ESSAY TOPICS: ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

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Choose ONE of the topics below; each topic has TWO CHOICES.

a. What are the advantages & disadvantages of eating at home compared with
eating in a restaurant?
b. What are the advantages & disadvantages of going on a package holiday
compared with traveling in your own car on holiday?
c. What are the advantages & disadvantages of learning English on the
Internet compared with learning English in a class?
d. What are the advantages & disadvantages of living and working in a foreign
country compared with living and working in your own country?

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Now you have chosen a topic, think of as many ideas as you can and write
notes in the boxes in the BOXES on the next page in any order. Write the TITLE
of your essay in the middle box.

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Using the information in the boxes above, write
FIVE PARAGRAPHS; each
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paragraph must follow the instructions on the left. Each paragraph must start with a
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TOPIC SENTENCE and have THREE SUPPORTING SENTENCES

PARAGRAPH ONE

Four Sentences

Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the advantages of the FIRST CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH TWO

Four Sentences

Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the disadvantages of the FIRST CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH THREE

Four Sentences

Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the advantages of the SECOND CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH FOUR

Four Sentences

Topic Sentence:
Your opinion about the disadvantages of the SECOND CHOICE
Three Supporting Sentences
Three reasons why you have this opinion
PARAGRAPH FIVE

Two Or Three Sentences

State your conclusion in two or three sentences about the TWO CHOICES in
the essay topics. Restate your conclusion in a different way to what you
wrote in paragraphs one and two.