Writing Task 2You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.Write about the following topic:Some people think that it is important to use leisure time for activities that improve the mind, such as reading and doing word puzzles. Other people feel that it

Essay topics:

Writing Task 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Some people think that it is important to use leisure time for activities that improve the mind, such as reading and doing word puzzles. Other people feel that it is important to rest the mind during leisure time.
Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

In the modern times, the leisure time became less and less available to people who is nowadays are used to work more and more hours than ever before. When people have the opportunity to spend leisure time they vary in their perspective of how to spend this time according to the different opinions in this matter.

Some people have a saying that goes: “education should be entertainment, and entertainment should be education”, arguing that even during entertainment time, one should be using this time learning about stuff that he/she might need, or –simply- training his/her mental skills. ...

*** The full content of this essay is available to VIP readers

Votes
Average: 8 (2 votes)
This essay topic by users
Post date Users Rates Link to Content
2014-02-11 drsaminayasmin 75 view
Essay Categories

Comments

Sentence: In the modern times, the leisure time became less and less available to people who is nowadays are used to work more and more hours than ever before.
Description: The fragment is nowadays are is rare

Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.5 out of 9
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 15
No. of Words: 372 350
No. of Characters: 1741 1500
No. of Different Words: 192 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.392 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.68 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.568 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 118 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 81 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 52 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 31 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 33.818 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 12.812 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.636 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.379 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.73 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.224 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5