.
Recent research shows that non-smokers can suffer from health problems if they spend long
periods of time among people who do smoke. In the UK children whose parents are smoke are
three times as likely to start smoking themselves _.
In short, I think the world would be a better place without cigarettes. However, the decision of
whether _ smoke or not to smoke should be for each individual to make. I suggest that people
should not smoke in a room or a place where there are non smokers, however they should be free
to smoke elsewhere.
This is a very good essay, you have made your arguments well and set out the
paragraphs as required. However, pay attention to your use of assertive statements e.g.
‘Without cigarettes, these people would have no jobs’. Perhaps they would gain
employment in another industry – we cannot be sure. Over all, well done!


IELTS Essay, topic: The Internet as a source of
information
The Internet when used as a source of information, has more drawbacks than
advantages. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Some people believe that internet access creates problems. There are several possible reasons
why it can happen.
Firstly, some data may be unverifiable. For example, everytimethey search for a data, there would
be lots of choices that would appear on the screen. They would not be sure if the information they
are reading is accurate. Some sources may even have outdated informations. Secondly, some sites
may be unreliable. For instance, people sign up on one site that sells goods online. The goods
would be paid for by a credit card, but the purchaser would not receive anything. And finally, not
everything is available through the net. When my friend had tried to research for some pictures of
18th century paintings, he did not find any results. Then he was told by his teacher that they
would only be available in the library.
Others believe that the Internet is very useful and these are the justifications. Firstly, it is hard to
get the same data, that is available through the Internet by other means. For example, if the
directory information could not give me the accurate address and contact number of a place
I want to visit, I normally check that information on the Internet. In just one click, I would get all
the details of that certain company. Secondly, research becomes more comprehensive. For
instance, I do not have to buy lots of reading materials to complete my research. Most of the
needed information can be found if I have Internet access. And finally, data is easily compared and
contrasted. I remember, my cousin researched a study about overweight children a decade ago
and at present. Hewas able to finish his research in just one day, as compared to a week if he
would not use the Internet.
In conclusion, let me reiterate that the Internet plays a big role in our life, because it makes data
retrieval and comparison easier.
This is a good essay, the arguments are clear, the language and the grammar are also
fine. The structure needs to be improved a little bit – make paragraphs smaller, restructure them to create 5 paragraphs from 4. In case of an argument essay – give your
opinion in the conclusion only. In case of an opinion essay – give your opinion in the
introduction

IELTS Essay, topic: Computers in our life
We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business,
hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in

the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more
suspicious of their benefits?
In the last two decades cybernetics have experienced a major breakthrough .This led to the
utilization of computers in nearly all parts of our daily life, from personal computers to the ones
performing complicated surgeries. Surely the uptake of this technology facilitates a lot of difficult
tasks but is this excessivedependance ripping the warmth out of our lives? In this essay, I will
outline how the availability of computers affects our lives.
Most of the daily tasks an individual experiences are time and effort consuming. These
two fundemental qualities could be tremendously saved by the use of computers. The average
period required to prepare a decent meal for a middle-class family is around an hour to and hour
and a half when using traditional methods. This time could be literally reduced to half if
computerizeddecivesare used instead. Moreover, a busy businessman is enabled to easily close a
profitable deal with just a touch on thishighly programmed laptop while enjoying his family
vacation and not having to exert an extra effort of traveling long distances in order to sign a deal.


On the other hand, new generations are growing remarkably dependent on these modern utilities,
which makes them handicapped when it comes to preparing a cup of tea. Inaddition, psychologists
suggest that one of the main reasons for sucidalrate increase is the recent electric inventions. This
is due to the fact that humans by nature stay emotionally healthy through socializing, but due to
the importance of modern technology to maintain a financially satisfying standard of life they
graduallyisulate themselves. As time passes by each of these individuals gets stuck in a vicious
circle of loneliness that eventually leads to suicidal attempts especially among youngsters.
In conclusion, similarly to every other invention computers have their benefits and drawbacks, I
personally think it all depends upon how we use the given tools . Moderation is the key here to
keep the balance and allow us to live in harmony.
This is a good essay, nice vocabulary, a little too long (340 words instead of 250), a few
grammatical mistakes. The topic is not fully covered (what about the “things will they be
used for in future” part?).

IELTS Essay, topic: Advertising
Advertising is all around us, it is an unavoidable part of everyone’s life. Some people say
that advertising is a positive part of our lives while others say it is a negative one.
Discuss both views and include your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should
write at least 250 words.
Many people wonder about advertisement. Some people think that it has negative impact in our
life. However, others said it has been playing as positive effect on this world. This is not an easy
essay to be answered, but I will look at this issue.
Why advertisement has been playing a negative effect in our life ? Of Course for several reasons:
firstly, it motivates the psychological point in everyone, especially women. They will run to buy this
advertised product especially if it’s from cosmetic roof, just to show their beauty to men, which will
lead to more offender and raped cases. Secondly, you can sit comfortably with your family and
suddenly the telephone is ringing, but it’s nothing important, it’s just another company try to
convince you to buy one of their products. It is a real intrusive example of advertisement. Lastly,
sometimes you do not have the financial ability to buy something, but with these new methods of
advertisement, you will run to buy it, which will affect your budget.
On the other hand, there are some good sides to advertising. For instance, it compares the prices
of many companies which benefitthe consumer. Besides, it really opens our vision to see more
products which we do not knowit unless the TV or Radio advertised them. In addition to, it breaks
our daily routine and allows us to see new faces and learn the language better with the help of the
daily updates they deliver through advertisement.
In conclusion, as we can see there are many aspects to this essay. I feel that we gain no benefits
at all from advertisement, it playson minds of people buy more things that they do not need it at
all.
Your arguments are good and the paragraphs are set out well, however, you must be
careful about making assertive statements, e.g. ‘ it motivates the psychological point in
everyone’. How do you know that all advertisements do motivate every single person,
for instance? Overall, this is a good essay, well done.

IELTS Essay, topic: Should wealthy nations share
their wealth?
Should wealthy nations be required to share their wealth with poorer nations by
providing them with things such as food and education? Or is this the responsibility of
the governments of poorer nations to look after their citizens?


