WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone, refrigerator, etc.) owned in Brit
ain from 1972 to 1983.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
Consumerdurables 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983
Percentage ofhouseholds: - - - - - - - -
Centralheating 33 43 48 52 55 59 60 64

Television 93 95 96 96 97 97 97 98

Video - - - - - - - 18

Vacuumcleaner 87 89 92 92 93 94 95 -
Refrigerator 73 81 88 91 92 93 93 94

Washingmachine 73 81 88 91 92 93 93 94

Dishwasher - - - 3 3 4 4 5

Telephone 42 50 54 60 67 75 76 77

WRITING TASK 2
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the foll
owing topic.
"Fatherhood ought to be emphasised as much as motherhood. The idea that women are s
olely responsible fordeciding whether or not to have babies leads on to the idea that they
are also responsible for bringing the childrenup."
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with ex
amples and relevant evidence.
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SAMPLE WRITING TASK 1

The given presentation shows data on the number of different consumer durables owned by Briti
sh people from 1972 to 1983 andcompares the percent of people use those devices during the y
ears.

As is observed from the given data, 33% households had central heating machines initially in 197
2 and the percentage increasedeach year and reached to 64% in 1983, which shows that the cen
tral heating machine users almost doubled in 12 years. Again,Television was the most common h
ousehold equipment with 93% households had them. This ration reached to 98 percent withslight
increase year by year. However, Video was introduced a later time as no data is given for this eq
uipment except 1983 whenonly 18% houses had them. Then Vacuum cleaner, refrigerator and w
ashing machines were three most popular householdappliances after TV which was owned by 70
% house owners in 1972 and the percentages increased to over 90 after 10 years.Interestingly, d
ishwashers were very less popular as only 3% houses had them initially in 1978 and their user's
percentagesreached to only 5 in 1983. Finally, the percentage of houses that had telephones wa
s only 42% but with their popularity, thispercentage reached to 77 after 12 years.
In conclusion, the television was the most popular consumer durable while the dishwasher was t
he least common type of durablesthe British people had during the years 1972 to 1983. Vacuum
cleaner, refrigerator and washing machine were three other popularconsumers durables for the
given period in Britain.

SAMPLE WRITING TASK 2

Parents are important character for children. Children can study to walk because parents care an
d guide children to walk. Not onlystudy to walk but children need parents control and more advice
for what activities children want to do inside or outside home.Parents can be like friend, can be li
ke boyfriend or girlfriend or can be like little brother or little sister for our children. Parentsshould t
o be a good actor for our children because children need parents in all situations. Nevertheless, f
rom my perspective,parents such mother and father are do control and divide responsibility to ma
ke children grow better together.
Mother and father have different character for each other. In science of psychology, mother has c
haracter to give affection areaand father has character to give rule are for children. For example,
children aware to help other people who have problem,children get that moral value from mother
while children understand to kill someone is a crime, it is from father value.
Secondly, mother and father have to show good behavior together in front of children because ch
ildren will copy what parents do.For example, parents who like smoke and drink much alcohol, it
can be make children do same activities like parents.
Depend on that reasons, children need mother and father to make them personality. Gustav Jun
g said, children will haveincomplete for personality if just only mother or only father to guide and
help children.
On other hand, mother and father have to same paradigm to bring the children up. If parents hav
e different paradigm and failed tocompare for each other, children will get confuse. For example,
mother give more protect for children. It means children hard toget permission from mother to do
activity. But, father give freedom for children and give trust while children can do activity withown
self. It possible to make mother and father usually fight and it is not good for children.
To sum up, mother and father should to have intelligent and wisely to divide character and respo
nsibility for growing up childrentogether. It means, mother and father have to make good team w
ork for our children.

WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different
employment status.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the foll
owing topic.
"Prevention is better than cure."
Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to
spending on healtheducation and preventative measures.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with ex
amples and relevant evidence.
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SAMPLE WRITING TASK 1

The provided chart shows the number of leisure hours enjoyed by men and women in a typical w
eek in 1998-
99, according togender and employment status. As is observed from the graph, the unemployed
and retired men and women had more leisuretime than the other type of people.

Among the full-

time employed people, men had about 45 hours of leisure time on an average per week compare
d to the 38 hoursof leisure time for women. No data is given for the part-
time employed men and women from this category enjoyed 40 hours ofleisure time in a week. Th
is figure is slightly more than the employed women perhaps because of their employment nature.

