Friday, June 20, 2008

TOEFL Essays

Most students are familiar with this test. The essay portion only allows 30 minutes for test takers to write 250-300 words.


Most of these essays have a few minor grammar mistakes, but the scores were all a perfect 6 out of 6. The most important things are a logical structure, transitions, and clarity. None of the sentences are confusing or difficult to understand.


Here are some sample essays that received perfect (6/6) scores.


Sample 1


The world always moves and develops all the time. Transportation vehicles also have been changed by time. So far, there have been many transpotation vehicles such as: automobile, bicycles, airplanes… When these transprortaion vehicles were invented, they all make people’s lives change. In these essay, I would like to talk about the way airplanes change people’s lives because among three transportaion vehicles: automobiles, bicycles, airplanes, I think airplanes have changed people’s lives the most powerfully.


Firstly, airplanes change the way people move. Before airplanes were invented, people could go on land, on water and dreamed to fly like birds on the sky. The dream came true when the first airplane was produced. Since then, people have been able to fly on the sky, see everything from height. That’s wonderful feelings. Therefore, airplanes are great invention. They have given people new feelings. On the basic of airplanes, people can continue their dream more and more such as: coming to another plane…. Producing airplanes is the first step to approach to long step after that.


Secondly, advantages of airplane make people more comportable in the life. The speed of airplane is very fast, so people can save time which is one of the most precious thing of each person. It takes a little time to go from one place to another than other transportation vehicles like automobiles, bicycles, train… In Vietnam, it takes forty eight hours to come from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city by automobile, meanwhile it takes two hours by airplane. Moreover, services of airplane firm are very good. Thus, it is convenient for passenger to choose airplane to go anywhere. Perhaps, airplanes aren’t the safest transportation means, but with long distance, it is better to choose airplane.


Finally, with airplanes, the relationship between people is more and more closer. It is easier to meet cousins in family, friends because going by airplane is very convenient. The special days like New Year, Noel… are gladder because every member in family can attend. The world seem to be smaller. Airplanes connect every part in the world. The distance wasn’t a big problem when airplanes were born.


In conclusion, airplanes really change people’s lives. It is evident fact that all the affect of airplanes on people’s lives are good. Airplanes make life better.


Sample 2


This question of whether or not to give the students daily homework is a much debated problem in that it affects everybody as a student like us. Of course, doing homework will scare our leisure time in some extent, but it can help students understand the texts more deeply, force students to review the texts and make students have a lasting impression about the texts. So personally, I would prefer to do homework everyday. There are numerous reasons why I think that daily homework is necessary for students, and I would here explain some of the most important ones.


The main reason is daily homework can help students understand the texts more deeply. It can be given an example, you must make yourself understand the texts firstly in order to do your homework. Whatever in mathematics, in chemistry or other courses, if you don't understand the texts, you can not finish the homework of that day.


The other reason is that daily homework can force the students to review the texts. Just imagine when you have the problems in your homework you will understand it more. When you have the problems, what can make you work out is reading your texts and your notes carefully or discussing with other students.


One very strong argument is that doing homework can make the students have a lasting impression about the texts. In order to see it clearly, let us see an example. When students do their homework, they have to review the texts, understand the texts, even more discuss the problems about the texts. They gradually have a lasting impression about the texts.


From what has been discussed above, doing homework has more advantages, so we finally draw the conclusion that daily homework is necessary for students.


Sample 3


There is no doubt that Automobile is one of the greatest inventions of the Twentieth Century. Of course there were different means of transportation before the automobile was first designed, but we can say that after automobile, transportation became a public matter. The impact of the automobile on people´s live could be analyze in three different ways: as a technical transformation, as an economical revolution and as a social change.


In a technical perspective, the automobile introduced a new skill to human beings . Although driving a car is not a big deal, it was one of the first attempt to make people work with machines in a very close way. People who want to drive a car, have to learn a procedure, have some practice and memorize a mechanical technique so they could done it without think about it.


In a social perspective, the automobile created a new way of communication among people. Cities were not the same since the number of cars began to grow up. All regulatory systems that were developed in order to "live" with cars, have created new social interactions that never exist before.


Additionally, the revolution of the automobile is also considered a new stage in economy. As railroad created different supporting industries during the nineteenth century, automobile did the same in the twentieth century. Many markets became obsolote, and new markets and opportunities appeared. Therefore, all these movements created new economic structures and actors.


As it was said before, other transportation vehicles, like airplane, have generated big changes in the world in the last century. However, automobile could be considered one of the few that went far beyond a technical progress. It has changed social life; in other words, people don´t live in the same way as they did before automobile invention.


I did not alter or edit any of these essays. Therefore, you can find spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes. =)

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