I think that wealthy nations should be required to share their wealth with poorer nations. But their
helping should only stop at providing such things as food and education because of the three
following reasons.
Firstly, citizens of both wealthy nations and poorer nations are human beings. Therefore, we can
not look at, hear of, or talk about people who lack food, education, etc… without compassion and
sympathy. Sharing wealth with poorer nations is not only a good deed but is also a task .
Secondly, many nations in Africa and Asia are very very poor. Famine, diseases, crime and
illiteracy are killing the citizens of these countries. In the contrary, many nations in Europe and
America are too rich. If there are no actions taken, this inequality will increase dramatically. Poor
countries will become more and more poorer while rich countries will become more and
more richer. As a result, the poorest countries will become slaves of the richest countries. So,
sharing wealth is an useful way to prevent people from that bad future.
Thirdly, although sharing wealth with poorer nations is very necessary but this help should only
stop at providing such things as food, medicine and education. Or else, poor nations may become
dependent on the aid. They may lose enthusiasm to build their countries by themselves. Moreover,
rich nations can take advantage of sharing wealth to interfere with the governance of poor nations’.
This can’t be considered a humane action and should be prevented.
In my opinion, sharing wealth with poorer nations has both a bad side and a good side. What we
have to do is avoiding its bad side and practicing its good side.
This is an excellent essay, your arguments are convincing and very well presented.
There are only a few minor mistakes, please read and consider the comments. Well done!

IELTS Essay, topic: Should tobacco be prohibited?

Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin be applied to
tobacco? Discuss.
Recently, a heated debate arouse when a few reputable health organizations suggested the
application of a similar act of heroin selling and usage prohibition _. In this assay, I will analyze
why the adoption of such a law could be a breakthrough in our youngsters’ safety, according to my
vision.
Firstly, tobacco does not differ much from heroin when it comes to the addictive effect. Nicotin ,
the active ingredient in tobacco, exerts its effect by acting directly on smoker’s brain cells.
Numerous experiments carried out by scientist on animals,specailly rats, proved that this toxic
chemical does lead by time to dependency, just similarly to the effect experienced with herion.
Secondly, the restriction on cigerattes selling would surely show an instant decline in tobacco
smoking. ” Having easy access to cigarettes puts a tremendous pressure, especially on
teenagers,to resist such a temptation” Dr.Hisham , head of Pschycologydepartment at Alexandria
Medical college , states firmly. “Giving the new generation the sense that the severity of smoking
isequivilant to other lethal drugs usage woulod be a life saving step, they will thank us for as they
get older.” he continues.
To recapitulate, applying of a futuristic law such as the suggested one will definetly have a positive
impact ,not only on young people’s health but on our society as a whole.
Well done! This is a good essay, however, you should take care of your spelling.

IELTS Essay, topic: Capital punishment


Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of
violence increase. Capital punishment is essential to control violence in society. To what
extent do you agree or disagree?
Capital punishment is always associated with ignorance and intolerance. In fact, we must
acknowledge that some people disagree with this kind of penalty, but others vote in its favor.
Portugal was the first European country to end this kind of penalty. Since the 19th century,
tolerance and respect for life are important values. Moreover, we can affirm that all the

Europe remains under the same codes. Maybe because of a religious view point, the respect for life
is a typical value in the Old Catholic world.
Those who are in favor of capital punishment mostly live in developing countries. However, this is
not just an image of the Third World countries. Actually, the USA is one country where this kind of
punishment has its higher rates of application. The state of Texas, in particular, is at the top,
supporting this measure against crime, especially those involving serial killers and crimes against
children. In a society dominated by fear and government control, it is foreseen that this penalty
will continue into a future next.
Maybe this is not a simple question. As we can see there are several values here and of course
cultural behavior. The roots of the question are religious, cultural, ethical and even geographical.
The world is divided and the law systems show this division. The solutions, however can lead us to
other questions concerning revenge and justice. It will be better to kill a person because of his
crimes? Can we admit that a life sentence could be a much better sentence? In fact, rehabilitation
is the right way especially with an accurate psychological evaluation first. Some people are lost
forever, and in my opinion some murderers and other criminals will suffer more in jail. In this
sense, capital punishment is an easy way out.
This is a good essay, you should do well in the Task 2 Writing Test.

IELTS Essay, topic: Environmental problems
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?
An essential problem of the 21st century is world pollution. Currently the environment is so
contaminated that urgent measures should be taken. A single individual cannot be blamed for the
world pollution, however every person should take care of his or her habitat. In addition, it is vital
that environmental issues are treated internationally.
Lately, many presentations, conferences and international summits are held to deal with waste
treatment, recycling, and soil and water contamination. For sure joint efforts and consolidation can
only help in the mutual war towards the ongoing environmental disaster. For instance,
governments should offer support to companies and organizations, involved in manufacturing,

industry or agriculture in order to find environment-friendly approaches. These could be special
law regulations, recycling programs, helping courses in order to implement ISO certificates and
many more.
However, the influence of individuals over environment should not be ignored. If we do
not confess that our planet is our home, we will never be able to take adequately care of it. We
have to contribute every day to the preservation of nature and environment. For example, always
remember to save energy by switching off lamps, computers and everything that we do not use.
Our next obligation is to separate waste and throw bulk only in the designated areas. Driving
vehicles can also be environment friendly. For example, we have to avoid accelerating the engines
too rapidly or using the air conditioning in the country, where it would be better to save energy
and simply open the windows.
To sum up, environmental problems should be handled by local and international authorities as
well as individuals. Every single person should take care of the environment, moreover we have to
bring up our children to be conscious citizens of a clean and preserved planet.


This is a very good essay, a Band 7+ candidate. The structure of this essay and
sentences is correct as well as the spelling and punctuation. Good job!

