Discourage Non-essential Flights or Limit Cars? — 28.09.2026
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
One long-distance flight consumes fuel which a car uses in several years' time, but they cause the same amount of pollution. So some people think that we should discourage non-essential flights, such as tourist travel, rather than limit the use of cars. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
1Task analysis
Item
Detail
Essay type
Opinion (agree / disagree — to what extent)
Main topic
Whether reducing unnecessary flights (e.g. tourism) is a better environmental priority than limiting car use
Keywords
long-distance flight · fuel · pollution · discourage non-essential flights · tourist travel · rather than limit the use of cars
Task focus
Compare two policies: discouraging non-essential flights vs limiting car use, and decide which should come first
Required position
Say clearly how far you agree or disagree and keep the same position in every paragraph
Plain-English meaning
One long flight burns as much fuel as a car in several years. Should we focus on reducing holiday flights instead of reducing car use?
Hidden trap
Note rather than — the statement says flights instead of cars. You can agree flights matter more per trip but argue that cars should still be limited too
Chosen stance
Partly agree. Curbing leisure aviation is an efficient and equitable priority, but cars account for a far larger share of total transport emissions, so policy should target both rather than choose between them
Main-idea plan
BP1 → per trip, leisure flights are hugely carbon-intensive and concentrated among a wealthy minority · BP2 → in aggregate, road transport emits far more, so limiting cars remains essential
2Idea generation
Body 1 — Why aviation deserves priority
Extreme carbon intensity per trip ✓ strongest
Emissions concentrated among a wealthy minority of frequent flyers
No low-carbon alternative fuel at scale yet dự phòng
Body 2 — Why cars cannot be ignored
Road transport accounts for a much larger share overall ✓ strongest
Cities can cut car use through transit and pricing
Electric cars are a feasible solution, unlike planes dự phòng
✓ strongest = ý dùng trong bài mẫu · dự phòng = ý thay thế, không có trong bài mẫu.
3Skeleton
Introduction
General statement: Flight vs years of driving
Paraphrased task: Rewrite: discourage leisure flights instead of cars
Thesis: Partly agree
Body 1: Huge emissions per trip; wealthy minority → efficient, fair target
Body 2: Cars emit more in aggregate; cut both, not either-or
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)
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Goal: Topic → rewrite the statement → give your opinion.
General statement
Main idea: Flight vs years of driving
Starter: The comparison between a … ·
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Paraphrased task
Main idea: Rewrite: discourage leisure flights instead of cars
Starter: On this basis, some … ·
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Thesis
Main idea: Partly agree
Starter: I partly agree, as … ·
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Body Paragraph 1 — Why aviation deserves priority(100–125 words)
