Sample Essays For toefl

their leisure time indoors. Would you prefer to be outside or would you prefer to be 
inside for your leisure activities? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your 
choice. 
 
147) Your school has received a gift of money. What do you think is the best way for 
your school to spend this money? Use specific reasons and details to support your 
choice. 
 
148) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing games teaches us 
about life. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 
 
149) Imagine that you have received some land to use as you wish. How would you use 
this land? Use specific details to explain your answer.
 
(a) The world is becoming increasingly smaller and smaller. The world’s population is 
now at six billion. The world’s cities are getting larger and larger. At least two cities, 
Mexico City and Sao Paulo have almost 30 million inhabitants. In this context, one could 
say that a gift of land is the greatest gift of all. Land is perhaps the most permanent thing in 
the world. Unlike diamonds, which really have little value in and of themselves, land 
actually has great value. Unlike televisions and cars, land cannot be destroyed—if you 
remove land, there is still more land under it. In this context, I will discuss what I would 
do were I given some land as a gift. It will be necessary, however, to discuss four things 
first: First, it is necessary to establish the size of the land. Second, we need to know where 
the land is. Third, the topography of the land is important. Finally, the weather in the 
location is fundamental.
For the purposes of this essay, I will assume that I have received a rather large parcel of 
land (it is a gift, right?) in a temperate climate with four seasons. I will assume that the 
land is fairly flat. Most importantly, I will assume that this land is mine and that I have 
control over the land, i.e., that no other government controls the land. 
Having grown up in a rather poor family, I think I would be quite excited about receiving 
some land. I have never owned anything of any great value and to own some land would 
be a wonderful thing for me. For a long time, it has been a dream of mine to be able to 
build a beautiful house for my mother. My mother is still living in poverty and it saddens 
me to think of her living in that situation. She often does not have enough money to use 
the heat in the wintertime and cannot afford to buy new clothes. I would love to be able to 
give her the gift of a house and a happy place to live for the rest of her life. Since we lived