IELTS Essay, topic: News on TV
News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in a newspaper.
What factors do you think influence their decisions? Do we become used to bad news?
Would it be better if more good news was reported?
News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in a newspaper. There are
two factors that influence their decisions. The first is the kind of customers they aim
at. Becauseeach kind of readers and watchers has its own features. For example, if your
customers are almost entirely teenagers, you have to concentrate on something attracting them
such as stories, photographs of singer stars, film stars, funny tales, and fashion. Itwill be very silly
if you try to provide teenagers with economic orpolitic news. On the contrary, besiness men and
politicians may never read news about James Blunt or Keira Knightley. Therefore, what influences

news editors’ decisions the most is the taste of their customers.
The second factor is the hot, the attraction of the news. Who will reads or watch your news if it
happened a year or a month ago or even last week? The answer is nobody absolutely. In the
energetic and competitive world nowadays, people always ask for a reallynew news. So that to
satisfy customers, there is a pressure on all editors to find continually what has already happened
not only yesterday but even an hour ago. Or else, they may lose their customers. None of editors
wants that bad future.
On television or in newspaper, we seem to become used to bad news. It is a little of difficult for us
to come across a piece of good news. We can’t deny that bad things occur on Earth day by day.
However, news editors try to gain more and more customer, which means more and more money,
using bad news as a magnet.Because bad news makes us curious. We want to know why it is bad,
what it is about, whether it influences us or not. As a result, we will buy newspapers or watch
television to find out. And the happiest people are, of course, news editors.
I think it would be better if more good news were reported. Bad news makes us worry and sad.
Whereas good news makes us happy. There should an equal amount of good and bad news. In
that way we can give something bad a lot of thought while still being happy about the good news.
Any inequalities between good news and bad news should be avoided. That is the best solution.
Now, we can’t live without news. Thereby, the role of news editors is very important. We should
support them. And what they have to do is try their best to provide us with useful news, both good
and bad.
Some of your sentences are too short – they would look better if joined together. Overall,
this is a good essay, which seems to be worthy of Band 7.

IELTS Essay, topic: The Internet and
communication
Some say that the Internet is making the world smaller by bringing people together. To
what extent do to you agree that the Internet is making it easier for people to
communicate with one another?
A global village, that is certainly what the world feels like nowadays. With the help of the world
wide web, you can reach out and get to know people you might never have met in person. Articles

can be co-authored, business deals can be finalized, degrees can be earned and at times even
medical advice can be given- and all of this is just a click away.
Electronic mail, instant messages, web cameras and microphones; all these gadgets and programs
make the presence of the other person more real. Who knows; with the help of visual reality you


might even get a 3-D image of the speaker! I believe that the Internet is one the best inventions
of the last century, you can hardly get to miss anyone and nobody is really out of reach. You can
keep in touch with your friends, and be able to do your work from your bedroom in your pajamas!
However, the internet can also be a major source of harassment. Spammers and hackers can
invade your privacy and get personal/confidential information, which otherwise they will never get
access to. You are never out of anybody’s reach, unless you make a conscious decision of not
checking your email, there can be always more work waiting for you in your inbox and you might
never have a moment to yourself. Worse yet, if you were a workaholic, you might never
experience that stress-free vacation ever again in your life – simply, because you have your
mobile workplace with you at all times.
As a romantic, I will always look forward to getting an occasional letter in the snail mail. A
personal letter, where I can sense the mood of the writer by the slants in his/her handwriting and
get to know him/her better. But as a type A personality person, the internet gives me all what I
dream of in terms of communication – the speed, reliability, and convenience of time and place. I
can certainly tolerate its shortcomings any day, as long as it keeps me close to my loved ones.
This is a great essay, which seems worthy of Band 7 or perhaps even 8. It is longer than
required (340 words instead of 250) which means that it took you more time to write
and less time to check your work.

IELTS Essay, topic: Working children
In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard
this as completely wrong, while others consider it a valuable work experience, which is
important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion?
Nowadays, many children involved in different types of jobs to have some kind of financial

assurance for themselves. However, whether this is good for their development and personality is
a controversial issue. I personally believe that paid works is harmful for children for several
reasons.
It is said that children gain valuable experience in the work place. This may be true. However, I
would argue that children are mainly employed in jobs that require manual work and are poorly
paid. The recent statistics reveal the common tasks that children are assigned to are washing
dishes, mopping floors or serving food in restaurants. Meanwhile, this kind of jobs actually do
not provide children with necessary and useful skills to apply in their futurecarrer.
This brings me to the second point. Defenders of child labourargues that it is an effective method
of learning. The point is children should be able to apply knowledge taught to them in a real life
working environment. Although this is undoubtedly true, it also means that children may neglect
the classroom study and even fail the class. The worst thing is yet to come. They may become so
preoccupied with the benefits ahead of them such as small salary that they may leave school.
Finally, supporters say that it helps them to build responsibility in the family. They will understand
how it is difficult to earn money and therefore have compassion for their parents. This is true to a
certain extent, but may have a totally adverse effect on children. As children can make money at
an early age, they would feel that it is appropriate to spend it on luxury things.
In conclusion, I think that parents should take measures to restrict their child from work,
otherwise it would have negative consequences to their future.
This is a great essay, a Band 7+ candidate. My only suggestion is to divide your
arguments so that you would have 2 paragraphs covering arguments ‘against’ and one
covering arguments ‘for’ or vise versa. Don’t mix arguments ‘for’ and ‘against’ in one
paragraph.


IELTS Essay, topic: Computers in the future
We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business,
crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in future? Is
this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their
benefits?

Today computers are used almost everywhere, it is impossible to imagine our life without PCs,
Internet, mobile phones and other computer devices. It is reasonable to think that people look
forward to the future of computers. In what field will be computers used for and what role will
human has in this world in future?
Besides, computers make our life easier, we can easily get information about any product we plan
to buy or place we plan to visit in a second using a personal computer and Internet. Scientists
predict that in the nearest future it will be possible to smell a new perfume using the Internet and
watch 3D scenes at home like we do in the movie theater. According to forecasts of HR agencies
machines will replace jobs of cashiers, and civil and military pilots. Some corporations in Japan are
already selling
housewife-robots, which help old people to keep their homes clean.
Despite the fact that computers help us, they make us dependent. Apparently, people spend more
time behind monitors than ever before. And some of them feel a need for more time to be spent
with people in live contact. In addition, a breakdown of one of the important modules of a specific
computer can entail serious consequences. Suffice to mention the computer problem that occurred
in the end of 1990s, a problem related to the coming year 2000 (Y2K) and catastrophes that were
predicted. Fortunately imminent disasters did not happen. However, it is difficult to imagine what
could be if all the predictions came true.
We live in a technological era, computers penetrated everywhere with all benefits they provide and
all dangers they hide. However we are satisfied with them and sometimes we even thank them
because they help us in communicating, studying, doing business, entertaining and saving lives in
critical situations.
Great essay, all the task points are covered, good language and structure. It would
probably receive a Band 7.

IELTS Essay, topic: Should students travel?
Some people think that students who don’t take a break in studies between the high
school and the university are at disadvantage compared to students who travel and
work after high school before further continuing their education. Do you agree or
disagree?

