In some countries, it is illegal for companies to reject job applicants for their age. Is this a positive or negative development?
IELTS Writing Task 2
IELTS Writing Task 2 Band 8 Samples
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In some countries, it is possible for students to have a gap year between finishing school and starting university. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
The use of mobile phones is as antisocial as smoking. Smoking is banned in certain places so mobile phones should be banned like smoking. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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