IELTS Writing Sample #70
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in
your neighborhood.
Do you support or oppose this plan? Why?
Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
You should write at least 250 words.
model answer:
I live in a small community. From my everyday experience and observation I can
say that the idea about building a new theatre in my neighborhood has some
advantages as well as disadvantages. In this essay I will first focus on the
reasons why I support this idea and then move on to analyzing why I oppose it.
First of all, I like movies and my husband and I sometimes go to the movie
theatre to watch premieres. Unfortunately, it is time-consuming for us. We have
to drive about 50 minutes to the nearest movies theatre. So, the idea of having
a movie theatre in our neighborhood seems very attractive. It would save us an
hour just to get there and another hour to get back home. Another important
aspect of it is that in this case we will be able to get to the movie theatre by
foot. I must to confess that we always have parking troubles in the parking
space near the movie theatre.
Second of all, new movie theatre is a very good place for students who want to
earn some money. My husband and I live near a student community, so I think it
would be a great news for them. In addition to this practical benefit students
will be able to watch all movies free of charge. I suppose it is a great way to
save some money.
Finally, there are usually many restaurants and entertaining centers around a
movie theatre. There people can have dinner or play game machines.
In contrast, I think that the building of a new movie theatre will destroy the
silence and beauty of out community. Such entertaining centers are often noisy.
Moreover, traffic jams will probably be the result of it.
In conclusion, I think that if the question was about building a new movie
theatre in the next neighborhood I would completely agree.
(316 words)