Az H HENDERSONS School Entrance Specialist YEAR 8 - SET 2 Practice Exam — SHS Format Persuasive Writing Task Planning Time: 5 min Writing Time: 30 min The ease of conducting financial transactions is probably the biggest motivator to go digital. You will no longer need to carry wads of cash or queue up for ATM withdrawals. It's also a safer and easier spending option when you are travelling ‘The Economic Times, 2016 ‘Sweden was quick to move toward a cashless society. In the decade to 2018, its central bank, the Riksbank, says the proportion of purchases in shops using cash dropped from about 40% to 13%. Over the past few years Swedes have been increasingly concerned about the elderly, those living in rural areas and people from migrant backgrounds being left behind by businesses which are no longer accepting cash and switching to Swish™ (a mobile payment system). The Conversetion, 2020 Your task is to writo a persuasive piece arguing whether or not Australia should embrace a cashless economy. Be sure to draw from the material provided as well as your own idees. Punctuation, content, construction, paragraphs, grammar, spelling and relevance to the task will also be assessed in this test. Your planning will not be assessed