Should we think about future or not?

Some people consider thinking about and planning for the future to be a waste of time. They argue that people should simply live in the moment.  Do you agree or disagree?  Use at least one personal example in your response.

“To live in present and to plan future” has been one of oldest ideology of people since ages. On the other hand the modern trend teaches people to enjoy present without worrying about future. Both the life styles have their own merits and demerits. However I believe thinking about future and planning it in advance is quite more preferable. Let me elaborate in details with some of my personal evidences.

To start with, a life without an ambition is a ship without rudder. Thinking about future gives one a vision which provides a way to reach his goal. Planning for future provides a chance to achieve anything more easily and safely. To illustrate simply I can give an example of my own education, I wanted to be an IAS officer, which requires great deal of general knowledge and good health to clear the entrance exam of this post. So I started to gather information about this and started preparation for the same and finally recently I cleared the written exam of IAs. Hence, I succeeded easily only because; I have started to think about it in advance since my 10th standard. If I were to start the preparation on last night, I would not have been succeeded. Thus for every student it is essential to decide their future way and to plan about it as early as possible. And this is true not only in students’ case but everywhere in today’s era. For every businessman, sportsman, politician, army man, employer or employee planning in advance gives more chances to success and to remove obstacles from the way of one’s goal.

In addition, I differ from those who consider advance planning a waste of time as in my every day to day routine I have observed only my advance preparation has saved my lots of time; in contrast last minute preparation cause more hassles and makes me to spoil more time. For instance, our every appointment, interviews, lectures or any important meeting cannot be possibly arranged without prior panning. Even the planning for the life after retirement, in one’s young age, only helps him in old age days. Likewise, planning about future makes one ready to face any kind of upcoming changes or crisis in their lives, may it be either financial or emotional.

Moreover planning about future and worrying about it are two different things. So, those who consider planning as a worrying and a waste of enjoyment in life, are not true. Obviously, one must not waste his precious moments of this beautiful life just in anxiety of future but yes one must have to be ready to fight against anything in advance. 

In brief, People ought to commit some of the precious time from their present for their future. Which in turn will be helpful not only to shape their career, to meet their professional plans or to achieve their targets but also to make their future more secure, safer and convenient or to shape it as their own wishes.

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Should museums be charged or free?

Should museums and art galleries be free of charge for the general public, or should a charge, even a voluntary charge, be levied for admittance? Discuss this issue, and give your opinion. (*)

One very complex issue in today’s world is the funding of museums and art galleries. There is an argument that they should be free to the general public and funded by Governments, but there is also a case for saying that they should charge an entrance fee like other attractions. In this essay, I am going to examine both sides of this issue. (*)

Those who argue that museums should be free typically make one of two arguments. The first argument is that institutions like museums are a public service and therefore there should be free access to the man in the street. If for example there was a charge only the wealthy could afford to enjoy works of art. The second, and related, argument is that if they did levy a charge fewer people would go to museums. This would be serious concern as they are educational institutions and serve a lot in telling the history of a peculiar tradition and period.

In contrast, there is only one major argument on the other side of the debate. This is that both museums and art galleries need to charge an entrance fee if they are to survive in the modern world. Governments do not have sufficient funds to subsidize all such institutions and there are other priorities for public money. Therefore these galleries and museums need to charge their customers not only to survive but to update their exhibitions and make new purchases. By way of illustration, the Tate Modern in London could not have been founded without revenue from admissions.

In a nutshell, there is no clear answer to this question as there are such strong arguments on both sides. But if the ball is in my hand I would insist on charging nominal fees for museums and galleries. 

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look at the underlined words and sentences, observe their key role at that particular position. Make a stock of such phrases or words and use them effectively in your essay to make it more coherent and cohesive. All the best.

Formal or informal in IELTS Writing?

• Formal or informal ?

In your IELTs writing, if you are appearing for academic module both the tasks( graph and essay) should be written in formal language, but for general module student task 2 (essay) should be in formal and task 1 (letter) can be in formal or informal.

Task 1 for GT module is a letter, and if the topic asks you to write to someone you know,and to someone who is very close relative or friend you can use informal language for that letter and that is an informal letter – as opposed to writing to someone you don’t know, ( like any authority, or boss or any one whom you do not know closely) is formal.


The difference between formal and informal styles is mainly in the vocabulary. Informal words are the ones used in everyday conversations, slang, phrasal verbs etc  and formal are used in books, contracts, business letters and essays.  If the task requires formal writing – avoid using informal vocabulary. If the task requires informal writing, such as a letter to a friend, avoid using formal words.


Use of informal when it is required to use formal seems quite rude or impolite, whereas use of too much formal in place of informal seems quite silly and foolish. So take care well.

Formal	Informal		Formal	Informal		Formal	Informal
appear	seem		finally	in the end		amiable	friendly
ascend	climb		immediately	at once		complete	whole
assist	help		initially	at first		energetic	lively
cease	stop		intermittently	on and off		fortunate	lucky
commence	begin		principally	mainly		immature	childish
consume	use		repeatedly	Again & again		incorrect	wrong
decrease	shorten		subsequently	next		inferior	worse
demonstrate	show		therefore	so		inexpensive	cheap
depart	go		comprehension	understanding		indistinct	dim
desire	want		deficiency	lack		insane	mad
enquire	ask		opportunity	chance		relaxed	laid back
finish	end		perspiration	sweat		responsible	in charge
inform	tell		residence	house		sufficient	enough
obtain	get		vision	sight		superior	better
preserve	keep		And	&		transparent	clear
reject	say no		Can not	Can’t		vacant	empty
release	free		Is not	Isn’t
repair	mend		Hello	Hi
require	need		Gratitude	Thanks
reside	live
retain	keep