Thu Khoa Nghia High school for Gifted students Foreign Language Group ESSAY TOPICS Topic 1 You should spend about 40 minutes to write about the following topic: People have different tas
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Foreign Language Group
ESSAY TOPICS Topic 1
You should spend about 40 minutes to write about the following topic:
People have different tastes in listening to music (including songs) Some like classical music while others like popular music.
Which kind of music do you prefer? Please give specific reasons for your answer.
You should write at least 250 words
Your essay should include:
What kind of music you like and how often you listen to it
What are your favourite songs and who are your favourite singers
What it can help people
What you think about that kind of music and why you like it
Topic 2
Write a short essay about doing housework in your family, using the cues given below.
How many and who the people are in the family
What roles the father and mother perform
What responsibilities each family member takes
What attitude to doing household tasks each family member has
The general atmosphere of the family
You should write at least 150 words
Topic 3
Choose one of the following inventions and explain why you think it has changed people’s lives
• tablet PC
• smartphone
• social network site
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
You should write at least 250 words
Your essay should include:
What invention you choose
What its functions and features are
What benefits and disadvantages it brings to people
How it changes people’s lives
Topic 4
People do many different things to stay healthy What do you do for good health? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
You should write at least 250 words
Your essay should include:
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What your eating habits are
What sorts of foods and drinks you have to stay healthy
What you avoid to keep healthy
Topic 5
You should spend about 40 minutes to write about the following topic:
Travelling is one of the most popular recreational activities we have Some people like
to travel alone while others like to travel with a group of people
What would you prefer, travelling alone or travelling with some people?
You should write at least 250 words
Your essay should include:
How often and with whom you travel
Which you prefer, travelling alone or travelling with some people
What benefits it brings to you
What you like most and what you avoid when travelling
Topic 6
Some countries are more successful than other countries in sporting events? What are the main
reasons?
- the support of countrymen
- the careful preparation
- the competition spirit of athletes
- the facilities
Topic 7
What are the benefits of playing football? Give examples to support your ideas
- develop good characters: cooperation,
- good heath
- have a lot of fun
- become famous
Topic 8
Some children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports Discuss advantages and
disadvantages of this
+ Advantages:
- good health
- develop good characters: hard-working, cooperation, patent
+ Advantages:
- not having enough time to study
- exhausted
- Stress
Topic 9
Nowadays, more and more people are being attracted to dangerous sports? In your opinion, what are the main reasons?
- excitement
- overcome the difficulties
- show their strength
- being admired
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Which international organizations would you like to work for: WWF, WHO, or the UN? Explain your choice
+ have an opportunity to live abroad
+ Use English at work
+ Travel all over the world
+ Do charity and volunteer work
+ protect endangered species
+ have high salary
Topic 11
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
Topic 12
What do you want most in a friend — someone who is intelligent, or someone who has a sense
of humor, or someone who is reliable? Which one of these characteristics is most important to you? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your choice
Topic 13
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? There is nothing that young people can teach older people Use specific reasons and examples to support your position
Topic 14
It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city Do you agree or
disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay
Topic 15
You are being sent on a one month work assignment in San Francisco, California You need a place to stay while you are there Write a letter to the Maury Samson Real Estate Agency In your letter:
• explain the situation
• describe the kind of accommodation you would like
• provide the dates you will need it
You should write at least 150 words You should spend about 20 minutes on this task