Unemployed and retired people had the longest period for leisure activity both for men and wome
n and men had a bit more hoursthan the women. As expected the retired and unemployed peopl
e enjoyed about 78 to 82 hours per week which is longer thanpeople from other employment stat
uses. Lastly, housewives enjoyed approximately 50 hours of leisure time which is more than thee
mployed women but less than the unemployed and retired women. The graph reflects that men h
ad more leisure time from allemployment statuses than women which indicates that women spen
t more time working at home than their male counterparts.

The graph summarises that the male enjoyed more leisure time than women and employed peop
le had less time for leisureactivities than retired and unemployed people.

SAMPLE WRITING TASK 2

In this world, many people are dying from various types of health related problems due to the lac
king of appropriate healtheducation and preventive actions. That is why a government should ex
pend a huge amount of money from health budget for cure-
related education as well as preventive measure. It is agreed that this policy has a great number
of benefits and this will be provenby analysing economical point of view of a country and the heal
th aspects of people.

Firstly, many regimes spend an enormous amount of money in order to treat their people who ar
e suffering from different types ofserious diseases. This extravagance can be easily diminished w
hen state commences of healthcare educational system byspending money to the health teachin
g system. As an example, if the administration perceives to their slums that smoking,drinking, an
d so on is bad things for human body through this educational program, many people will be not
attacked by thesevere sickness. This could save a large amount of money of the state. As can be
clearly seen from this illustration that the ideamay bring colossal economic benefit to the govern
ment.

Secondly, many governments fight against several types of diseases, especially diabetes and the
heart diseases. Before thesehealth problems assault the people, it can be ceased by taking som
e preventive measure. For example, exercise, sports,entertainment etc. can decrease the chanc
es to become these patients. Making parks, playground, and cinema hall can influencepeople to
do exercise, which can protect the people from these intense sicknesses. This can be achieved b
y investing the moneyin preventive measures from health budget.

In conclusions, this idea is indispensable not only to the people but also to the governments. Ho
wever, the tremendous amenitiesof this policy fortify my argument. Therefore, a government sho
uld spend money for health education and preventive measurefrom health budget.

WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-
section of 100,000people asking if theytravelled abroad and why they travelled for the peri
od 1994-98. The second chart shows their destinations over thesame period
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY PURPOSE OF VISIT (1994-98)
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Holiday 15,246 14,898 17,896 19,703 20,700
Business 3,155 3,188 3,249 3,639 3,957
Visits to friends and relatives 2,689 2,628 2,774 3,051 3,181
Other reasons 982 896 1,030 1,054 990
TOTAL 22,072 21,610 24,949 27,447 28.828
DESTINATIONS OF VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS
BY MAIN REGION (1994-98)
Western Europe North America Other areas Total
1994 19,371 919 1,782 22,072
1995 18,944 914 1,752 21,610
1996 21,877 1,167 1,905 24,949
1997 23,661 1,559 2,227 27,447
1998 24,519 1,823 2,486 28,828

WRITING TASK 2
You should write at least 250 words.
Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of viol
ence increase. Capitalpunishment in essential to control violence in society.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with ex
amples and relevant evidence.
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SAMPLE WRITING TASK 1

The given table compares the figures of a research on why 100 thousand of the UK residents visi
ted overseas from 1994 to 1998,and the given bar chart illustrates which countries they travelled
during this time.
As a whole, the majority of the UK citizens travelled abroad for entertainment, and Western Euro
pe was their most favourabledestination. By looking at the table, it can be seen that generally the
re was a growing tendency for the UK people to travel intoother countries from 1994 to 1998. Dur
ing the second year, in 1995, the total number of travellers marginally declined from justover 220
00 to nearly 21500; however, it steadily grew and reached the peak of approximately 29000 in th
e year 1998.
These people gradually became more interested in traveling to all three regions during this perio
d, but Western Europe was thebest option. In 1994, just below 20,000 of the UK citizens went int
o Western Europe, compared with only almost 1000 into theNorth America. Furthermore, after a
small drop in 1995, the population of Western Europe visitors remarkably increased andreached t
he maximum of above 24000 in 1998, which was far more significant than the other two locations
.
In conclusion, the most proportion of the UK citizens had a trip to Western Europe to spend their
holidays and for business trips.

SAMPLE WRITING TASK 2

Before talking about the essential role of the death penalty, you have to think about the meaning,
and the purpose, of any kind ofpunishment. If you consider that the purpose is to prevent the guil
ty from being nasty again, you can be seduced by anargumentation in favour of the suppression
of capital punishment.

