Microsoft Word ielts writing Task 2 Actual Tests 2015 2016 2017 & Sample Answers docx

Useful words and phrases: 
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Increased productivity
(noun phrase)
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Afford
(verb)
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Daily necessities
(noun phrase)
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The impoverished
(noun phrase)
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To live on a tiny budget
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To enable sb to V
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Average incomes
(noun phrase)
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Affordable/ Cheap/ Reasonable/ Lower Prices/ Costs
(noun phrase)
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Ordinary people
(noun phrase)
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Price reduction/ Price competitiveness
(topic phrases)

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Be notorious for st
(adjective phrase)
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Poor durability
(noun phrase)
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Unqualified materials
(noun phrase)
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Unskilled labour
(noun phrase)
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In exchange for
(complex preposition phrase)
IELTS Writing Task 2 in April 2016
It is impossible to help all people in the world, so governments should only focus on 
people in their own countries. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 
The role of one government to support citizens of other countries has been a major topic of 
concern in today’s society. From my perspective, this practice is feasible and there are 
compelling reasons why governments should help people in the global community rather 
than only focusing on the citizens of their own countries.
In this context of globalisation and international integration, the provision of assistance for 
peoples of all countries in the world is not an impossible task anymore. One explanation 
for this is that modern means of transport have transformed the way that international 
assistance could be given, and now assistance could reach even the most remote places on 
Earth. For example, thousands of victims of a deadly earthquake in a mountainous city in 
Nepal were rescued by US and German military helicopters in 2014. One further 
explanation is that thanks to international banking, the international community could offer 
a helping hand to any country where the financial system is on the verge of collapse. An 
excellent example of this is that the saving money of millions of taxpayers and pensioners 
in Greece was saved by a timely act of the European Commission of injecting a huge 
amount of bailout money into Greek banks in 2009.
I strongly believe any government must assume the responsibility of helping citizens in 
other countries. This is mainly because assisting inhabitants in other countries, to some 
extent, is synonymous to assisting people in the home country. In 2014, hundreds of US 
and UK doctors and nurses were sent to African countries to cope with the outbreak of 
Ebola, a dreadful plague, which had killed many thousands by that time. This action 
prevented the plague from further spreading to other nations, including the US and the UK 

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themselves, considering that there was a free movement of people between countries and 
there were millions of African migrant workers in the US and the UK at that time. In 
addition, the act of supporting people all around the world may promote a sense of 
humanity, which is essential to the sustainable development of the world, because 
humanity is the foundation of peace and stability.
To conclude, governments must provide assistance for citizens of other countries for a clear 
reason that this feasible act could simultaneously enhance a global sense of humanity and 
assure their own nationals of a proper living environment.