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Writing Part 1
It’s important that your essay is
An essay well-organised, so make a plan
before you start writing.
Read the Writing Part 1 exam question and the model answer.
Then complete the essay with the words and phrases from
the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 1 Complete the second sentence so it has a similar
meaning to the irst sentence, using the word given. Use
In your English class you have been discussing health. Now your
English teacher has asked you to write an essay. between two and ive words.
1 Despite the fact that they know they need to do
People don’t look ater their health properly these days. regular exercise, many people spend most of their
Do you agree? evenings on the sofa.
SPITE
Notes Many people spend most of their evenings on the sofa,
Write about they need to do
1. the efects of technology regular exercise.
2. leisure time / free time
3. (your own idea) 2 You shouldn’t spend too much time in the sun,
although it’s important to get plenty of vitamin D.
WHILE
Write an essay in 140–190 words using all the notes and giving
reasons for your point of view. get plenty of
vitamin D, you shouldn’t spend too much time
in the sun.
although but despite due to even though
however whereas while 3 Although they know it’s bad for them, a lot of people
eat too much junk food.
I believe people are not as healthy as they were 50 years ago EVEN
(1) changes in lifestyle that are not good for A lot of people eat too much junk food,
them. However, because of advances in science we are still it’s bad for them. PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
able to live longer (2) living unhealthy lives. 4 Due to temperatures dropping in winter, more people
(3) they make many tasks easier, smart phones get illnesses such as colds.
and computers oten cause stress because people are FACT
expected to be constantly available. Medical technology has, Due to in winter,
(4) , enabled easier diagnosis and treatment for more people get illnesses such as colds.
conditions such as heart disease and cancer.
Fity years ago, most jobs meant being on your feet,
(5) most of us now sit down all day.
(6) in the past leisure time was for resting,
now we use it for getting the exercise we no longer do
when we are at work.
What we eat and how it is prepared has also changed in
the last 50 years. (7) we know much more
about health and nutrition, much of the food we eat is
processed and low in nutrients.
In conclusion, I think nowadays people have less healthy
lifestyles. We should not rely on advances in technology to
make us live longer, (8) increase our levels of
exercise and consume more nutritious food instead.

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