IELTS Writing Task 2 essay with model answer

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic

Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and that other measures are required.

Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

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


Write at least 250 words.

Model Answer:

Over the last half-century, the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectation. This rapid change has made our life more stressful and increasingly complex. Consequently, it has had a negative impact on the public health with the appearance of many diseases among people. Although, there are some commentators who believe that the major portion of the health budget should be diverted to the treatment of these diseases. I`m strongly inclined to the view that prevention is more important through the construction of more sports facilities as well as encouraging people to practice sports.



Firstly, it's very understandable that sports play a fundamental role not only in preventing diseases such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure but also in the treatment of them. For example, a recent study conducted in London has shown that increased number of people practicing sports regularly significantly decreased the incidence of obesity by about 25%. In addition, sports facilities are places of social activities which in turn improve the psychological condition of people thus protecting them from diseases related to stress such as depression and anxiety disorders. Lastly, improving the fitness of the individuals particularly youngsters will increase the productivity of the society in addition to improving the public health. Undoubtedly, increasing numbers of leisure centers will positively influence the public health.

On the other hand, a strong argument can be made on the opposite side. Opponents state that building new hospitals is more important for the public health since it will reduce the long waiting lists of hospitals. For instance, a recent statistics in Canada has demonstrated that the waiting lists of hospitals rose by about 50% during the last two years. Furthermore, a wide sector of the population does not have access to medications because they are not covered by insurance. Therefore, a major part of the health budget should be allocated to provide all people with medicine. Moreover, many people in our society are homeless, thus the government should provide them with suitable housing and so that this will prevent spread of contagious diseases among them.

To sum up, certainly, it goes without saying that prevention is better than cure. Therefore, the pros increasing numbers of sports centres outweigh the cons. This can be achieved by a longer-term health education and specific nationwide publicity campaigns.

 

Total Words: 390

Task Achievement: 8

Coherence & Cohesion: 8

Lexical resources: 8

Grammar: 8

Overall Score: Band 8

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  1. Anonymous 6 years ago

    Good as well as easy

  2. kumar 5 years ago

    Therefore, the pros increasing numbers of sports centres outweigh the cons. — this is a discussion essay not advantage and disadvantage essay.

    I believe if we add two more points it will be good discussion essay.

    1) did not explain why sports facilities alone not effective
    For Example it is not possible to ensure all the people participate in these sports facilities and also
    working age group may not able to find time to use these facilities.
    2) Conclusion could be better
    To sum up, though sports facilities enhance public health some extent but other measures such as
    longer-term health education and specific nationwide publicity campaigns are much more effective

  3. Jassimran dass 5 years ago

    nice but add more synonyms

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