toefl essay writting

7/29/2019 TOEFL Essay Writting

1/17

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career

preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific

reasons and examples to support your answer.

College or University is like final stage of education before going to practical world for a job or

business. The reason people attend college or university is to train themselves about their future carrier

by pursuing those subjects which they want to work within their future life.

University is considered by most of people as last part of formal education as after that they

have to enter their practical life and have to take responsibility of becoming dependent with the help of

career the person pursue. So at this stage people become more serious about studied as this has to

decide to on their future, in short, this level acts as a bridge between you and your job, so its kind of

career preparation stage.

This is the time when people start to learn more about practical knowledge then just formaleducation. They have to prepare themselves for the future so they take this as pre requisite for their

career, and want to earn more and more knowledge about professional life concerned with the courses

they are taking and to decide on their future to which career to follow and in last years of university

they select any one carrier and then pursue that.

For some, universities and colleges are not that much important as they want to join either their

family business or their own, so they just want to have degree, not only this, but in Indian sub continent

a number of girls get a degree from university but ends up with becoming house wives and do not work,

so they dont take colleges and universities that much seriously but for completing final stage of

education with a degree.

Colleges and universities are like a final stage of ones formal education, many people make the

most from it by preparing themselves for their future by learning practical knowledge while for some it

is just completing formal education with a degree.


2/17

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific

reasons and examples to support your answer.

Teachers are the one who provide the noble gift of education to the students and bring them to

light from darkness. According to some people, parents are best teacher as they have good idea about

nature of their children and teach them accordingly but for others they might be good teacher but

cannot compete with school teachers who are far better than them.

Firstly teachers in school, know exactly what kind of attitude is best for their students, as they

have a lot of experience in teaching students from variety of ethnic, religious backgrounds. So if

someone say they cant get to know about their children as exactly as their parents would be wrong, In

short they become familiar with the psyche of their students and teach them whats best for their

students.

Secondly, traditional school teachers have got better knowledge on the subjects that parentscan never reach. Parents might effectively teach their children good moral character which is not the

case with a number of other parents, but still they cant compete with the knowledge traditional

teachers transform into their students.

Lastly, teachers can get more frank with their students than the parents can (in at least my

case). So they can get to know more about their student problems with their problems specially in

studies than their parents and can come up with good suggestions due to their experience in the field

which could really help students. For example, I did my BBA in Finance and was not pretty satisfied with

it, and I asked one of teacher and gave me suggestion about supply chain management which I am now

considering for my masters. But when I shared this problem with my parents they had simply no ideaabout it.

Not only this, but in number of cases have my teachers been really helpful in number of things

other than studies which my parents could not. So, I will go for nothing else but to disagree with the

statement that parents are best teacher.


3/17

Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use

specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Its now much easier to cook food than it used to be and this change has brought with it more

comfort to peoples life. Not only this, but this (easy to cook food) has helped in people saving their

most of time and at the same time saving extra cost of hiring a cook or eating meal from outside.

Firstly, these easier ways of cooking has made life more smoothing and comfortable.

Readymade packets of different dishes and spices are available in the market nowadays, due to this; it

doesnt require making your own. For example, biryani (a Pakistani dish), which required a balanced

mixture of different spices but now these spices are combined available in one packet. So they have

improved the way people.

Secondly, it has aided in saving time. Frozen food, for example, does not require that much time

to prepare food, which it used to take before. Burger patties are now available in stores which can befried and one can make his/her own burger at home which if was done before without these readymade

patties, it would have required a lot of time.

Lastly, this change has helped in saving cost of keeping a cook as well. A cook, who was paid a

handsome amount of salary before, isnt much required these days due to this easy to prepare food

advancement. Due to this, one can also save cost of eating outside because it can be made at home

easily.

This advanced cooking has really changed oneslife and has made peoples life more relaxed.

The food which required a lot of time to prepare before, is now need minutes to prepare saving a lot of

time from todays busy schedules and at the same time this advancement has also helped in saving cost

of keeping a cook as well.


4/17

It has been said, Not everything that is learned is contained in books. Compare and contrast

knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source

is more important? Why?

Knowledge gained from books is more important source than from experience. Knowledge

gained from books show us true picture of transformation of world to whatever we see today, every day

the science we experience, could be explained by books rather than by any ordinary person. Besides

this, Authenticity also matter about knowledge which is more in case of books.

