Part 1
You must answer this question.
Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style.
1 In your English class, you have been talking about the best age to leave school.
Now, your English teacher has asked you to write an essay on the subject.
Write an essay using alll the notes and give reasons for your of view.
oe be ob be be 46 oe be 88
Essay question
Is it better ta leave school at the first opportunity or to stay
at school for longer?
Notes
Things to write about
1. finding a job
2, further education
3. your own idea
Write your essay. You must use grammatically correct sentences with
accurate spelling and punctuation in a style appropriate for the situation,
Skills tip
\When you write an essay in Fist Paper 2 Part 1, each
of the main body paragraphs should begin wth a clear
paint. Inclide the two points in the task as well 23 your
own ideas. Use the rest of each paragraph to justify your
point. This should include some or all of the following: an
explanation of your main point, the reason(s) you believe
‘the main point is true, exarnple(s) to support your main.
pint and the results) of your main pont, Use inking
phrases (This is because... / One example of this is...
etc) to connect the sentences in each paragraph.Develop your writing skis: jusurye iy
1 Decicle whether the phrases below inizoduce a. result, an explanation, or an example,
1 Forinstance,
2. This is because
3 Asaresult,
4 One example of this is
7 suchas
8 One effect of thisis
5 One reason for this is
6 Because of this,
2. Write one word from the phrases In exercise 1 in each gnp to complete the sentences.
1. Baucation wasn't considered to be so essential in the past.
tnany people left school at the age of Mt.
| no-one Will be able to leave at. 16,
‘Not everyone benefits from staying on at school. For ————
never does any work will not gain anything by staying an until the age of 18.
In the UK, they are eonsidering raising the school-leaving age to 18. Asa
aresult,
sastudent who
4 Governments often encourage young people to stay on at school, One ————
of thisis to keep unemployment figures down,
5 Some professions,
exams or have qualifications.
as those in the arts, do not always need you to pass
6 Insome countries, many choose to stay on at school even though It isnot required
by law. One
3. Write a phrase from exercise 1 in each gap to complete the text
of this is Greece, where very few people leave school at 16.
4. Read the text and decide which sentences do these things.
1. make the main peint of the paragraph
2 givean example
3 explain apoint
4 mention a result
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school because they fal that ir gives them better ob
‘epperturies. (6) They say that continang thelr education
tll balp them gun further qualifications: ¢} Che. chews
effect of this would be better job praspacts-
(4) Other parents beleve that ther chide shaule have
the chance to altar! farther education, [€) A uriversty,
for example tall typically only accept thas wha have
emai w school wel the age-oF 17 or 1B.) As a rst
of spencing ust ne or tun roe years wn sche, parents
feel that ther children gain major advintage
(4) Firallys soma pede beleve that heaving school at
Us fereas young pease to ayaa up too quckly- fh) They
refer to respanstties such a finding pb asd
ranagng ther con frances.) Many fel that leis to
yours to have to Gace Hate more ‘acl tesuos-5 Write the letter of a sentence in each gap to complete the text. Then decide
whether each sentence contains a main point, an example, an explanation ora result.
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