🌍Environment

1 tasks

Environment is one of the most frequently repeated Writing Task 2 themes. Essays here usually ask who is responsible for a problem, or whether a solution is realistic, so the marking rewards precise cause-and-effect language and the ability to concede a point before rejecting it.

IELTS practice tasks

Some people believe that reducing plastic waste is the responsibility of governments, while others argue that it is individual consumers who must change their behaviour. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Writing Task 2Target band 8

Useful vocabulary

carbon footprintnoun

the total greenhouse gas produced by a person or activity

Air travel has by far the largest carbon footprint of any journey.

single-useadjective

designed to be thrown away after one use

Several countries have banned single-use plastics outright.

landfillnoun

a site where waste is buried

Most household waste still ends up in landfill.

renewableadjective

from a source that does not run out

Renewable sources now supply a third of the country’s electricity.

emissionsnoun

gases released into the air

The policy aims to cut emissions by half within a decade.

depletionnoun

the using up of a resource

Groundwater depletion is now a serious problem in the region.

offsetverb

to compensate for something

Planting trees does not fully offset the damage.

conservationnoun

protecting the natural world

Conservation efforts have brought the species back from the brink.

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