Essay type: Opinion (agree / disagree — to what extent)Band 6.5-8.0Stance: Partly agreeTarget ≈ 300 wordsModel essay: Band 8.0
Student's Edition
Ngô Đức Thảo
MTESOL · Academic Director
Task 2 Topic
Traffic and housing problems could be solved by moving large companies, factories and their employees to the countryside. Do you agree or disagree?
1Task analysis
Item
Detail
Essay type
Opinion (agree / disagree — to what extent)
Main topic
Whether relocating big companies, factories and their workers to rural areas would solve city traffic and housing problems
Keywords
traffic and housing problems · moving · large companies, factories · employees · countryside
Task focus
Judge whether relocating businesses to rural areas would solve cities' traffic and housing problems
Required position
Say clearly how far you agree or disagree and keep the same position in every paragraph
Plain-English meaning
If big companies and factories moved out of cities with their workers, would traffic jams and expensive housing disappear?
Hidden trap
The verb is solved — a strong claim. Also think about the countryside: would moving problems there simply create new ones?
Chosen stance
Partly agree. Relocation can relieve urban congestion and housing pressure, but without investment in rural services it risks displacing the problems rather than solving them
Main-idea plan
BP1 → relocation reduces commuter flows and housing demand, and spreads growth · BP2 → without rural infrastructure, it displaces congestion and harms workers; it must be part of wider planning
2Idea generation
Body 1 — Decongestion and housing relief
Removing major employers cuts commuter flows and freight ✓ strongest
Lower urban housing demand eases prices
Regional development and rural jobs dự phòng
Body 2 — Displacement rather than solution
Inadequate rural services discourage families from moving ✓ strongest
Long-distance commuting shifts congestion
Loss of countryside and farmland dự phòng
✓ strongest = ý dùng trong bài mẫu · dự phòng = ý thay thế, không có trong bài mẫu.
3Skeleton
Introduction
General statement: Swelling cities, congestion, prices
Paraphrased task: Rewrite: relocate employers and workforces
Thesis: Partly agree
Body 1: Fewer commuters, freight; lower demand; regional growth
Body 2: Weak rural services → families stay, commuting shifts; farmland lost
Conclusion: Restate the opinion → summarise both reasons → final thought
4Plan & write your paragraphs
How to use: Read the main idea, tap the cue words to add them to the box, then write
your own sentence. Your essay is built automatically at the bottom and saved in this browser.
Introduction(50–70 words)
0 words
Goal: Topic → rewrite the statement → give your opinion.
General statement
Main idea: Swelling cities, congestion, prices
Starter: As urban populations continue … ·
Tap a cue word to insert it at the cursor.
Paraphrased task
Main idea: Rewrite: relocate employers and workforces
Starter: One proposed remedy is … ·
Tap a cue word to insert it at the cursor.
Thesis
Main idea: Partly agree
Starter: I partly agree, as … ·
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Body Paragraph 1 — Decongestion and housing relief(100–125 words)
0 words
Goal: Reason 1: explain it and give an example.
Topic sentence
Main idea: Relieves pressure
Starter: Admittedly, decentralising large employers … ·
