Advantages – Disadvantages
Examples:
1)
At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large
number
of young adults, compared with the number of older people.
Do the advantages of this situation outweigh the disadvantages?
2) In some countries, governments are encouraging industries and businesses to move
to regional areas outside the big cities.
Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?
3) Many elderly people are no longer looked after by their families but
are put in care
homes or nursing homes.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?
4)
Nowadays, there are many people want to be self-employed.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being self-employed?
The structure of advantages/disadvantages essay:
1. Sentence – paraphrase the topic
(introduction)
2. Sentence – answer the question
3. Sentence – the topic sentence
(body paragraph 1)
4. Sentence – first disadvantage
5. Sentence – an explanation/example for the first disadvantage
6. Sentence – second disadvantage
7. Sentence – an explanation/example for the second disadvantage
8. Sentence – the topic sentence
(body paragraph 2)
9. Sentence – first advantage
10. Sentence – an explanation/example for the first advantage
11. Sentence – second advantage
12. Sentence – an explanation/example for the second advantage
13. Sentence – answer the question in a different way
(conclusion)