Nowadays, in our competitive world, to succeed, knowledge from school and university is not
enough. Therefore, students who study from the school to university get fewer benefits and
contribute less too, compared to those student who travel or work and get experience and
skills before going high. There are two following reasons to support for my opinion. I refer to the
group of people who study from school to university as ‘group A’ and the other group – as ‘group
B’.
Firstly, at school and university, what group A gains is almost entirely theory, theory and theory.
Of course, theory is veryneccessary, however, you can’t do everything with just theory. You must
have praticeable experience. This is what group A lack very much. Although in the third of forth
year at university, group A can be apprentices in some companies, to help them approach their
future jobs, they aren’t trained well because of the short time spent working. And the real job is
still very strange to them. After graduating, without experience, group A students can’t accomplish
their work perfectly. On the other hand, it takes them time and money to keep up with other


experienced students and they may be scorned. Therefore, group A students can contribute less
than group B who have the two most important things: skills and experience.
Secondly, as group A students are contributing less, they surely get less benefit. Moreover, many
companies which employ people in group A have to train them from ground-up. These companies
take this cost from group A’s salary to reduce the risk of their employees leaving to other
companies after being trained. So, less benefits are unavoidable and certain, Whereas group B
members are more loyal and effective workers. They also have useful experience and skills.
Besides, their education is the same as or even higher than that of group A. As the result, group B
gets more benefits absolutely.
In conclusion, I think a student should travel or work before going to the university. That way, not
only will they have basic knowledge but also skills and experience which are useful for them to get
a good job and have a brilliant future.
This essay is too long (350 words instead of 250). To fight this problem, try to write in a
more general form and provide fewer details. The use of language and ideas are good
and so is the essay structure. Seems worthy of Band 7.

IELTS Essay Samples of Band 8
IELTS Essay, topic: Computers instead of teachers
As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for
teachers in the classroom.
There is no doubt that education and the learning process has changed since the introduction of
computers: The search for information has become easier and amusing, and connectivity has
expedited the data availability. Though experts systems have made computers more intelligent,
they have not yet become a substitute of the human interaction in the learning process. In my
opinion what can be expected is a change of the teachers’ role, but not their disappearance from
the classroom.
Nobody can argue that the acquisition of knowledge is more fun and easier with computers. The
mere activity of touching and exploring this device constitutes an enjoyable task for a child. This,
accompanied by the relaxing attitude and software interactivity, usually contributes to a better
grasping of new knowledge. At a higher educational level the availability of digital books,
simulators and other academic materials provide the student with an ever accessible source of
information, that otherwise would not be at hand.
But, besides the increasing complexity and behavior of intelligent software, which is usually
embedded in the academic digital material, the need for human interaction in the learning process
will always be present, at least in the foreseeable future. There is the necessity for a human being
to be able to determine what thespecifics needs of each individual are. The expertise of a teacher
in how to explain and adapt complex concepts to different individuals can hardly be mimicked by a
computer, no matter how sophisticated its software is.
As computers are becoming a common tool for teaching, teachers should be more aware of their
role as guides in the acquisition of knowledge rather than transmitters of facts. They have to be
open minded to the changes that are taking places, keep updated and serve as problem solvers in
the learning process, thus allowing students to discover the fact for themselves.
To summarize, in my personal view, teachers play and will continue to play an important role in
the classroom, especially at the primary level. No matter how complex computers become, there

will be no replacement for the human interaction, but in the way haw thisinteraction takes place.
This is an excellent essay! Are you a native English speaker? Well done. The only
problem is that this essay is too long, 365 words instead of 250-265 maximum.

IELTS Essay, topic: Events bringing people
together
Popular events like the Football World Cup and other international sporting occasions
are essential in easing international tension and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe
way.
Every four years, the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the
Olympics and the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their
country proud. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing international tension
in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the world’s economy and other
governments were fighting over the land.
The Olympic Games are one of the best examples which prove how sporting events can bring
nations together, at least temporarily. From the ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would
interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent international disputes, when
athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete peacefully and even


embrace each other after an event. Moreover, these popular events have called the world’s
attention to the terrible consequences of wars; thus some leaders have tried to reach agreements
to end their disputes and live peacefully.
Similarly, international sporting events show benefits in some developing countries which live in a
daily internal civil war. For example, Brazil has a high rate of unemployment, lack of education,
hunger, crime, poverty and corruption which leads to an immense embarrassment of being
Brazilian and a low self-esteem. However, when the Football World Cup starts, the Brazilian squad,
which is considered the best team in the world, provokes an amazing feeling of pride in their
country. Most people seem to forget all their problems and even the criminal activity decreases.
They paint roads with the national colors, wear the Brazilian team shirts and buy national flags.

Moreover, the competition brings families and neighbors together and even rival gangs watch the
games and celebrate peacefully.
In conclusion, popular sporting events play an important role in decreasing international tensions
and liberating patriotic feelings as history has shown.
This is a great essay, the ideas, language, structure of paragraphs and sentences, and
your grammar show a good command of the English language. In my opinion it is Band 8.
Keep up the good work.

IELTS Essay, topic: Rich countries should help the
poor
Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of
poorer nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more
responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas.
Today’s world has been divided into developing and industrialised countries which the main
difference between them is the amount of money that governments apply in important sectors
such as education, health and commerce. Most of the poorer nations are buried in debts as a result
of their unbalanced finances which are reflect in a failed health care, an unstructured education
system and a weak international trade. This vicious cycle will continue indefinitely unless wealthier
nations show interest in minimizing the worldwide economic differences, as well as taking more
responsibility for assisting less fortunate countries.
Most of the African countries live in sub-human conditions because of the extreme poverty,
upheaval, hunger, disease, unemployment, lack of education and both inexperienced and corrupt
administrations. The devastating consequences of the AIDS epidemic in those countries could
improve if the infected population were to receive free drugs to control the disease, have access to
health professionals and get information on how to prevent its spread. But this can only be
achieved through international help programs in which leaders of the world’s richest countries
donate medicine and also send doctors and nurses to treat and educate those in need.
Moreover, most of the poor countries rely on selling agricultural products and raw materials to rich
nations and buying industrialized products from them resulting in a huge financial deficit.
Consequently, they borrow a significant amount of money from the World Bank to try to improve

their broken economies, but sometimes the money disappears with no significant changes and
they cannot even pay the interest to the bank. Regarding this issue, last year the G8, which is
comprised of leaders of the eight richest nations, decided to forgive billions of dollars worth of debt
owed by the world’s poorest nations. In addition, they developed adequate loan programs to
financially assist those countries.
In conclusion, leaders of the industrialised countries play an indispensable role in assisting
developing nations in dealing with essential areas such as health, education and trade. Also, their
aid is the key to breaking the vicious cycle, which results in poverty and death.
This is a great essay, seems to be on a Band 8 level, there’s nothing to improve here.


