ESSAY EXAMPLES
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EXAMPLE 1
Difficulty level: B2 /Upper Intermediate
Write 140-190 words in an appropriate style.
In your English class you have been talking about old people in society. Now your English
teacher has asked you to write an essay.
Around the world, people are living and staying healthy for longer and longer.
What changes does this bring to today’s society? Are these changes good or bad?
Notes
Write about:
1. Caring for the elderly
2. Jobs
3. __________ (your own idea)
Around the world, people are living much longer. Although we all hope for a long life and
none of us wish for our elderly family members to die, this trend brings a number of
problems.
Firstly, more people are needed to care for the elderly. Few people like this kind of work
because it is badly-paid and uninteresting. As a result, elderly people get bad quality
care.
want an income and a social life. They want to stay active for as long as possible, so
they don’t quit their jobs. As a result, young people find it more difficult to find work.
Conclusion
money for old age pensions. In many countries, there simply isn’t enough money for this.
In the future, we are likely to see a lot more poverty among old people.
To sum up, although it is great that people are staying healthy and living longer lives, it
will bring a lot of problems to today’s society.
Prompt 3
Thirdly, an elderly population brings economic problems. Governments have to pay
Prompt 2
Another problem is employment. Elderly people don’t want to stop working because they
Prompt 1
Introduction
Disadvantages of an ageing population
EXAMPLE 2
In your English class, you have been talking about the subject of cultural heritage. Now
your English teacher has asked you to write an essay.
Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view.
Is it a good thing that countries spend a lot of money on their heritage?
Notes
Write about:
1. preserving the past
2. Investing in the future
Introduction
3. ________ (your own idea)
Most countries spend large sums of money protecting their national heritage. However,
there is strong argument that we should look forwards and not backwards, spending less
money on preserving the past and more on securing our future.
forever. Caring for important monuments helps with this. It also attracts tourists, which
has an economic benefit for everyone.
On the other hand, governments spend a lot of money on museums and keeping historic
sites in good condition when poor people need houses to live in and businesses need
Prompt 1 Prompt 2
On one hand, it is important that we remember our heritage. Once it is lost, it is lost
better roads for transporting their goods.
putting on entertainment - we give a very untrue picture of the past and sometimes
damage the local environment.
Conclusion
To conclude, while there are strong arguments for not spending too much on preserving
the past, I believe it is important to protect the most famous sites for the future
generations but it is not realistic to try and save everything. We need to invest in the
future too.
Prompt 3
Another argument is that by making heritage sites attractive for tourists -for example, by