Advantages outweigh disadvantages type questions of IELTS task 2

Advantages outweigh disadvantages

INTRODUCTION 

# Paraphrase the question

# Thesis statement ( state advantages outweigh disadvantages)

Body paragraph 1: Stronger side (that is advantage)

# Topic sentences ( Advantage number 1)

# Explain why it is strong

# Example

# Advantage number 2

# Explain why it is strong

# Example

Body paragraph 2: Weaker side ( That is disadvantage)

# Topic sentence ( disadvantage)

# Example why it is not strong( supporting details)

# Example

Conclusion:

Summary of the main points and restate the opinion

 

 Sample question

Today, people can work and live anywhere they want because of the improvement of communication technology and transport. Do advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages.

ANSWER

 

Nowadays, with the advancement of telecommunication technology and travel today’s person can reside and get employment in any part of the globe. The advantages of this definitely outweigh the disadvantages. This essay delves into the number of arguments with a reasoned conclusion.

First of all, the main advantages of being able to live and work from anywhere are that people can have more choices of jobs because of technological advances. Not only can you work in any part of your home country, you can work for any company in any part of the world by telecommuting because modern wireless technology has made work easier and created more time for self and family. Wireless internet and 4g services reduce the paper work also help to create online work jobs like web designing and blogging. Furthermore, the modern transportation modes like the metro and light rail have lessened the travel time and also made it more convenient for commuters. This has also decreased the need for people to live in cities and come back to peaceful country side in the evenings because modern transport systems.  Delhi metro and Mumbai local rails are the prime example, people commute daily to cities from countryside for work.

On the downside, some people thinks that  this is leading to a sedentary lifestyle as people do not need to travel. People become  so dependent on technology that any network failure may lead life to come to standstill .However, these  minor advantages are of no importance if we look at the plethora of advantages this situation has to offer.  IT  graduates made very easier to normalize the down server and network  in the few minutes.

Summing up, people can live and work anywhere today and this situation is more boon than a bane. So the number of benefits outnumbered its drawbacks.

 

Type 3> Disadvantages outweigh advantages.

This type of format has the same format like the above type. So, write disadvantages in the first body paragraph and advantages in the second paragraph.