TEST 4, WRITING TASK 1

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

           The charts below give information about travel to and from the UK, and

           about the most popular countries for UK residents to visit.

           Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,

           and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 5 score. Here is the examiner's comment:

The response is under-length (138 words). The candidate reports the key information in the first graph i.e. that visits to and from the UK increased and that the increase in visits from the UK was more marked than that of visits to the country. In the bar chart the information is also reported accurately. However, the references to &dollar are confusing, suggesting that the candidate has not fully understood the information given, and there is little attempt to relate the two diagrams or to make comparisons across the information given.

 There is a brief introduction to the topic, with an attempt to paraphrase the rubric; the overall structure of the writing is clear, with some use of basic discourse markers. There is very little use of reference, however, resulting in a considerable amount of repetition of key vocabulary.

 There is a fairly narrow range of sentence types and errors occur in verb formation and in the use of tenses.

The graphs reveal an information about overseas residents travel to UK and UK residents travel to other countries,and where they visited more.

According to the chart of visits to and from UK,UK residents had visited abroad more than overseas residents visited UK.UK residents traveling were increased slightly till 1986,after that,there was a dramatic rise form $20 millions to $54 millions till 1999.In contrast,overseas residents were increased gradually in traveling to UK from $10 million to $28 millions between 1979 and 1999.

From the information shown,we can see that France was the most popular country visited by UK residents,accounting for $11 millions.And the others countries visited by UK residents were Turkey,Greece and USA,which were $3,$4and $5 millions.

TEST 4. WRITING TASK 2

WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

           In many countries schools have severe problems with student behaviour.

           What do you think are the causes of this?

           What solutions can you suggest?

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

or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

MODEL ANSWER

This model has been prepared by an example of a very good answer.However,please

note that this is just one exampleout of many possible approaches.

Poor student behaviour seems to be an increasingly widespread problem and I think

that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with fewer

children. These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because

working parents do not have the time for this, but in more material ways. They are

allowed to have whatever they want, regardless of price and to behave as they

please. This means that the children grow up without consideration for others and

without any understanding of where their standard of living comes from.

When they get to schoo age they have not learnt any self control or discipline. They

have less respect for their teachers and refuse to obey school rules in the way that

their parents did.

Teachers continually complain about this problem and measures should be taken to

combat the situation. But I think the solut on to the prob em lies with the families, who

need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children. If they

could raise them to be considerate of others and to be social, responsible

individuals, the whole community would benefit.

Perhaps parenting classes are needed to help them to do this and high quality

nursery schools could be established that would support families more n terms of

raising the next generation. The government should fund this kind of parental

support, because this is no longer a problem for individual families, but for society as

a whole.

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