IELTS Essay, topic: Computers replacing teachers
As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for
teachers in the classroom.
There have been immense advances in technology in most aspects of people’s lives, especially in
the field of education. Nowadays, an increasing number of students rely on computers for research
and to produce a perfect paper for school purposes. Others have decided to leave the original way
of learning and to get knowledge through online schools. These changes in the learning process
have brought a special concern regarding the possible decrease of importance of teachers in the
classroom.
Some people believe the role of teachers started to fade because computers have been helping
some students to progress in their studies quicker compared to studies in an original classroom.
For example, in the same classroom, students have different intellectual capacities, thus some
would be tied to a slow advance in their studies because of others’ incapability of understanding.
In this way, pupils could progress in their acquisition of knowledge at their own pace using
computers instead of learning from teachers.
However, the presence of a teacher is essential for students because the human contact influences
them in positive ways. Firstly, students realize that they are not dealing with a machine but with a
human being who deserves attention and respect. They also learn the importance of studying in a
group and respect for other students, which helps them improve their social skills.

Moreover, teachers are required in the learning process because they acknowledge some students’
deficiencies and help them to solve their problems by repeating the same explanation, giving extra
exercises or even suggesting a private tutor. Hence, students can have a better chance of avoiding
a failure in a subject.
In conclusion, the role for teachers in the learning process is still very important and it will
continue to be such in the future because no machine can replace the human interaction and its
consequences.
This is a great essay. Seems worthy of Band 8. No improvements are necessary, keep up
the good work!

IELTS Essay, topic: Financial education
Financial education should be a mandatory component of the school program. To what
extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
It is an obvious fact that financial aspects are a major part of the daily life, as an adult and even
as a young individual. Each and every one of us has to make financial decisions concerning
recreation, health, education and more. The question is whether to start with financial education
as part of school program or to postpone it for a later stage in life.
To begin with, being able to understand the value of money, the way the economic system works
and to interpret financial news and its implications is a virtue. Without this virtue, an individual,
even a young one, might suffer to some extent. For an example, a child who doesn’t understand
the concept of money might find it more difficult to except choosing only one present out of more
possible ones.
In addition, many adults are lacking capability of financial analysis. Quite often, the reason can be
the lack of sound foundations or insecurity when it comes to financial terms and concepts. Starting
from an early age, building a strong background, can very likely prevent such situation.
However, financial education necessarily involves quantifying and setting prices and value for
services and goods. It can easily turn young people into cynical human beings who lack emotion.


Furthermore, a tendency to self-concentration and egoism might rise when one start measuring

everything from a profit-making perspective.
In conclusion, financial education has both pros and cons. In my opinion, the advantages are more
significant than the disadvantages, making financial education an advisable component of the
school program. The disadvantages should be thought of as a certain price that young people have
to pay due to the characteristics of the world that we live in.
This is a wonderful essay. It covers the task, is correctly structured, the paragraphs are
logically connected, the structure of sentences shows excellent command of the English
language. The vocabulary is fine and both spelling and grammar are very good. See
comments underlined in blue for some minor corrections. Overall, looks like a Band 7.5 –
Band 8 essay.

IELTS Essay, topic: The advantages and
disadvantages of globalization
Even though globalization affects the world’s economies in a very positive way, its
negative side should not be forgotten. Discuss.
Globalization is such a commonly used term in the twentiethcentury. It simply means that the
world has become integrated economically, socially, politically and culturally through the advances
of technology, transportation and communication. It is undeniable that globalization has resulted
in both positive and negative effects which must be addressed accordingly.
To begin with, globalization has contributed to the world’s economies in many beneficial ways. The
advances in science and technology have allowed businesses to easily cross over territorial
boundary lines. Consequently, companies tend to become more productive and competitive
thereby raising the quality of goods, services and the world’s living standard.
Secondly, several companies from the more developed countries have already ventured to
establish foreign operations or branches to take advantage of the low cost of labor in the poorer
countries. This kind of business activity will provide more influx of cash or investment funds into
the less developed countries.
However, one cannot deny the negative effects which havederived from globalization. One crucial
social aspect is the risk and danger of epidemic diseases which can easily be spread as the
transportation becomes easier and faster in today’s advanced society. This is evidenced in the

recent birds flu disease which has infected most Asian countries over a short period of time.
As large corporations invest or take over many offshore businesses, a modern form of colonization
will also evolve which may pose certain power pressure on the local governments of the less
developed countries. Unemployment rates in the more developed regions such as Europe may also
escalate as corporations choose to outsource to the cheaper work force from Asian countries.
In conclusion. I like to reiterate that globalization is inevitable and we must urge individuals,
companies and governments to use a more balanced approach by taking the appropriate steps to
deal with matters relating to the financial or economical gains verses the social, political or
ecological concerns of the world.
This essay is too long, 318 words instead of 250-265. Otherwise (except for some minor
grammatical errors) it is a very nice work. It covers the task, has the right structure, the
paragraphs are coherent and are logically connected by elegantly used linking words,
the structure of sentences is fine and so is your vocabulary. Seems worthy of Band 7.5
or 8.

IELTS Essay, topic: children and rules


In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior, in other countries they are
allowed to do almost anything they like. To what extent should children have to follow
rules?
The extent to which children have to follow rules is in itself a very complex issue, since children
across the world grow up in very different cultures. In India for example, children are expected to
be very submissive to their parents as well as other adults around them. This, however, is not the
case with the Western countries of the world where children follow the motto ‘Thou shalt do what
thou wilt’ as promoted by celebrities and rock stars. I believe that following strict rules has both
advantages as well as serious drawbacks as discussed below.
Firstly, strict rules of behavior create responsible and respectful children who in turn mature into
respectful adults. This forms a stable society which is virtually free from negative trends such as
prostitution and drug abuse. Secondly, if children do not follow strict rules of behavior, they may

get out of hand and become work-shy and indolent. This may then create a burden on the society
since the government has to find ways to cater for these social ills.
However, forcing children to follow strict rules of behavior doesn’t always yield positive results as
discussed above, most of the time it backfires and works against society. For example, teenagers
are more likely to do the opposite of what they’re told to do simply because they want to be
independent. Children should also have rights to exercise their free will and develop their own
pattern of behaviors. Imposing strict rules may simply destroy the individuality of children.
At the end of the day, it is clear that children should be guided by rules, but these rules should not
be imposed on them because as human beings, they need to have room to develop their own
traits of character and adopt a behavioral pattern of their own.
This essay is too long (309 words instead of advised 250-265). Otherwise this work is a
very good one; it covers the task, your position is clear, the ideas are well-organized,
expressed, explained and supported. The sentences show a wide range of language
structures, cohesive devices and your grammar is fine. Overall, this seems to be a band
7.5 or higher essay.

