Ielts-7-Writing

VOCABULARY
CAPITALISM: Ideology in which private capital is used for the
production and distribution of goods and services.
IDEOLOGIES: A manner of thinking characteristic of a class of people
or individual; ideas that form the basis of some economic or political
systems.
SOCIALISM: Ideology that advocates that the society as a whole should
control the production and distribution of goods and services.

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6.12 OLDER PEOPLE
Some people say that older people should live with their adult children,
while others think they should live in homes specially built for old people.
Which do you think is a better practice?
Note: The words in parentheses are more advanced alternatives. The
numbers refer to the standard essay pattern given in 
chapter 4
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INTRODUCTION
1. A reality in life is that elderly people have to spend their last days
somewhere.
2. Let us look at the issue in terms of the priorities of the adult children
and why this practice is undesirable and unacceptable, in my opinion.
(41 words)
BODY
3. In today’s society, adult children often consider their elderly parents
to be a nuisance that should be dealt with in the most acceptable
(amicable) way possible. That is the reason why so many retirement
villages and old-age homes are being built these days. The old
people (elderly) and pensioners are put (placed) there so as not to be
in the way of their adult children.
4. For example, the adults concerned now have children of their own to
provide for and educate, and they feel their own children are their
highest priority.
5. I believe this is a very (extremely) selfish and foolish practice. First,
the old people have most probably made many sacrifices and endured
many hardships to ensure that their children received a good
upbringing, education, and training.
6. They would, for instance, have worked very hard for many years to
pay for their children’s class (tuition) fees at school or college—
more so if they have given their children the chance (opportunity) to

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study abroad. To be pushed aside in their old age by their adult
children is unthankful, selfish, and even cruel. (177 words)
CONCLUSION
9. To sum up, I could say that adult children have other priorities but
should not become selfish and unthankful in the process.
10. To me, there is only one conclusion: elderly people should live with
their adult children. (37 words) (Total words: 255)