But you have to think about another aspect of the problem: a punishment is also useful to impres
s people, to make them fear thelaw. In fact, let's take the example of a young misfit, which has gr
own in a violent atmosphere, influenced by older delinquents,etc. He lives in the streets; he's got
no aim but to survive. This is the kind of person who could possibly kill someone for money, orev
en for fun .Why would he fear prison? Life would be easier for him there. In addition, in many cas
es, when you behave normally,you can benefit from penalty reductions. This young misfit needs t
o be impressed; he needs to know that the law is a frontier.When you cross it, you can lose your l
ife. That is why capital punishment helps keep a distance between robbery and murder. Ifyou ab
olish it, you suppress the difference between these two types of crime, which are completely diffe
rent.

But there is also a limit to define: even if the death penalty is unavoidable, it would be a crime to
apply it to inadequate cases. Ifthere is no premeditation or past facts which can justify such a pun
ishment, it is far too strict to apply the death penalty. That iswhy the lawmakers have to establish
precisely the context in which capital punishment car being pronounced. That is the price topay t
o limit violence without using excessive violence.

WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table below shows the figures for imprisonment in five countries between 1930 and 19
80.
Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.

WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of
the following topic.
The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of
the problems youngpeople now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the f
act that many married women now work andare not at home to care for their children.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with ex
amples and relevant evidence.
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SAMPLE WRITING TASK 1

The given bar graph shows data on the number of prisoners in five countries namely Britain, Aust
ralia, New Zealand, US andCanada between 1930 and 1980. As is given on the graph, Canada h
ad the highest number of prisoners initially in 1930 whileGreat Britain had the least prisoners in t
he same year but after 50 years in 1980 the number of total prisoners decreased inCanada and t
he United States had the largest number of prisoners.

Initially, in 1930, there were 120 thousand prisoners in Canada and that was the largest number
of prisoners among the given fivecountries. There were 100 thousand prisoners both in US and
New Zealand which was second largest in this year. Australia hadaround 70 thousand prisoners
and Great Britain had only 30 thousand prisoners and that was the least in number. After ten yea
rsin 1940, Prisoners number in Britain remained same while the number decreased in Australia,
New Zealand and Canada. But thisyear the total number of prisoners increased in the US by 30 t
housand and reached to 130 thousand which was highest amongthe five countries for this year. I
n 1950, the prisoners number increased in Britain and slightly decreased in Australia and NewZe
aland. On the other hand, the prisoner in Canada increased and got highest among the five coun
tries and decreased in the US.In 1960, the prisoners, number increased in all the countries excep
t Canada and the US had the largest number of prisoners.Interestingly in 1970, the number beca
me same in Britain, New Zealand and Australia which was about 63 thousand and bothCanada a
nd the US had more than 80 thousand prisoners in this year. Finally, in 1980, the prisoners num
ber all of the countriesincreased while the number decreased in Australia. The US had the highe
st number of prisoners in this year amounting around137 thousand and Great Britain, Canada an
d New Zealand had more than 80 thousand prisoners in this year.

In summary, over the 50 years period, the crime and imprisonment number got worse in US and
Britain while Australia, Canadaand New Zealand did some progress in it. In 1980, Australia had t
he least number of prisoners which indicate their improvement inlaw and order.

SAMPLE WRITING TASK 2

Over the last twenty years, the women empowerment and employment have gone through rapid
changes and more women areworking in the different sphere of society than ever. This is, in fact,
advantageous for the overall growth a country and at the sametime this is one of the main reaso
ns the juvenile delinquency has increased nowadays.

First of all, a child needs the tenderness and guidance of parents and if both parents are working
they have very little time tospend with the children. The trends of both working parents are leadin
g depression, lack of morality and lose family tie which hassevere psychological damage among
the teenagers. This is directly leading to issues like crime, drug and immoral activitiesconducted
by the adolescents.

Again, this is a long time trend that a father would bring the daily bread for the family while mothe
r would foster and take care ofthe children in most of the society and with the women empowerm
ent, this harmony has been changed. There is no harm inwomen employment and in fact this is p
ositive from many perspectives and yet we can see an immense competition among themarried c
ouple especially regarding their career while they totally overlook their needs for their children. F
atherhood is importantand he has many roles to play for the children but a mother, as we have s
een throughout the century, makes the major share ofcontribution towards upbringing the childre
n. When a mother has very little time to share with her kids, the problem related tojuvenile crime i
ncreases.

The teenage time is a very sensitive time in everyones life and if parents cant contribute their du
ties at that time, the childrenhave a chance to go astray. With working mothers, this is happening
more than ever.