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Practice Questions with Sample Essays
- Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?
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- Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
- Some people think that too much money has been spent looking after and repairing old buildings, so we should knock down old buildings and build modern ones instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
- The government should control the amount of violence in films and on television in order to decrease violent crimes in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
- Some people have benefited from modern communications technology, but some people have not benefited from it at all. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
- Pollution and other environmental problems are resulting from a country’s developing and becoming richer. Some think this cannot be avoided. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
- Some people think adults don’t need to receive education in class. Self-study is a good way for them to study more effectively. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
- Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later, and it is often argued these are the best people to talk to teenagers about the dangers of committing a crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.