It is very common for people to change both their habits and their opinions as they get older. Do you agree or disagree?

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Sample Response

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It's been controversial that individuals' habits and opinionshobbies and perspectives about the same topic change as people grow olderbecome old. I partially agree with this argument and my stance will be illustrated in the following paragraphs with relevant examples.

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To start with, for opponents, values have been developed and formed in an early stage. It can be explained by profound impacts from the social environment, includingsocial environment including families and schools. Even though individuals grow up with different culturalcutural backgrounds, human beings share the same moral standards, which is fundamental tois detrimental for future behaviours. As for habits and preferences, they are shaped by personalities and cultural environment, and are quite predictable. For instance, British people are more likely to join soccer teams while Chinese are prone to calligraphycaligraphy.

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However, supporters strongly believe that even under such common moral frames, individuals' unique living and working experiences are equally important in shaping habits and values. No two people live identical livesNo one lives in the same life and that means people still show differences. For example, some value honesty the most while others regard a sense of responsibilityreckon sense of responsibility as the top priority when they get along with others.

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Furthermore, it is argued that after people survivesurvive from life-changing events, their values may show significant changes and they may not even realise itthey may even not realise. For example, patients who are cured offrom fatal diseases perhaps decide to resign and only want to enjoy life with families. But before this, they are ambitious and even can sacrifice health to stay up late for future promotion.

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Finally, individuals are readily influenced by ideas of others. With the widespread use of the internetWith widespread use of internet, various ideas, mindsets and ways of thinkingthinkings are received from social media, news websiteswebsite, and other platformsplantforms. Consequently, living habits can be easily changed. As teenagers grow up and make the most use of internet, they may gradually develop other habits such as reliance on new shopping apps just becausebecuase their favourite social influencers recommend some new lifestyles.

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To sum up, although shared moral framework and cultural backgrounds shape individuals' habits and opinions, importance of unique life and work experiences should not be ignoredingored, which contributes to differences and changes for everyone.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.0

The essay presents a clear position and explores several relevant reasons why habits and opinions might remain stable or change over time. Its main strength lies in providing detailed real-world examples to support main ideas, while its primary limitation is the occasional misuse of vocabulary and frequent grammatical inaccuracies. To achieve a higher score, focus on improving word choice precision and refining sentence structures.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

6.0
Scoring rule

You state a clear stance and address both sides of whether people's habits and opinions change over time.

Next step

Ensure all main body paragraphs explicitly connect back to the core prompt focus of aging and growing older.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

6.0
Scoring rule

The response is organized into clear paragraphs with logical progression and linking words.

Next step

Use transition signals that logically link your arguments rather than framing a personal opinion essay as a debate between external opponents and supporters.

LR

Lexical Resource

6.0
Scoring rule

You demonstrate an adequate range of topic vocabulary, though there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors.

Next step

Review vocabulary choices carefully to ensure words like detrimental are used accurately according to their precise meanings.

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.0
Scoring rule

A mix of simple and complex sentence structures is used, though grammatical errors occur regularly throughout.

Next step

Proofread for missing articles, plural noun endings, and subject-verb agreement to improve overall accuracy.