Books tell us, what have been happening in our past, how we see todays world have been

transformed into this magnificent advanced world, which cannot be learned from experience. If we ask

any illiterate person or person with little knowledge, he/she wont be able to explain any of

phenomenons we observe today which wasnt there in the past. But if he/ she would have been reading

books, he would have been probably informed.

Today, we live in world where everything is coming in terms of technology. How this technology

came in, who started all this, could not be answered without reading books about them. For example, I

am working on this very desktop to write this essay, but I dont know how it evolved into this. There is a

complete history from abacus to Mark 1 computer then its generations which could not be learned

without reading about it. So experience can never get you to the level that books can.

When it comes to learning, authenticity matters a lot. Books are more credible source of

knowledge. For example, reading history about any country will bring more credibility than any random

guy telling you the same.

Knowledge in books is more important that experience. But it doesnt matter that experience

has got no value, surely knowledge one gets from experience is more durable in mind than that from

books but there is question about its credibility as well. History about world can be learned from books

more than any experience and evolution of science that we experience everyday can be explained more

from books than experience.


5/17

A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the

advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose

the factory? Explain your position.

I support this announcement of building a large factory near my community. This development

will result in employment of local people, result in welfare of general public but at the same time it

might increase pollution in the area as well.

The idea of building a factory will benefit local people largely as it will employ a number of

people hence will increase per capita income of the community. It will be a gift to the community by this

XYZ Company as it will also help in decreasing crime rate including theft and robbery which has been a

big concern for the community in the past which is indirectly related to unemployment.

Besides this, community would also get benefit in terms of fulfilling other requirements of the

factory by providing some raw material. As this factory is large factory, it would surely purchase some ofits inputs from local factories. Besides this, it will do some work on social responsibility like charity etc as

well, and hence resulting in overall improvement and welfare for the society.

There is disadvantage of this factory as well. It will increase air pollution as there is already less

number of trees in the community. This will result in increase in health related issues and diseases to the

common people. However, community can counter to this problem by planting more trees in the area

which will decrease the affects of harmful gases and to create more pleasant atmosphere.

Considering all advantages and disadvantages of the factory, I think this will benefit people at

large and will harm the community to very little extent. This will create a number of jobs for the local

people and this will decrease overall crime. This will also bring general welfare to the community. There

is disadvantage of pollution but it can be minimized by planting more and more trees in the area.


6/17

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication

among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

I would disagree with the statement that Television has destroyed communication among

friends and family. Through emergence of this technology, we have been more up to date with

information about current events of world. We get to know about any new development of any crisis

situations with live coverage. Not only this, but it has provided more topics for discussion between

family and friends that has increased communication.

Television has not destroyed communication, but it has given us more time to remain in touch

with family and friends, by keeping us up to date with more visual effects than we get in newspaper. A

newspaper requires hours to read it, which is a lot more than watching any news channel on television

where only 2 minutes of headlines tell us summary of current events and crisis in the world. It has

actually saved our time which can be utilized with friends and family.

Live coverage on television has helped us to remain up to date with latest developments on

worldwide happenings. This was not possible until next day, to be appeared in newspaper. If something

is happening at a place where someone from our family or friends live, we quickly call them to ask about

their situation. So this has actually increased our communication.

TV shows and movies have actually given us more topics to discuss while having conversations

with friends and family while either watching them on Television or when we meet. So again, this has

actually helped us in enhancing our communication with them.

Television has made possible to remain updated on anything worthy of consideration,

happening in the world with the information that could not have been available until next day in

newspaper. And at the same time it has given us more topics to discuss about while sitting with family

and friends.


7/17

Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good neighbor?

Use specific details and examples in your answer.

I believe good neighbors are those who are there to help you when you need them. Good

neighbors are the one who share your happy and sad moments. They sometimes aid you in crisis and

always try their level best to maintain peaceful relations with you.

Neighbors can be said to be nice if they assume your happy and sad moments as their own. For

example, if there is funeral in my family, they remain with us side by side in this mourning situation in

order to give support and encourage in this awful situation. Likewise, they can be there with us to share

our joyous moments like marriages and birthdays to show feeling of good relations.

