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1. Write an article for your school magazine. Discuss the effects of climate change in your country. Do you think measures should be taken to stop or at least slow down its effects on the planet?

2. You are doing a research project on animal extinction. Write a letter to your tutor/ supervisor explaining how you would like to organise your work and where you intend to look for information about the subject.

3. Imagine you are a journalist. Write an interview with Aneela Rahman. Your objective is to find out why she is so happy in her “arranged” marriage.

4. Divorce rates are increasing in Europe. Does this mean that marriage is in crisis? Are you in favour or against marriage? Write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper explaining your opinion.

5. You are Laura. Write a letter to a friend in London telling him/her about your experience living in the farm and growing organic products.

6. Using your own words, write an argumentative essay about the advantages of life in the city versus life in the country or vice versa.

7. Write about the influence of psychologists on our society. Are they well considered? Could they be the answer to our psychological necessities?

8. Imagine you have a toxic friend that is ruining your life. Write a letter to him/her explaining the problem and proposing solutions to re-establish your mutual confidence.

9. You are a journalist. Write a short newspaper story about the labor exploitation of some groups of immigrants in Spain.

10. You are the representative of your country before the United Nations Organization (UNO). Write a speech addressed to the UNO general delegates denouncing the resurgence of slavery.

11. Two teachers are discussing the rights and wrongs of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a school subject. Write down their conversation.

12. French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said that “the best things people have made [the airplane, the telephone…] are all things that bring people together.” Discuss this statement and say what are to your mind, the best things people have made. Would you say that Internet makes our social life richer or poorer?

13. Think of a profession that is dying out, for example a shepherd or a farmer.Write a dialogue with one of the last shepherds / farmers in your country. Talk about their way of life now and before.

14. You have just read a book with the title Death of a Beekeeper by Swedish author Lars Gustafsson.Write a letter to your best friend explaining to him/her what the book is about.

15. Write an article for your school magazine in which you have to defend the need to preserve the botanically diverse regions on earth.

16. Should places like Borneo be promoted as tourist resorts? Write the dialogue of the debate between a scientist (who argues against the idea) and a tourist operator who specialises in creating exclusive tourist paradises.

17. Mame is writing about her daily life in a web log / diary.Write her entry for a most wonderful day. (Use Standard English, avoid informal or shorthand writing.)

18. You are a journalist talking to Shintaro Konizumi, the author of the best-selling book, Cool to Be Japanese Again. Write this interview talking about the revival of traditional customs in Japan.

19. What are the possible uses of intelligent clothing?

20. Describe an item of intelligent clothing you would like to have. Why?

21.  ‘People spend too much time on computers these days.’ What do you think?

22. Write a letter to a friend in another country. Tell him/her about the article you have read about the ‘intelligent T-shirt’ and tell him/her what you think about intelligent clothing.

23.  Write about your favourite piece of technology.

24. ‘Intelligent clothing will never become popular.’ Discuss.

25. Write about a famous invention and the effect it has had on society.

26. The number of students choosing to study science is decreasing. Why do you think this is?

27. Write about a famous scientist from your country.

28. ‘People are becoming lazier because computers do all their work for them these days’. Discuss.

29. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of living in a city.

30. ‘We are moving further and further away from nature.’ What is your opinion?

31. Write a letter to a friend who lives in another country and tell him/her that you have just moved house. Tell him/her about the new house.

32.  Write a letter of application for your family to move to Canna.

33. Who would you like to live with on a remote island? Why?

34. Write about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a place like Canna.

35. Describe an isolated area or place in your country.

36. Would you give up your way of life to live on an island like Canna? Why/Why not?

37. What problems can children have if their families move house too often?

38. Imagine you live on Canna. Write a diary entry for one day.

39. Do you prefer reading newspapers or watching the news on television? Why?

40.  Write a description of one of your favourite celebrities.

41. ‘Celebrities should be given more privacy’. What is your opinion?

42.  Write a letter to a friend about a time you saw a famous person, and describe what happened.

43. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous?

44. ‘It is not necessary to have talent to be a celebrity today.’ What do you think?

45. Why do you think people enjoy reading about the lives of famous people?

46. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ Do you agree?

47. Imagine you are a famous person. Write about your typical day.

48. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, giving your opinion of paparazzi photographers.

49. What can be done do to reduce climate change?

50. Write about an endangered animal. Why is it endangered?

51. ‘Global warming is a problem for the next generation. We don’t need to worry about it now.’ What do you think?

52. Write a letter to a wildlife charity, asking how you can help them in their work.

53.  Describe a very cold place or a very hot place that you have visited.

54. Write the biography of someone who has helped change the world for the better.

55. Would you like to visit the Arctic? Why? / Why not?

56. Describe some of the wildlife which is most typical of your country.

57. ‘Animals should have the same rights as people.’ What do you think?

58. ‘Animals should not be kept in zoos.’ Give the reasons for and against this argument.

59. Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of sending people to prison.

60. What do you think the government should do to reduce crime in your area?

61.  ‘It is always wrong to lie.’ What is your opinion?

62. ‘Films and TV programmes have lead to an increase in crime today.’ What is your opinion?

63.  Is it always wrong to lie? What do you think?

64.  Imagine that you saw someone commit a crime. Write a description of that person for the police.

65. ‘Criminals should be helped, not punished.’ What is your opinion?

66. Imagine that your saw your friend stealing from a shop. What would you say? Write a dialogue.

67.  Write a review of your favourite crime film or story.

68. Write a letter to your local police station to ask for information about becoming a police officer and say why you would like to do this.

69. Write a letter to an English friend telling him/her about something you have bought recently.

70. Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of shopping in big supermarkets.

71. ‘Teenagers spend too much money on things they don’t need.’ What is your opinion?

72. How do you think we will do most of our shopping in the future? Why?

73. Describe a memorable shopping trip.

74. Write a letter to a shop complaining about an item that you bought there.

75.  Imagine you could open a new shop in your town. What would it sell?

76.  Describe the best and the worst presents you have ever received

77. Imagine that you are trying to persuade your friend to go shopping with you but he/she wants to stay at home. Write the dialogue.

78.  Describe your favourite shop. Why do you like it?

79.  ‘The problems of alcohol for young people today have been greatly exaggerated.’ What is your opinion?

80. ‘There are much better ways than alcohol to relax!’ Describe what you do to relax.

81.  Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of being a teenager today.

82. Write a letter to a newspaper about whether or not excessive drinking is a problem in your country.

83.  How do you think we should educate people about the dangers of drugs and alcohol? 

84. Where do you meet your friends? Describe one of your favourite places.

85. ‘Alcohol should carry a health warning, like cigarettes.’ What’s your opinion?

86. ‘The government should make botellóns illegal.’ What do youk think?

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