Ielts essay samples band 9

"People attend both work and personal calls through mobile phone anytime of the 
day. What are the positive and negative effects on social and individual life?" 
Model Answer: 
The citizens of the global village are expected to be mobile, freely transient over space, 
and always connected, wired to the world-wide communication chain anywhere anytime. 
Thence, mobile phones have become part and parcel of our everyday life. Many consider 
cellular phones as perfectly proper, if not essential, as a round the clock business and 
personal tool, others question such unrestricted usage. All have their justifications. 
The basis of mobile phone’s popularity, surely, has always been the uninterrupted scope 
for being “connected.” What cell phones have given us is freedom to roam while being 
within the secure bond of modern communication. The manufacturers and service 
providers of mobile communication devices have enhanced the portability of 
communiqué to the degree of virtual extremity. And, we, the users, have embraced this 
advancement and have magnified our professional and social life to freely reach both 
sides of the meridiem. Unrestricted mobile communication has enabled us to live life to 
the practically fullest.
The flip side of the coin presents a different picture. While cell phones keep us connected, 
they remain as the autonomous usher of intrusion, to privacy and solidarity of 
individuals. It is also common, everyday, to see the decorum of distinguished 
environments being violated by ringing cell phones and people talking over them. So, 
mobile communication devices, which are meant to be ideally personal communication 
devices, are often the means of public disturbance. 
The unavoidable human tragedy is all our endeavors end in toxic byproducts. The best 
innovations have all too frequently caused the worst incidents. Mobile phones are 
beneficial, no doubt, but have been inarticulately used, if not abused, to the point of 
attrition. Thus, the reasonable conclusion, of the argument for and against the 
unrestricted usage of mobile phones, to be made is that the goodness of it is subjective 
and is reflective of the likeness of the users’ intentions.

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14.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. 
Present a written argument to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the 
following topic: