IELTS With James

Cue Card Topic:                       A Period in History You Are Interested In  Even though I studied history in my schooldays, I   don’t remember much of that. My history teacher was not pleased with me because my performance in the term exams was poor. After every exam, she asked us to copy the correct answer from the text book ten times if we had failed to answer any question correctly. One such question was related to Industrial revolution... I hated doing that assignment then, but I still remember something about that period in History. The Industrial Revolution took place in Britain and other parts of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. At first, it was a Revolution in the manufacturing sector. Powered Machines made production easier. Mass production was made possible in many industries, especially in the textile industry. This generated thousands of job opportunities. This attracted villagers ...

By paying more to employees on the basis of their performance, the employer can keep their motivation high. Do you agree this is the best way to encourage employees?    2019 April 25 question IELTS General Paying more money is the only possible motivation to make employees work harder and to increase their productivity. To what extent do you agree or disagree ? ( earlier version) Vocabulary Employees/Workers/Workforce/personnel/staff Entrepreneurs/Proprietors/Management/Company owners/Head honchos Businesses/Corporates/ companies Encourage/motivate/persuade/prompt/drive/stimulate/ Incentivize Wages/salary/ remuneration/pay/emolument Commission/incentive/increment/perks/other benefits/ Performance/productivity/efficiency Increase/ enhance/improve/ yield better output facebook.com/pg/ieltsjames

·         Describe a period in history which has always interested you ·         When did it happen ·         What happened ·         Why are you interested in it History  reminds me about my school days. My history teacher used to say that I would  get a very low grades  in my history exam. She was right to some extent because I concentrated on other subjects… Even though history classes were boring, certain historical events   were interesting to me… especially those events    related to my country’s fight for freedom. India was ruled by the BRITISH    for centuries and Indians fought against the British and their rules. Once the British rulers increased the tax on salt in our country… I don’t   remember   the year exactly. It was years before India’s independence in 1947.  ...

Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later, and it is often argued that these are the best people to talk to teenagers about the dangers of committing a crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?   ( 2015 July question ) Vocabulary Former prisoners Ex-offenders Ex-prisoners Imprisonment Incarceration Criminals who repent Deter them from crimes Consequences/ outcome/after effects Take to crimes   Let's try writing a 'strong opinion' answer for this question. We're  not  going to write about both points of view. Intro:   There is a growing concern among parents, educators and policy makers about teenagers turning to crimes at a young age or later due to the influence of various factors that are part of our day-to-day life. They advocate countless viable solutions to address this issue and one of them is to use reformed ex-prisoners to educate youngsters  about the negative consequences ...

Some people believe that to reduce the amount of time people spend commuting (travelling to work),  parks and gardens close to city centres should be replaced by apartment buildings for commuters to live in. However, others disagree with this. Discuss both  views and give your own opinion. Introduction: The problems faced by workers who travel from the outskirts    to their    offices in the city centres   have prompted many people to think about turning parks and gardens into residential areas. I believe it is not a proper solution to the problem as there are better ways to tackle this issue.   View 1: Body para 1 It is an undeniable fact that most workers do not have the financial resources to live close to their workplaces in a city where the real estate prices are unaffordable. The stress of the daily commuting makes many people think that parks and gardens are less important than the comfort of the workers. They feel that if...