Neighbor can be said to be good, if they are there when you are in crisis. Whenever you are in

any case of emergency, they are there to help you, like if there is fire at our place, they would

immediately call fire service to calm it down. Not only this, but also when one is in somehow financialcrisis, their neighbors should support them financially as well, as this can be returned back by them if

the situation gets opposite in future.

Finally, good neighbors have always to make sure that there is peaceful culture in whole

neighborhood. Everyone has to keep their noises or televisions volume down that no one living near you

gets disturbed. Neighbors have to remain calm and composed with everyone and if there is a mistake

done by anyone against someone, then other should try to forgive.

To be in category of good neighbors, one must join others in their good and bad feelings, help

them in their bad situations and always make sure there is culture of peace in the neighborhood so that

everyone could live peacefully.


8/17

It has recently been announced that a new restaurant may be built in your neighborhood. Do you

support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

` I favor this plan because I believe it will bring new variety to our neighborhood. It will result in

decrease in unemployment in our surrounding. Moreover it will also act as a new hangout place for

residents of my neighborhood.

New restaurant will basically add variety to our local eating places. We have some local pizza

houses and burger restaurants but introduction of this new chain in our neighborhood will give more

options to the households if they plan to eat out. It will be greatly welcomed by those who regularly eat

outside and are now bored of traditional restaurants.

The new restaurant will result in increase in economic activity in our area. It will employ some

local peoples as chefs and waiters, which will give opportunity to people who are unemployed.

Certainly, it will also buy inputs like vegetables and meat, which will increase sales of local business aswell.

Building this new restaurant will excite youths of the area on very large. It will be new place for

them to hangout. According to announcement of this new opening, it will be opened whole night, which

is something different from local restaurants and it will be appreciated and visited by young generation

at large. It will become another fun point for fun lovers of our neighborhood.

I support the idea of opening a new restaurant in my neighborhood as it will become another

option for people to eat out. Not only this, but it improve overall welfare of the neighborhood by

increasing somehow economic activity in the area. Moreover, it will surely become popular hangout

place for the youth of neighborhood as they are very fond of any new opening as their alternative

hangout.


9/17

Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is

always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop your essay.

I believe teacher is always better for what you want to learn until your graduation. They guide

you and teach you those things that might not be present in books. But its better to study by yourself

after graduation if you want to pursue any doctoral program like PhD etc as it requires your own inputs

and developments for any research work.

Teacher always guides you and corrects you when he/she observe any misconduct. They teach

us ethics and morals that one cannot learn by them. They even talk about our culture and society which

one cannot learn by them whose knowledge should be there in every student of young age. This is like a

person visiting a new place where he/she has never been to without any guide. This situation is mini

example of how a teacher guides which one cannot do by him/herself.

Secondly, a teacher teaches you something that might not be present in traditional books. If aperson decides to learn by him/her self, she probably wont be able to know the concepts that require

comparison with your own society. Knowledge in books is written about different things around the

world which could be completely understood if they could be explained with relevant local examples of

them.

However, if someone is done with their graduation and wants to pursue any doctoral program

then he/she has to learn by themselves. At PhD level, one must put their own efforts and contributions

in the research they are doing without any significant help from a teacher. As at this level one has to

create his/ her own new findings and contribute something that wasnt there before.

Its certain from above explanation that if someone is attending school or college till his/her

graduation, he/ she requires a proper teacher and cannot learn on their own but at doctoral level one

has to learn by themselves.


10/17

What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)? Use specific details and examples to

explain why these qualities are important.

There are a number of qualities of good supervisor but the most important of them are: They

train their subordinates in such a way that they could be good supervisors tomorrow, they indulge with

them in the task he/she has appointed them to do and lastly he/she always motivate their staff to be

committed with their work

Its highly significant for a supervisor to be side by side with their staff in their assignments for

better results. He/she should make sure they are getting help from his/her experience regarding their

work. In most of government organizations in Pakistan, usually supervisors leave their staff alone and

dont cooperate with them in their tasks resulting in bad results, and eventually bad image of

department which they least care, but however in private companies the situation is vice versa and so

are the results.

Good boss always train his/her subordinates in way that they can be good supervisors of

tomorrow and this is how they maintain their legacy (are remembered by their staff after they leave or

are transferred). For example, they train their staff by taking presentations about their assignment in

front of whole department which would certainly result in improvement in public speaking.