IELTS Essay, topic: the positive and the negative
sides of globalization
Even though globalization affects the world’s economies in a positive way, its negative
side should not be forgotten. Discuss.
In the present age, globalization is playing an increasingly important role in our lives. But in the
meantime whether it is a blessing or a curse has sparked a heated debate. Some people argue
that globalization has a fundamentally beneficial influence on our lives, while many others contend
that it has a detrimental effect as well.
A convincing argument can be made about globalization not only playing a pivotal role in the
development of technology and economy, but also promoting the cultural exchange between
different countries. To start with, it is the globalization that impelled many corporate to become
international groups, thereby making a contribution to the local technology and employment.
Specifically, when a multinational group establish a factory in a developing country, the new
equipment, the new management skills and the job vacancies are all in the best interest of the

local society. Moreover, people worldwide can get to know each other better through globalization.
It is easy to see that more and more Hollywood blockbusters show cultures different from
American, some recent examples are ‘Kungfu Panda’ and ‘The Mummy’.

Admittedly, the profit driven side of globalization has severely affected young people. Today, in the
metropolises in different countries, it is very common to see teenagers wearing NIKE T-shirts and
Adidas footwear, playing Hip-Hop music on Apple iPods and eating at KFC. The culture that took a
thousand years to form just seems similar in these cities; it seems as though you can only


distinguish them by their language. Meanwhile, in some developing countries, sweat workshops
are always a concerning issue. For instance, reports show that some teenagers employed by
NIKE’s contractors work in smelly factories over 14 hours a day, but are only paid fifty cents per
hour.
To sum up, I would concede that globalization does come with some adverse effects. Despite that
fact, benefits created by it far outweigh the disadvantages. Overall, I am convinced that we should
further promote globalization and meanwhile the local government should take measures to
combat culture assimilation and sweat workshops.
This essay is extremely long (338 words instead of the advised 250-265). It has a sound
structure, your position is clearly expressed, the information is well-organized, and
structure-wise the sentences are fine. The vocabulary is impressive and there were only
a few grammatical errors (see comments underlined in blue). Overall, this seems to be a
band 7.5 + essay.

IELTS essay, topic: Should people spend a lot on
weddings and birthday parties?
Some people think that spending a lot on holding wedding parties, birthday parties and
other celebrations is just a waste of money. Others, however, think that these are
necessary for individuals and the society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Throwing parties can be expensive. While some people do not find these fancy parties worth what

they cost, others believe parties are important to both individuals and the society.
People choose to throw parties for a number of reasons. For starters, parties can make better
teams. Project kick-off parties are good opportunities to break the ice and help team members to
know each other better. Victory parties create a sense of success and belonging. Companies do
not see parties as wastes of money and allocate budget to support such events. Moreover, parties
often leave good memories. From our own experiences, we all have happy memories of our
birthday parties when we were little. Every family has great photos took on family parties in their
album. In addition, contrary to what some people believe that spending on parties is a waste of
social resources, parties actually create value, either by employing people in the party planning
business or by offering people better party experiences.
The popularity of parties, however, causes some tension in the society. Parties are hard on
introverted people who find themselves uncomfortable in parties. This is a clinic symptom which
psychologists call it “social anxiety disorder”. There are other ways to celebrate important events
that may have greater value for their cost. For instance, companies could send out gifts after
successful projects and parents could take their children on family trips to celebrate birthdays.
In my opinion, while a party is a form of social event that brings many benefits to individuals and
the society, other choices should also be considered, either to cut spending or to relieve the stress
of those who are not fond of parties.
This is a very good essay. Other than minor inaccuracies there are no problems (mouse
over the words underlined in blue shows corrections). Seems to be worth IELTS Band 8.

IELTS essay, topic: Children should be engaged in
paid work, agree or disagree?
In many countries children are engaged in different kinds of paid work. Some people
regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it a valuable work experience,
important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion?


The issue of whether or not children should be engaged in some paid work has sparked a heated
debate. While some argue that having some employment experience is conducive to a child’s

learning and development, I contend that it would bring harm to the child’s heath and learning.
First of all, a workplace designed for adults is normally shortage ofchild-friendly facilities. Desks
and chairs are too high for a child; the light switches are installed on the walls
unreachable by children; also emergency training and facilities such as phones are only provided
to adults. Furthermore, various hazards such as polluted air and chemical fumes are still produced
in factories and farms. Undoubtedly young people would suffer in such workplaces.
Also, children would find it frustrating when they are not properly inducted before starting a job. A
child working in a cement factory would feel a setback when he could not get immediate support
while struggling with the procedures of recording different raw materials that is required by the job.
Further, without sufficient support, a child’s misunderstanding or inappropriately communicating
with adults would only disappoint him and prevents him from active learning and interacting with
other people.
To conclude, a child’s paid employment experience would lead to a negative impact on their health
and active learning. However, recognizing the importance of children’s learning and their
awareness of responsibility, it is advisable to encourage them to be involved in some volunteering
opportunities where they can meaningfully learn and interact with other people with sufficient care
and support in place for such jobs.
This is a good essay. There are only a few errors (mouse over the words underlined in
blue shows corrections), but otherwise this work seems worthy of Band 7.5 or 8.
Remember to always proofread your essay before submitting it. Keep up the good work!

IELTS essay, topic: Public libraries should only
provide books, not videos or DVD, agree or
disagree?
Public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited resources
on expensive high-tech media such as software, videos or DVDs. Do you agree or
disagree?
With the proliferation of high-tech media, some people hold that the public libraries would be
rendered obsolete if they do not offer software, videos or DVDs to their users while other assert
it’s only a waste of limited resources and the libraries should offer books only.

