In some countries, nowadays more and more people are choosing to live alone than in the past. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?
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These days many people chose to live alone, especially in metropolitan areas and this rate is far higher in developed countries and seems like this has become quite normal there. I believe this trend has more negative consequences than the few positive outcomes it offers. Living aloneThe single-person family is seen to be beneficial forpositive from personal skill development and the economybetter personal skill development and economic perspective. A single-member family forces a person to learn some basic skills including cooking, cleaning the house, paying the utility bills, managing personal financesfinance, buying everyday necessitiespurchasing daily commodities, adopting hobbies and many othermore important skills. This makes someone self-reliantdependent which has a greater impact on the country's broader developmentdevelopment of the country in a broader sense. For instance, research shows that students who livestay away from home while pursuing tertiary educationfor their tertiary degrees learn more skills and become more self-reliantdependent than pupils who study from home. Moreover, a single-person family member is bound to do a job, business or have some sort of arrangement for a steady earning and this trend has a great positive impact on a country’s economy. ConverselyFrom the opposite viewpoint, the increasing number of single-person householdsthe trend of increasing single-person family has many negative consequences. Firstly, the increasing trend of living alone has a direct relationship on the percentage of people suffer from psychological problems these days. Living alone creates loneliness and depression, unlike the traditional family where there are always others to share theirsomeone’s distress and sadness. The isolation often leads people to choose an unhealthy lifestylea lifestyle that is often negative. A recent study reveals that single-person family members often rely on drugs and many of them become addicted. Humans areThe human is a social being and living alone is contrary to their social natureagainst their natural tendency. For many, covering all expensesbearing the total expenses is tough and this leads them to become involved in crimeget involved in crimes. In conclusion, the number of single-person families is increasing these days and this has some positive aspects despite many severe negative consequences.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response is strongest in presenting a relevant two-sided discussion while maintaining a clear judgement that the disadvantages of living alone are greater. Its main limitation is the combination of frequent grammatical and collocational inaccuracies with an undivided single-paragraph presentation, which reduces precision and readability. The highest-priority improvement is to separate the argument into logical paragraphs and then edit each sentence for natural word combinations, agreement, articles, and prepositions.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
A clear negative position is supported by developed discussion of practical benefits and several social, financial, and psychological drawbacks.
Develop the links to addiction and crime more cautiously and specifically instead of relying on broad generalisations.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas follow a recognisable introduction-positive-negative-conclusion sequence, but presenting the entire response as one paragraph weakens organisation.
Separate the introduction, positive case, negative case, and conclusion into distinct paragraphs with clear topic sentences.
Lexical Resource
The response shows an adequate range for the topic, but repetition and recurring unnatural collocations limit precision.
Replace repeated phrases such as 'single-person family' with natural alternatives and check common verb-noun and preposition combinations.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of sentence forms is attempted, but frequent errors with tense, agreement, articles, clauses, and prepositions remain noticeable.
Prioritise sentence-level proofreading for forms such as 'choose,' 'people who suffer,' and consistent singular-plural reference.