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State Exam Essay Practice Tasks – Set 1: Paraphrasing and Arguments

1. Paraphrase the following essay statements.

Write at least two different phrases, using different beginnings. Some of the beginnings you can use are given below:

Nowadays there is a popular/ widespread opinion that…

Nowadays a lot of people believe/ claim/ think/ suppose that…

Nowadays there is an ongoing debate about/ whether …

Now many young people consider …. to be …

1. Following fashion helps you show who you really are.

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2. Ecotourism benefits the environment.

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3. Public transport is better than using private cars.

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4. Love is impossible without jealousy.

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5. Nothing can ruin a true friendship.

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6. Only money can make a person happy.

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7. It’s more important to have a well-paid job than an interesting job.

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8. Computers may replace teachers in the future.

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2. For each of the statements above write a paragraph, expressing your opinion, giving two main arguments. Use the following structure when you are doing this task:

Example:

Statement: Having one child is better than having many children.

Paragraph (opinion and arguments):

Personally, I suppose that having a big family surpasses having just one child in many ways. Firstly, children learn to co-operate and care for other people’s interests if they have siblings. In my experience, I have become more flexible, sociable and less selfish only because of my brother and sister. Having a sibling has improved my communication skills and have taught me not only to take, but also to give. Secondly, it is socially more responsible to have at least two children. As far as I know from our Social Studies and History lessons, societies have always welcomed having more than one child if they wanted to maintain the necessary rate of population growth. Moreover, nations not caring about the number of children in the family soon begin to decrease rapidly.