High-tech media is, in many ways, indeed superior to the books in terms of entertainment,
attraction, and functionality. For instance, videos and DVDs function as a visual means to assist
people to have a first-hand experience even though those people have not physically visited or
seen the objects which are introduced in the books. Also, despite the audio-visual equipment
would be prohibitive to install, the capital cost would be lowered by appealing to a sizable number
of users.
More importantly, software could assist the library goers to access the Internet to update their
knowledge on a daily basis; in contrast, books typically take multiple months to be published,
which in turn render their contents outdated to some extent. In addition, upon learning that the
computer literacy has become an essential skill recently, public libraries should take on the
responsibility to educate its users how to operate a computer.
Furthermore, it is a common practice for most public libraries to share their resources via the
Internet. In this way, even if one book of interest cannot be found in one library, the borrower still
could locate the book from other libraries and then request the librarians to transfer the book to
that particular library.


In conclusion, public libraries would benefit in multiple ways if theyare equipped with the high-tech
media.
This is a good essay. There are only a few errors indicating that the writer needs to take
care with verbs, prepositions and sentence formation (mouse over the words underlined
in blue shows corrections). Overall, this work seems worthy of IELTS Band 8. Remember
to always proofread your essay before submitting it. Keep up the good work!

IELTS essay, topic: Children these days are
suffering from obesity, why and how can it be
solved?
Modern children are suffering from the diseases that were once considered to be meant
for adults only. Obesity is a major disease prevalent among children. What are its causes
and what solutions can be offered?

Nowadays, the increasing rate of overweight children and adults is a worldwide health issue.
Obesity is a major problem which is increasing day by day in school going children. There are
various reasons behind it. This essay will discuss the causes of obesity and offer some solutions.
The first cause of obesity is junk food. It is often seen that mostly children are fond of burgers,
pizzas, noodles and coke. These types of foods are easily available to them in school canteens.
Children love to purchase chips, chocholates, - ice-cream for lunch. Moreover, in this modern era,
parents are working and they do not have time to cook at home. Parents often buy dinner for their
children instead of preparing food at home. This calorie-rich diet is making children obese. This
problem can be solved by teaching children to cook healthy foods for themselves and banning junk
foods and fizzy drinks in schools. This diet can be replaced by milk, juice and fruits for lunch.
The second cause of obesity is sedentry life style. It is true that the use of computers and
television is increasing in children. They spend most of their time watching television or playing
video games on a computer. This technological advancement has reduced the level of physical
activity in this specific age group. This issue can be resolved by encouraging children to do
physical exercises. Parents can take their children to park to encourage playing with friends.
Furthermore, schools can add sports in their curriculum to maintain physical fitness in their
students.
To sum up, it is clear that main causes of obesity are unhealthy eating and not enough physical
activities. This ailment can be prevented and treated by healthy eating habbits and physical
exercises.
This is a good essay. There are only a few minor errors that could have been easily
prevented by proofreading this essay one last time before submission (mouse over the
words underlined in blue shows corrections). Overall, this work seems worthy of IELTS
Band 8. Keep up the good work!

IELTS essay, topic: Schools should select students
by their academic abilities, agree or disagree?
Some people think that schools should select students according to their academic
abilities, while others believe that it is better to have students with different abilities
studying together. Discuss both views and state your own opinion.

Some people contend that mixed ability classes are more beneficial for children’s development
than streaming them on the basis of judgement about their academic abilities. However, from my
perspective, I disagree with this contention.


Admittedly, mixed ability classes provide a better environment for children’s all-round
development. In such classes, children with different abilities study together and in turn they can
learn from one another. From example, a student, who is good at academic study but weak in
dancing or painting, can learn how to dance or paint form his peers. In this sense, mixed ability
classes allow students to develop their abilities in different subjects instead of only academic
abilities.
Despite the argument above, I believe streaming students brings more benefits to teachers and
students. As for teachers, separating children with better academic abilities from others facilitates
effective teaching. This practice helps teachers to control their students more conveniently and
easily. Compared with mixed ability in which teacher should consider students’ differences when
they are using teaching methodologies, streaming makes this situation simpler. To be more
specific, students are at the same level of academic ability in a class, and in turn teachers can use
the same methodologies for them all. In this way, the narrower the spread of ability in the class,
the more convenient the teaching can be.
On top of this, steaming enables students to learn in an effective way. According to students’
different abilities, they are taught in different ways that are more suitable for them. In the top
streams, students use more difficult materials, therefore, they can learn more. In sharp contrast,
teachers can explain the material more slowly to those in bottom streams. Under this circumstance,
students with different academic abilities can study effectively and efficiently.
In the final analysis, mixed ability classes are beneficial for students’ versatile development, but in
my opinion, segregating students based on different academic ability is better for both teachers
and students.
The writer presented a balanced discussion of the topic, effortlessly delivered in a form
of a fluent, well-written IELTS essay. The arguments and reasoning are laid out in a
coherent, logical way. A wide range of vocabulary is used in this work. There are very

few spelling errors that could have been caught in an additional round of proofreading
(mouse over the words underlined in blue shows corrections). Keep up the good work!
Overall, this essay seems worthy of IELTS Band 8.

IELTS essay, topic: Why do criminals commit
another offence after b eing punished?
Many offenders commit more crimes after serving the first punishment. Why is this
happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle this problem?
It is true that some criminals commit crimes again after they have been punished. While there are
several reasons for this alarming trend, some effective measures can be taken by governments to
tackle this problem.
There are two main reasons for re-offenders. Firstly, the prison system can make the situation
worse. Criminals put together in prison and they make friends with other offenders. While they are
locked up in prison, they do not have much to do there, and they would exchange information
about what they have done before they came to the prison or they may plan crimes with other
inmates. Secondly, offenders often do not have any other means of earning money. They are poor,
uneducated and lacking skills needed to maintain a job. Also, a criminal record makes finding a job
difficult as people usually avoid hiring ex-convict.
To solve this problem, governments should focus on rehabilitation of criminals rather than
punishment. Above all, prisons need vocational training which makes inmates to prepare for life
outside the prison. They can learn practical skills such as computer programming, car maintenance
and graphic design. In this way, they can be hired for a position that requires this certain
knowledge and skills. Community service is another way to reform offenders. Rather than being
locked up in prison with other inmates, offenders can help society and become useful to their local
community, and these activities would eliminate the negative influence that prisons can have.


In conclusion, it is true the re-offenders are one of the problems inour community; it can be solved
by focusing rehabilitation rather than punishment itself.