A subordinate will always try to perform well if his/her work is appreciated in a way that results

in encouragement. So this is another important quality of a good boss that he/ she always keep his/her

employees motivated. If someone performs extraordinary, he/she is treated with applauds in front of

whole department. Not only this but sometimes in front of big boss as well.

Every good supervisor has got his/her own set of significant qualities that make them different.

But according to me the most important qualities include, Training to subordinates so they could be

prepared for future leadership, cooperativeness in work with staff and motivation to employees which

could keep them always committed with work.


11/17

Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments

spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific

reasons and details to develop your essay.

I believe government should spend more money on improving public transportation such as

buses, trains and subways because it will attract more people towards it, resulting in benefits for

country. Some of which includes little usage of petroleum products, little need for wide roads and less

number of accidents.

Basically, public transportation helps in reducing usage of fuel, such as gas and other petroleum

products. This is good for economy especially if it imports them from another country. Since every car

has requirement for fuel, if public transportation is good, less number of cars will be used and will result

in little usage of fuel.

Secondly, more cars require more space resulting in requirement of wider roads and bridges toaccommodate them. I think on average 5 cars require the same space equal to a single bus and

accommodating around 10 to 15 people whereas a bus can allow around 25-40 people in a single go.

Therefore, if public transport is improved, more people will use it and it will diminish the need for wider

roads.

Finally, more expenditure on public transport will result in its more usage of it by general public.

Since the number of people using it will increase and number of people driving their cars will decrease, it

will result in fewer amounts of accidents. As a bus can accommodate people 10 times that of cars in the

same space which it covers.

Its certainly a good choice for government to spend more money on public transport then on

roads and highways because of the accumulated benefits it carries. As more people in result start using

public transport due to improvements in it, it will help government in saving resources like petroleum

products, fuel etc. It will also help in lowering expenditure on making wide roads to accommodate

private transport and will surely result in less number of accidents.


12/17

It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use

specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

I strongly disagree with the statement that a child should be brought up in countryside than a

big city. Because City life provides good formal education, teach discipline and manners, and gives you

experience of more civilized world, I believe its good for children to be grown up there.

Countryside has mostly less number of schools and does not provide that much standard of

education that is available in metropolitan. In Pakistan, countryside has mostly fever number of schools

than of metropolitans and even its teachers are not that much capable to transform a child into a good

educated citizen. As it is very important stage of child for its upbringing, it should be spent in big city.

Big cities allow children to learn more discipline and manners than countryside. Because of the

informal lives people live there, its going to impact children severely. Mostly people are uneducated, so

are there activities sometimes. Many times they are involved in immoral acts and it affects childslearning of manners and discipline when he/she grows up.

Finally, city life helps in children getting used to civilized world of today, which is most advanced

in cities than countryside. As I was brought up in countryside, where there were no as such fast food

chains to go, but when I moved to Karachi, and I visited McDonalds for the first time, I did not even

know how to put straw in its drink until my cousin helped me to do so who was brought up in this city.

It is certain from above explanation that a child should be allowed to grow up in big city which

helps child in many ways like good education, manners and discipline and experience of civilized world

than that of a countryside which affects and results in negative development of child.


13/17

We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are

some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and

specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.


14/17

You have received a gift of money. The money is enough to buy either a piece of jewelry you like or

tickets to a concert you want to attend. Which would you buy? Use specific reasons and details to

support your answer.

I will surely buy a piece of jewelry instead of a ticket to a concert. Jewelry will benefit me in long

run as its kind of saving which will benefit in future. Its value will increase with the span of time.

Whereas, attending a concert is just fun for few hours.

Purchasing a piece of jewelry is a wise decision for me. I have attended a number of concerts in

my life when I was young but I dont consider them any more important but waste of money. Jewelry is

kind of investment which is going to generate more return in future.

Jewelry will not only be used at present but its value will also increase over period of time. If we

see trend of precious metals like gold, silver, etc, there value is generally been increasing in the past and

will certainly follow the same trend. However concert might give joy for some time which is not in mycase as well but it wont benefit in long run. So I would consider purchasing a piece of jewelry more

beneficial.

Lastly, concert only take hours of time and I will enjoy a bit if I go with my friends. But it will be

then over and will not lay eggs for me in future which is in case of jewelry as its value will shoot up. I am

not even sure if my friends will be ready to go to concert with me considering their busy work schedule.

