The key to solving environmental problems is simple: present generations must have a less comfortable life for the sake of future generations. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Sample Response
It is argued that to solve issues regarding the environment, individuals ought to be required to abandon their luxurious lifestyleslifestyle for the benefit of those to come. Personally, I totally disagree with this because degradation of the environment will continue if people lackwill continue with people lacking awareness of how to protect itthe awareness of how to conserve it; meanwhile, advancements in technology will be certain to make it easier to tackle environmental problemsissues faced by nature.
The primary reason supporting my stance is that even if people now sacrifice their comfortable liveslife, positive environmental effects may not necessarily materialisea positive impact on the environment may not necessarily come to fruition. In other words, without sufficient knowledge regarding how to protect the environment taughtimparted to future school pupils, they will be unaware of how detrimentalunconscious of the how detrimental their irresponsible behaviour such as wasting water may be to nature. As a consequence, simply asking present generations to making contributions has no effectmake contributions takes no effect.
Another point I consider relevant is that rapid technological development makes the methods used to protect the environmentmethods to be employed to mitigate the environment increasingly diverse and effectiveeven more diverse and efficient, meaning that there is no needit is of no necessity to encourage present generations to give up their comfortable lifestylesyield their satisfying lifestyles. Although the environment has been under pressure since the First Industrial Revolution, human beings have been endeavouring to address this problemreverse this dilemma and have so far made tremendous progressand so far, made tremendous progress. It is therefore reasonable to expectIt is then not difficult to expect further steps towards minimising the harmful effects of human activity on natureadverse influences of human life on nature.
In conclusion, I completely reject the viewcompletely disapprove of the viewpoint that present generations are obliged to give up their comfortable lifestyles to provide a better natural environment for future generationsones to inhabit. For one thing, the attempts people make now might be in vain if no proper education on environmental protection is provided to future childrenwas delivered to future children; for another, technological advances will make such sacrifices unnecessarythese efforts unnecessary.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response presents a consistent position, organises two distinct reasons clearly, and uses a strong range of sentence structures and topic vocabulary. Its main limitation is that several explanations remain speculative or loosely connected, while awkward collocations and a few structural errors weaken precision. Strengthen each body paragraph with a more concrete causal explanation and revise unnatural phrases so the argument reads as fully convincing and controlled.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response directly answers the question with a consistent position and two relevant reasons, though their support is sometimes speculative or insufficiently grounded.
Make each reason more convincing by explaining its causal link to the claim and adding a specific relevant example.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas progress logically through clear paragraphs, with effective overall sequencing despite some formulaic transitions and lengthy sentence connections.
Use more natural internal links and shorten densely connected sentences where the logical relationship could be clearer.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is varied and appropriately academic, but several inaccurate or unnatural collocations limit precision.
Revise combinations concerning environmental mitigation, awareness, and lifestyles to use conventional, exact phrasing.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses a wide range of complex structures, although several agreement, coordination, and clause-construction errors remain noticeable.
Check complex sentences for parallel verb forms, clean clause boundaries, and consistent tense choices.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
The key to solving environmental problems is simple: present generations must have a less comfortable life for the sake of future generations. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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