162 IELTS Pilot Project Sample Essays

Dot MacKenzie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:17 +0000

Why Humans and Animals Must Learn to Cooperate with One Another by Rakan Majed

Humans and animals live together on one planet. It may not be clear,

but both humans and animals have lots of things in common. In this

essay, I’m going to discus the importance of these two dominant

species living together in harmony.

Humans and animals are very much alike. They also help one another

in many different ways. For example , humans and animals have blood

running through their bodies, they both breathe from the same

atmosphere, they both have eyes and a heart, and both have feelings.

Humans help animals in many ways, as well as animals help humans in

many ways. For example, animals supply humans with food (beef from

cows), and may also supply human with clothes (wool from sheep).

Unfortunately, some people take advantage of animals, and and take them for granted. They kill them to make a profit and for their products. For example, the African Elephant is nearly extinct because of hunters killing them for their ivory tusks. Dolphins and whales are being killed by hunters because of their oils.

In conclusion, I think that humans and animals should live together in

harmony in order to ensure the continuing of both our world and theirs.

Colours by Rakan Majed

Colours are a usual way of giving life to an object. People all around the world use colours to express their emotions. People have favourite colors that they use to express their personality and use them in selecting the items they buy, like clothes or cars.

Each colour has its own special meaning and because of its meanings people use colours to express their different personalities. For example, red is a bright colour that expresses love and anger. Yellow is a bright colour that expresses joy. Green is a colour that expresses serenity and blue is a colour that expresses calmness. White may express a feeling of happiness.

As well as the good emotions that the colours express, there are also a few colours that express bad feelings. For example, red can also express blood and war. Yellow can also express jealousy. Blue can also mean depressed, black is a dark colour which expresses a sense of fear, anger, hatred and a number of bad emotions.

Although each colour has its good side and bad side, it helps us express our

feelings. People can know what kind of personality you have by the colours you like and the colours you wear.

Sport is More Than a Game by Saba Tifooni

Sport is a game involving strength and physical abilities that either results in winning or losing. There are different kinds of sports and sport activities that are either played for competition or simply for fun. However, sport is more than just a game where it is a great form of healthy physical and psychological exercise, as well as improving one’s ethics.

Sport is not only an athletic game, but it also a great way for one to exercise both the body and the mind. People need to exercise to stay in good health and maintain their well- being. Also, people exercise to keep their body in good physical condition. Furthermore, sport releases endorphins in the mind, which creates feelings of happiness. Sports also battle stress and depression.

Sport is a great way to encourage sportsmanship, which improves one’s ethics by learning respect and courtesy. Athletes learn to respect the judges, their teammates, and their opponents. They also learn how to be courteous by playing fairly and congratulating the winner. Sportsmanship also encourages trust and cooperation. Athletes learn to trust their teammates, as well as their coaches. Furthermore, they learn cooperation by playing together and taking part in the sport as a team instead of an individual.

In conclusion, sport might be an enjoyable game involving competition. However, winning is not everything in this game, because as an athlete one improves, not only physically and emotionally, but ethically as well.

162 IELTS Pilot Project: Sample Essay

My Favorite Color by Saba Tifooni

There are millions of colors around the world, with different shades and different hues. However, each person has a certain color that they favor. Some people like green, whereas others like blue. My favorite color is red because it is a strong attractive color, and because it evokes deep emotions.

The color red is a bright, strong color that catches the eye, and attracts attention. For example, a person wearing red attracts more attention than a person wearing any other color. Also, a red apple is more appealing and attractive than a green or a yellow one. Furthermore, because red is a strong color, it stands out. For instance, amongst a crowd of people, or flowers, or cars, it is usually the ones in red that stand out the most. It is usually the first color that pops out.

The color red evokes strong, deep emotions of love and excitement in various situations. A person who receives a bouquet of red roses feels emotions of love. Also, it brings excitement and happiness because of its brightness. In addition, red evokes feelings of energy and power. Red stirs up peoples’ energy in sports, wars, and competitions. Red is also a powerful color that brings strength and power into the mind. For example, a red Ferrari gives the meaning of speed and power.

In conclusion, people are entitled to their own choices. Some might like certain colors, while others don’t. My favorite color is red. Most of my clothes are red, my car is red, and even my room is red. I like it because it’s attractive and emotionally appealing.

Sources

Dot MacKenzie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:38:29 +0000

Bibliography

When you write your bibliography or sources, you must write them in the correct way. Your teacher will tell you which method to use.

A Encyclopedia

"Title of article". Name of encyclopedia. Date of publication.

"Animal Ecology." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990 ed.

B Book

Author (last name, first name). Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

Commoner, Bernard. Science and Survival. New York: Viking Press, 1966.

C Book with Joint Authors

Authors (last name, first name, and first name, initial, last name. Title. Place: Publisher. Date.

Lewis, Theodore, and Lawrence R. Taylor. Introduction to Experimental Ecology. New York: Academic Press, 1967.

D Sources from Internet

Author’s last name, initials. Year. Full title of work (specific web page). Title of complete work. Full URL. Specify date you accessed the site.

Brown, G. Living in the 21^st Century. 2002 Http://www.thethirdway. (June 2003).

Are You a Plagiarist?

Dot MacKenzie — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:06:26 +0000

Plagiarism is theft or stealing someone else’s work. Plagiarists can lose their jobs, fail their courses, or be kicked out of universities. The person who is being plagiarized may sue the plagiarist in a civil court. If you answer “yes” to some or all of the questions, then you are guilty of academic dishonesty, cheating, theft, plagiarism, and copying without the other person’s permission.

1 Do you submit a piece of writing and pretend that it is your own work?

2 Do you submit photos and pretend they are yours?

3 Do you cut and paste articles from another website into your website?

4 Do you present someone else’s ideas and pretend that they are yours?

5 Do you write ”copyright” at the end of your work when it is someone else’s work?

6 Does your work follow the arrangement or organization of someone else’s work?

7 Do you fail to add sources at the end of your work when you have taken the ideas from someone else?

8 Do you make a PowerPoint presentation by cutting and pasting work from someone else’s website?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

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