Some people enjoy change, and they look forward to new experiences. Others like their lives to stay the same, and they do not change their usual habits. Compare these two approaches to life. Which approach do you prefer? Explain why?
Sample Response
Some people love changechanges and doing new things whereas othersthe others are keen tokeen on to have a stable lifehave steady life, and they would prefer not to change their habitswould not like to have new habits. As for me, I am fond of trying new things, I am an open-minded person and social in nature.
Many people do not like changes because many of them are closed-minded and antisocial. To come up with modern life, like Technology or to try new things is tough for them. For instance, one of my friends, his name is Mehmet, is a closed-minded. He played a game named FMa game name is FM, but he was playing the oldest version of the game. when I said that ''are you still enjoying playing this version! I think, you should update it.'', he replied that '' I like doing the same thing. I hate changing anything in my life even if it is just a game.'', but I was determined to convince him to try the latest version of the game. As a result, I succeededI managed it. He tried and said that ''you are right, it is more enjoyable than the older one.''
However, some people are courageous enough to change their livescourageous to change their life. They are not afraid of trying something thatwhich they have not tried before. For example, I had been doing bodybuildingbuddy building during my university yearsin my University years. I was bored with itbored to do it. Therefore, I decided to change my sportswitch my sports habit. Hence, I took up swimmingembarked on swimming. After a while, I found out that the decision was right, and useful for me. If I did not change my sports habit. I would give up doing sport completely.
In conclusion, life is changing constantly in this modern world. You should keepcome up with these changes if you wantıf you would like to be a successful in lifesuccessful person in your life. Furthermore, you should not forget that some new experiences may benefit yousome new things maybe useful for you. In addition, it is likelyprobably that you can enjoy doing them.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response clearly prefers change and uses personal examples to contrast habitual behaviour with trying new experiences. Its main limitation is that the comparison stereotypes people who prefer stability and provides little fair analysis of that approach, while frequent language errors disrupt clarity; the priority is to present genuine advantages and drawbacks of both lifestyles before using the swimming example to justify the final preference.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Both approaches and a clear preference are present, with relevant examples, but the stable-life perspective is treated narrowly and unfairly.
Explain legitimate benefits of stability, such as security and expertise, then compare them directly with the adaptability gained through change.
Coherence and Cohesion
Paragraphing and basic signposting create a clear overall sequence, although the lengthy dialogue and some abrupt shifts weaken progression.
Summarise the friend’s example in two sentences and make each paragraph’s comparison with the alternative approach explicit.
Lexical Resource
There is enough vocabulary to discuss habits and new experiences, but frequent inaccurate word choices and collocations limit control.
Use natural phrases such as prefer a stable life, keep up with modern life, updated version, bodybuilding, and take up swimming.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Simple and complex forms are attempted, but frequent errors in sentence boundaries, verb patterns, articles, conditionals, and capitalisation reduce clarity.
Write complete sentences with controlled verb complements and practise the third conditional before combining clauses into longer examples.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Some people enjoy change, and they look forward to new experiences. Others like their lives to stay the same, and they do not change their usual habits. Compare these two approaches to life. Which approach do you prefer? Explain why?
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