Advantages and disadvantages based questions of IELTS TASK 2

This category is divided into four sub types

Type 1: Discuss both advantages and disadvantages.

Type 2: Advantages outweigh disadvantages

Type 3: Disadvantages outweigh advantages

Type 4: Discuss both advantages and disadvantages and give your own opinion.

Type 1: Discuss both advantages and disadvantages.

Structure of the essay:

INTRODUCTION

#Paraphrase the question

#Outline statement

 BODY PARAGRAPH  1( Advantages)

     #Topic sentence

     # Explain how this is an advantage( supporting details)

     # Relevant example

BODY PARAGRAPH 2 ( Disadvantages)

     # Topic sentence

     # Explain how this is a disadvantage

     # Example

Conclusion : Summary of the main points

 

Sample question:

Pressure on the school and university students is increasing and students are pushed to hard work when they are young. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this phenomenon for the students.

 

ANSWER

It is irrefutable that the burden on school and university pupils is burgeoning and they have to put more efforts towards their study at a young age. This essay will suggest that students can make their career bright with hard work as biggest advantage and students can be the victim of stress because of more pressure as a primary disadvantage, followed by a reasoned conclusion.

Today we belong to highly competitive era in which students need to get good scores to grab job opportunities or enrolling into universities. So for that purposes students are encouraged to do more hard work which inculcates the habit of hard working from earlier years into the young generation and they are better placed in life later on. If they work hard in early years they will build up a sound career and will have a happy and contended life. The TIMES recently published a survey report,70%  students who works hard in their academics at a young age are more successful in their fields of working.

Despite this advantage it has also a disadvantage, because it leads to stress and strain and anxiety. Sometimes students cannot strike a balance between work and leisure which may results in boredom. Moreover, if students face failures or can’t cope with the pressures they can have suicidal tendencies. Always hitting the books keeps the students away from practical and social life. THE HINDU NEWSPAPER reported that in INDIA 10% of the young students and university students are suffering from depression because of their study curriculum burden.

In conclusion, focusing on study more is beneficial for making the future for the students and they can support their families, however giving more pressure of study  than capability and age can lead to dire consequences on health and become the cause of mental illness. So, there is need to make the balance between study and leisure activities for the students.