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Some people prefer to play team sports, while others prefer to play individual sports. Discuss the advantages of each. Then indicate which you prefer and why

When I was 6, I used to practice martial art and swimming-pool until the age of 17. They were both individual sports, therefore I definitively prefer individual sports than team sports. I think there are more advantages for the first one than the second one.

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Sample TOEFL essay: "When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success." Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position.

The Role of Luck in Success

It has been said that when people succeed, it is because of hard work and that luck has nothing to do with success. Although I believe that hard work is very important and is the surest way to success for most people, I must disagree with this statement. It cannot be denied that luck often plays an important role in success. For example, many important discoveries have been made by accident. There have been many cases of researchers and inventors making major breakthroughs while they were actually trying to solve another problem or create a different device.

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Sample TOEFL essay: Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

The Advantages of City Life

There are undeniable advantages to both life in a big city and in a small town. The former offers more excitement and convenience while the latter offers a cleaner, quieter and often friendlier place to live. However, despite the advantages of small town life, I prefer to live in a big city for several reasons.

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Sample TOEFL essay: do you agree or disagree with the following statement? people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. use specific reasons and examples to support your answer

Doing things we don’t enjoy

Everyone has certain likes and dislikes, and there is no denying that we all prefer to do the things that we like. however, sometimes doing things we don’t enjoy can be beneficial for us, and sometimes it is necessary. therefore, i agree that people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy.

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New TOEFL iBT writing sample - Score 5 Essay: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. sticky icon

  DISHONESTY KILLS RELIABILITY

  There are certain considerations or factors that everyone takes into account in a relationship.

  People may look for honesty, altruism, understanding, loyalty, being thoughtful etc! Everyone would more or less wish that the person s/he is dealing with, has some of these virtues above. Putting them in an order according to their importance, however can be very subjective and relative.

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TOEFL sample essay: If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

My hometown is a large city with a dense population. because it is crowded with people and their vehicles, the environment is not as clean as i would like it to be. too many cars and buses pollute the air and people also create a lot of garbage that is not always disposed of properly. if i could change just one thing about my hometown, it would be the environment. i would make it a cleaner and less polluted place to live.

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TOEFL essay:Some people believe that the best way of learning about life is by listening to the advice of family and friends. Other people believe that the best way of learning about life is through personal experience. Compare the advantages of these...

Both learning through personal experience and learning through the advice of others can help you in life. If you don’t have a lot of knowledge about something, the advice of people you trust can be very valuable. They can tell you about their own experiences, and about the advantages and disadvantages of a situation. Then you can consider your own wants and needs and decide what you should do. Pretty soon, you’ll have more experience of your own.

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TOEFL essay: How do movies or television influence people’s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

Do movies and television affect our behavior? A special concern is whether movies and television make children and society more violent. I believe that movies and television do influence our behavior, both for the better and for the worse.

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TOEFL essay: Some people think that the family is the most important influence on young adults. Other people think that friends are the most important influence on young adults. Which view do you agree with? Use examples to support your position.

Although friends make an impression on your life, they do not have the same influence that your family has. Nothing is as important to me as my family. From them, I learned everything that is important. I learned about trust, ambition, and love.

Your family is with you forever. They are not going to leave you because they find another daughter they like better. They are not going to leave you because they think you are too much trouble. A family is permanent, while friends come and go.

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TOEFL sample essay: 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.

a factory near the neighborhood

Having a factory nearswheresone lives brings with it both advantages and disadvantages. an obvious advantage is an increase in the number of available jobs, and many people in the community might find employment in the new factory. the factory would bring money into the community in other ways as well. it would have to pay some taxes to the local government, and workers might go shopping or eat at a restaurant in the area before or after their shifts.

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