Many people believe that social networking sites such as Facebook have huge negative effects on society and individuals. Do you agree or disagree?

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Sample Response

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In the modern era, the world has encountered numerous growth of social networking sites users. One part of the society believes that it will have a positive impact, whereas others believe that it might be turned into detrimental effects on society. In my viewperception, I think that, although there are many disadvantages associated with it, its advantagesyet its advantages cannot be neglected, which I shall discuss in the forthcoming paragraph.

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Firstly, on the brighter side, with the advent of Facebook, it is possible for people to remain in contactto have remained in contact with each other. Moreover, it is possible to find any old friends via this application through its search option. For example, after opening a Facebook accountafter Facebook account, I foundnow I have searched many of my old school friendsfriend who had an account on Facebook, and today we are in touch at every moment. Furthermore, another important benefitone another imperial benefit is that any information can be quickly disseminated through Facebookfacebook to every corner of the world within a fraction of a secondwithin the fraction of seconds. As per the recent survey, many families whose kids were missing have been reunited with them through the Facebook applicationmissing, have again received them via facebook application.

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On the contrary, Facebook encourages engagement in the virtual worldfacebook encourages to the virtual world. Today’s youngsters not only spendspending tons of hours on Facebook but are also becomingbut also they are becoming victims of addictionthe victim of addiction. Another potential drawbackdanger drawback is that it rendersis it renders the age-old tradition redundant. To illustrate people, nowadays wish friend or peers on through facebook instead of personal face to face wish.

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In recapitulation, In my view, while there is an abundance of benefits connected with the use of Facebookfacebooks socially, there is a dark side of it. It absolutely depends upon the user, in what way one utilizesutilize this application.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 5.5

The response offers recognizable reasons on both sides and uses examples to explain several benefits of social networking. However, its answer to the agree-or-disagree question remains uncertain, the negative side is thinly developed, and frequent language errors sometimes blur meaning; the highest-priority improvement is to state one consistent position and support it with two clearly explained, directly relevant arguments.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

5.5
Scoring rule

The topic is addressed through benefits and drawbacks, but the degree of agreement is inconsistent and the negative case is underdeveloped.

Next step

State a direct degree of agreement and make each body paragraph clearly support that position.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

6.0
Scoring rule

The four-paragraph structure provides overall progression, although linking is sometimes mechanical and some connections are awkward.

Next step

Use simpler transitions and begin each body paragraph with a focused claim that the following details develop.

LR

Lexical Resource

5.5
Scoring rule

The response attempts a reasonably broad vocabulary, but frequent inaccurate word choices and collocations reduce precision.

Next step

Prioritize accurate common expressions and revise choices such as 'imperial benefit' and 'danger drawback.'

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

5.0
Scoring rule

Some varied sentence forms are attempted, but frequent errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and clause construction affect clarity.

Next step

Build complete subject-verb structures and check agreement before adding more complex clauses.

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IELTS Writing Task 2

Many people believe that social networking sites such as Facebook have huge negative effects on society and individuals. Do you agree or disagree?

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