This is a good essay. The requirements of the task statement are covered, the reasoning
is logical and presented in a coherent, easy to follow way, the range of vocabulary is
wide enough and the writer shows fluency and flexibility. Some minor errors in this
essay include word choice and preposition errors (mouse over the words underlined in
blue shows suggested corrections). Overall this looks like an IELTS Band 8 essay.

IELTS essay, topic: the development of technology
causes traditional skills to die out, agree or
disagree?
When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It
is pointless to try and keep them alive.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this
opinion?
Nowadays, technological advances and their rapid and wide applications are having a significant
impact on a nation’s traditional skills and ways of life. Some argue that such impact is so
extraordinary that it would make conventional skills and life stylesobsolete. However, I believe
they would continue to thrive by providing alternatives to modern ways of life, and innovative
ideas for modern technologies.
First of all, traditional skills and ways of life are becoming an alternative solution to the problems
caused by “mainstreamed” ways of life which are greatly influenced by modern technologies. For
instance, a cozy restaurant where traditional, home-brewed beer is served, offers another
experience to people who are bored with branded beers that have the same flavor and come out of
mass production with new technologies. It is in such a venue where traditional skills are preserved,
people become relaxed and educated. Providing diversity and thus enriching modern ways of life,
such traditional skills and ways of life would continue to have their place.
Furthermore, conventional skills provide innovative ideas to the development of modern
technologies. For example, sparkled by how the word “Love” is traditionally knitted into a sweater
by some ethnic minority women in some parts of Asia, some business managers from textile
industry have developed some production lines by applying the traditional skills to Computer-Aided
Designs (CAD). The products have boosted the companies’ sales which in turn have increased their
investment in preserving traditional skills for further developing their technologies.

To conclude, traditional skills and life styles are increasingly becoming a useful alternative to the
homogeneity brought by global applications of modern technologies. However, the evolution of
technologies is a selection process, whereby some would become obsolete, but there is no doubt
that some would thrive when their roles are appreciated.
This is a good essay. The requirements of the task statement are covered, the
arguments make sense and are presented in a coherent, easy to follow way, the range of
vocabulary is wide enough and the writer shows fluency and flexibility. There are only a
few errors (mouse over the words underlined in blue shows suggested corrections).
Overall this looks like an IELTS Band 8 essay.


IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7
Sample report 1:
The chart below shows information about average house prices in five different cities
between 1990 and 2002 compared with average house prices in 1989.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

The chart provides a break down about the average variation in house prices in five various cities from
1990 to 2002 along with a comparison with house price in 1989. Overall, it is clear that the average
houseprice increased substantially over the given period compared with the prices in 1989.
As can be seen, between 1990 and 1995, the average house prices in Tokyo and London indicated a
sharp dip by approximately 7% in both cities. They were followed by New York with a 5% decline. In
contrast, the average house price showed a slight increase of 2% and 2.5% in Frankfurt and Madrid
respectively.
On the contrary, during the period of 1996 to 2002, London with 12% demonstrated a sharp growth in
housing prices. It was followed by New York and Madrid with 5% and 4% respectively along with a
small increase of around 2% in Frankfurt. Similarly, Tokyo showed a rise of about 2% but it was still
5% lower than the average house price in 1989.
A reasonable outline of main trends, differences or states was given. The key features were

presented and emphasized, but some aspects were left out of the description. There is a
logical organisation of information; it is evident that the writer progresses from one idea to
another. The linking words and phrases are used, however at times they are inappropriate


or forced (not natural). The range of vocabulary is wide enough for the writer to show some
flexibility and accuracy of expression, however repetition of the same word can clearly be
seen throughout this report. There are incidental errors in word choice, spelling and word
formation. Overall the control of grammar and punctuation is good, with only a few errors
made. This report seems worthy of Band 7.

Sample report 2
The table below shows the results of a survey to find out what members of a city sports
club think about the club’s activities, facilities, and opening hours.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make any
comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the preference levels of male and female members of a sport club about their
activities, facilities and opening hours. It is clear that the greater proportion of male members
is contented aboutthe club’s activities (91%) whereas this figure is true only for 70% of female
members.
Moreover, more than 85% of both male and female are happy about the facilities and 63% of male
members and 64% female members are extremely satisfied in this regard. In fact, only 14% of female
members and 10% of male members are negative about this.
In addition, opening hours are in the best interest of women as 97% of them are positive about it. In
contrast, more than one third of men have expressed their dissatisfaction in this regard.
In conclusion, it is clear that male and female members hold differentopinion about the activities and
facilities and opening hours of the club.
A reasonable outline of main trends, differences or states was given. The key features were
presented and emphasized, but some aspects were left out of the description. There is a

logical organisation of information; it is evident that the writer progresses from one idea to
another. The use of linking words and phrases is suitable. The range of vocabulary is wide
enough for the writer to show some flexibility and accuracy of expression, but still some
words are repeated over and over again. There are incidental errors in word choice, spelling
and word formation, however error-free sentences are common. Overall this report seems
worthy of Band 7.


Sample report 3
The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The
graph shows trends in consumption of fast foods. Write a report for a university lecturer
describing the information shown below.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the expenditure on three different types of fast food such as hamburgers, fish
and chips and pizza in people in different level of income.
From the chart, it is clear that in a high-income group, 40 pence is spent on hamburgers a week,
which is the largest among the expenditures on all the three types of fast food. This expenditure is
also the greatest one in the average income group, but the amount of money spent is only about 33
pence a week, much less than that in the high-income group. As for the low-income group, the largest
expenditure is on fish and chips, about 18 pence a week.


The line graph compares the trends of the amount of three type of fast food consumed between 1970
and 1990. It is clear that the amount of hamburgers and fish and chips consumed showed an
increasing trend, while pizza consumed gradually decreased from 300g in 1970 to 700gin 1985, before
it grew to about 240g in 1990. The consumption of fish and chips overtook that of pizza and
hamburgers in 1982 and 1988 respectively.
This report covers the requirements of the task. The main trends and features were

presented but should be developed better. The candidate has arranged ideas coherently,
though the data is reported in a repetitive way. The range of vocabulary is adequate. There
are a few errors in grammar and word choice, and one instance of inaccurate data (mouse
over the underlined words shows corrections). Overall, this task response meets the
expectations and seems good enough to achieve Band 7.

Sample report 4
The graph below shows the consumption of fish and different kinds of meat in a European
country between 1979 and 2004.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.