IELTS LIST- sample writing questions

The following is a list of IELTS sample writing questions for you to try out. Some of them also include Academic and General Training questions.


1、Some young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons
2、It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and examples in your answer.
3、Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different from your parents’generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
4、Some people pay money for the things they want or need. Other people trade products or goods for what they need. Compare the advantages of these two ways of obtaining things. Which way do you prefer? Explain why.
5、Imagine that you have received some land to use as you wish. How would you use this land? Use specific details to explain your answer.
6、Some people like doing work by hand. Others prefer using machines. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
7. You want to persuade someone to study your native language. What reasons would you give? Support your answer with specific details.
8. You have been asked to suggest improvements to a park that you have visited. This might be a city park, a regional park, or a national park. What improvements would you make? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your recommendations.
9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should read only those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts. Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion.
10. Films can tell us a lot about the country in which they were made. What have you learned about a country from watching its movies? Use specific examples and details to support your response.
11. Some people say that physical exercise should be a required part of every school day. Other people believe that students should spend the whole day on academic studies. Which opinion do you agree with? Give reasons to support your answer.
12. Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone. Others like to be with friends most of the time. Do you prefer to spend your time alone or with friends? Give reasons to support your answer.
13. If you could invent something new. what product would you develop? Use specific details to explain why this invention in needed.
14. 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?
15. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing a game is fun only when you win. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
16. Because of developments in communication and transportation，countries are becoming more and more alike. How is your country becoming more similar to other places in the world? Use specific examples and details support your answer.
17. If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific example to support your answer.
18. People attend colleges or universities for many different reasons( for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). why do you think people attend colleges? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
19. In general. people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and detail to develop your essay.
20. Over past 50 years, young people gain status and power but old people have lost. What is the cause and is it a good development or bad development?
21. You and your family are living in a rented accommodation in an English-speaking country. You are not satisfied because there are something wrong with the furniture. So write a letter to the landlord and ask how to resole the problem.
22. Young people are exposed to a great amount of information such as film, book, Internet. In what ways they give bad influence on young people and explain the reason, how to reduce the bad influence with examples.
23. (A) Do you think government should subsidizes the musicians, artists, actors or drama companies, do u agree or disagree, what should government do?(G) People doing different kinds of work enjoy different amount of holiday time. Should people have the same amount of leisure time? Give your opinion using some of your own experience.
24. (A) Some people believe that a country should have the moral obligation to help the other country and some of the people think that exist the misspending of the government and the aid money can not be got by the poor. What is your opinion?(G) Some people think that children’s lives will be different from their own. Whit is your opinion? Explain the reasons by your experience and examples.
25. (A) Some people think that machine translation is highly developed in today’s society, therefore it is not necessary for children to learn a foreign language. What’s your opinion?(G) Today some person has to work away from his family, what is the advantages and disadvantages? Give your opinion and some explains of your experience.
26. (A) Someone say the age of book is past, the info will be presented by some multimedia tools such as video, computer, television and film , others think the book and the written words will be necessary for spread info & complete education. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.(G) The culture of different countries are becoming similar so there is no pint for people to go traveling abroad for they could have same experience at home agree or disagree.
27. Parent should limit children time of watching TV and playing computer game, others Insister children spend reading books, agree or disagree?
28. Traveling abroad work for period of months or years, advantages or disadvantages to people and country
29. Do you think people do different jobs they should have different time holiday are you agree or disagree , give your reason an explain.30. Some people said should not encourage sport at school because it will cause competition rather than co-operation. to what extend you agree with it?