So, in the end jewelry makes for me the best option to purchase it.

Conclusively, concert might give happiness for hours but it wont stay for long, as jewelry will be

there with me which will give me additional beauty in short run and its value will increase in long run if I

decide to sell it in future.


15/17

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? With the help of technology, students

nowadays can learn more information and learn it more quickly. Use specific reasons and examples to

support your answer.

I believe with the help of technology, students nowadays can learn more information and learn

it more quickly. Through internet they get to know about any topic having difficulty with understanding,

with a number of definitions and examples. Through tablet PCs, they are now able to surfinternet for

any query anywhere in library, class room etc. Moreover, at home, while doing assignments, they can

get help from computer.

Internet has provided an edge to students to learn more about those topics they feel difficulty

with in convenient way. With the help of internet, they can explore additional material on any topic with

examples they can connect with. Google and YouTube have revolutionized the way students can learn

more easily and quickly. Furthermore, its easy to search any topic on internet than in a book.

Tablet PCs are another source of information that act as a pocket library. One can carry it easily

and conveniently anywhere in class room and libraries to search for any solution to a problem. In earlier

times, when a student used to face any issue with any topic, he/she usually wanted to go to library to

explore additional books for hours. But now technology has really made it quick to learn for students.

At home, Desktop PC helps students in preparing for their assignments, mid-terms, finals,

quizzes etc. At YouTube, whole lectures are available on numerous topics, which guide students to learn

more information beside traditional class book.

Conclusively, technology has changed the traditional way of learning. It does not require

anymore requesting your teacher for extra time after class if you have any problem with lecture, you can

learn the same from internet more thoroughly and quickly. Now students even dont need to waste

their most of time in library on different books for additional material for their exams and assignments,

they can get it through internet.


16/17

I believe young people enjoy life more than the older people because young people have more

stamina than senior citizens. They are more adventurous and active than old age people.Youth has basically more stamina than older people, this is the reason they can play

different games like football, cricket, tennis, etc for hours. These sports are really enjoyable and

give delight to people who play. Due to higher stamina, youth can swim, ride (horse), etc whichis a hard task for old age people, resulting in little joy for them.Youths are certainly more adventurous than older people. They are risk taker and enjoy

hiking like activities, which is impossible for older people to do, hence resulting in less joy for

them. In winters they do ice skating, which is one of the best activity i like and really enjoydoing that. However, older people are unable to do that, if they do, they will for sure become

victim of accidents. Hence, they cannot enjoy life as much or more than young people at this

period of their time.

Lastly, youths are more active and do not usually waste their time while sitting alone.They watch movies, read different novels and books and then hang out with friends, but on the

other side an older person are usually lazy and do not perform these activities, if they do, then on

very low scale. Therefore, it results in less joy for them than youths.Considering all above facts, its now certain that young people enjoy life more than older

people, because older people's stamina is not that much strong, they are no longer risk taker and

adventurous and they are less active than young people.


17/17

When students move to a new school, they sometimes face problems. How can schools help these

students with their problems? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.

Its commonly believed that when students move to new school, they face a number of

problems. Therefore, I believe a good orientation before start of classes would be helpful in resolving

this issue. Through orientation, students can be introduced to faculty, general policies and

extracurricular activities.

Introduction to faculty would help students to know about important people they will be

meeting in their school, which will include heads of different departments, about people in admin block,

in finance office, etc. Not only this, but they will be specified about the role of each person in faculty so

that they could meet them or email them if they have any issue with concerned person or department.

An overview of different school policies could aid students in facing little or no problems. As

generally they have problem with rules and regulations so they should be introduced about them aswell. It will include policies about using library, I-e, how many books can be issued at a time, how many

days one can keep those issued books with them. Moreover, it will also include rules and timings of

computer lab as well so they can do their assignments and other class work accordingly.

Lastly, they would be introduced about extracurricular activities. As new students have no idea

about their general policies like what kind of activities they have, how many can be joined by one

student, etc; they face a number of issues. An outline would give a good idea to them and will result in

lower problems regarding them when they join school.

An orientation is certainly a good option for schools to arrange. It would help in reducing the

problems of newcomers to school. It will be like an information session for them regarding introduction

to faculty, policies and extracurricular activities.

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