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IELTS Essays,
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7- Many people believe that playing games teaches us about life while
others believe that children waste their time by playing games.
What’s your opinion?
Use specific reasons to support your opinion.
No one can deny the importance of playing games in our lives. Some people
argue that playing games teaches us many valuable
things about life, while
others believe that playing games teaches us nothing about life. I strongly
support the idea that playing games is beneficial in our life for the following
reasons.
One reason why I believe so is that playing
games teaches us teamwork
especially in team games. In team games, the individual team members should
not only play for personal achievements but for the sake of the team as well.
Moreover, playing games
teaches us cooperation, organization and loyalty to
our team, which in turn affects positively our relationships with other people.
Another reason that can make playing games valuable is that it teaches
participants to have goals and to work very hard to accomplish these goals. In
life, everyone has many goals and he/she puts them in front of his/her eyes and
tries day and night to achieve them. Thus, there is a strong relationship between
playing games and learning about life. In addition, when
people practice team
sports they come into contact with people who have different characteristics and
personalities.
However, I much acknowledge that children must not spend all their time playing
games. They must not ignore their school lessons and
their responsibilities in
life; they must certainly have a program and try to abide by their programs in
order to succeed in life.
To sum up, I still believe that playing games teaches us many useful things
about life
such as cooperation, loyalty, organization, and achievement of goals
in life.
(267 words)
Essay Practice
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Games are as important for
adults as they are for children. Use specific reasons and
examples to support your
answer.