Pearson Test of English – Essay Practice (PTE) – Set 2

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed”. Does a common man suffer from a group’s
ideology? Express your opinion, and support the same with reasons and examples.

Mankind survives and functions well in groups which fortify mutual respect, understanding and
exchange of ideas among each other. Numerous groups are formed in the world based on caste,
color, nationalities and religion which often result in conflicts and violence when they fail to control
their enthusiasm; therefore I am in consummately accord with this statement that a common man
has to pay the price of a group’s ideology.

A group’s viewpoints always influence others in both positive and negative way and often lead to
social disharmony for which a common man suffers, for instance terrorism based on religion leads
to hatred and racist attacks against every sophisticated person belong to that religion. Apart from
this, world wars were also a result of different national groups.

Politics and religion are the dominating factors responsible for creating groups and manipulating
its members by giving wrong directions. Therefore, these political and religious leaders instill
negative reinforcements in mind of members and make them perform anti social activities which
cause deaths of common men, women and children but the main culprits are always hiding in high
security buildings.

In short, every individual has distinguished ideas and uniqueness it is not always necessary that he
supports the group, so he becomes the sufferer. Having a common notion is not bad but acquisition
of false and misleading information among group is always disastrous and destructive for mankind.

Many people think regions affect successful persons. What is your opinion about native
regions and accomplished person influence on the regions they belong to?

Different regions from where successful individual hailed always have an influence over them;
however only regions don’t make people triumphant, it requires uphill struggle, determination,
focus and goal directed approaches but still the person always represents his region. In my opinion
both region and individual are complimentary to each other in several ways.

Every region has uniqueness in the form of culture, traditions, values and beliefs, so the offsprings
hailed from such region have specialized characteristics in them and which stimulate them to
acquire positive outcome in regard to education and career.

On the other hand, accomplished people also have a significant impact on the native area they
belong to as they bring proud for the whole region and many adolescents also get motivated by
them and initiate objective oriented behavior to attain their goals. They become role models for the
youngsters and older people tell their stories of success to instill paramount qualities in their
children and to catalyze the surge of fortitude.

In short, we can’t be detached from the area we born into, because knowingly or unknowingly we
gained a lot from it, and our every deed is going to represent our area as a whole in front of the
world. Our activities also have a direct influence on our youngsters in that region, so we will always
be accountable for our nation.

Nowadays TV has become an essential part of life. Medium to spread news & awareness and
for some It acts like a companion. What is your opinion about this?

Technology gave us an abundance of devices to utilize; TV is one of them. In my opinion, among its
several benefits, news and awareness is of paramount significance as compared to entertaining
screenplays. TV really acts like a companion if we use it appropriately to a satisfactory extent.

Television provides us a sophisticated knowledge regarding a variety of topics in a detailed and

focused way; several lectures of experts and interviews of accomplished persons stimulate the
youngsters in positive way and catalyze the surge of learning something new. But this can only be
possible if the channels are selected carefully such as BBC, Nat Geo, and Discovery. Most of the
channels are producing misleading shows in a race of profit which affects adolescents in a negative
way, these should be neglected.

TV is very beneficial for older people who live alone; in my practice as a nurse, TV is used as a
divertional therapy to ease anguish as well as it is a very efficient method to fight with anxiety and
depression. This is even useful for those older people who don’t have access to internet or can’t
operate technical devices to surf internet, they can listen to news and other information though TV.

In short, TV can be used in numerous effective ways for educational purposes and to create
attentiveness among people related to current issues; misguiding shows should be censored by the
government to make it more relevant.

Do you think consumers should avoid over packaged products or is it the responsibility of
producers? (Discussion Essay)

The potential of an over packaged product to attract attention of customer by its glamour, for sure,
is considerable but is it able to promise quality, durability and effectiveness of a product? My
answer is no, therefore I feel the consumer should avoid buying these products as due to over
packaging we can’t even evaluate the quality of product which is possible while buying unpacked
or appropriately packed substances.

The cause of this trend is paradoxically profit endowed and entrepreneurs are trapped in a self
enforcing circle to present their products in more sophisticated ways to enhance marketing and
when they notice that the buyers easily get manipulated by just packing of the material, they start
wrapping it in more than required material which, in turn, confuses the consumer, therefore, the
purchaser must not spend exorbitant money to buy these goods.

As being citizens of this planet we have a paramount accountability for environment so buying
these products will only cause more waste, which requires so much funds and efforts to dispose off;
and in this century when we are fighting with world hunger, spending a lot of money just on
packaging and disposal will cause downfall among famers and small scale industries.

A laudable initiative to avoid these goods will amplify this notion among others which will lead to
downfall of enterprises who neglect quality of the product for just its external make over; and
consumers will be able to receive them directly from small town factories whose products are even
more efficient than those who are packed in glitters.

In short, consumers can change this unworthy trend of decorating a poor quality product just to
gain profit and popularity which will compel the entrepreneurs to create quality oriented goods.

What are the greatest inventions of the 20th century among medicine, aeroplane and
computers, why?

The potential for new advancements and inventions in the fields of health and technology to
modify and improve our living conditions is considerable. However, all of the above mentioned
modalities are very essential for our society, but out of these I would like to go with medicine as I
feel medicines, in particular, are of paramount value because health is a significant necessity of all
individuals.

Over the last few decades, medicines advanced so effectively that these days we have cure of
several ailments which were major cause of morbidity and mortality fifty years ago. With today’s
therapeutic drugs we are able to prevent numerous diseases which was not feasible before;
therefore, it improved our life expectancy to a greater extent and also, enhanced our quality of life.

Although computers and airplanes are also an essential part of today’s life but we can only use
these if we are physically and mentally healthy; for instance, a person suffering from fever will
always require medicines nothing else, and computers, airplanes etc cannot attract his attention
until and unless his fever subsided.

In short, discoveries in pharmacological field as compared to other areas enhanced people’s

wellbeing and enabled them to enjoy a healthful life to their maximum potentials with necessary
will, strength and power, however yet a lot is to be discovered in future.

Illiterate parents cannot teach their children well, a laborer’s child cannot become a doctor,
what are your views regarding this.
Uneducated parents cannot provide efficient education and skills to their offsprings; apropos of
this statement I am in consummately discord with it as I feel they value education ever more as
compared to others because they have encountered with the lack of it.

Fruitful education always require attitude, etiquettes, determination and objective oriented
approaches which can be achieved by effective upbringing by parents, no matters illiterate or
literate. Parents with low qualification level may struggle with the selection of appropriate field in
study but this can be tackled by efficient guidance from teachers.

Literacy level of parents is never been a hindrance in success of many famous accomplished people
such as Abraham Lincoln; violent staccatos of the jackhammer coupled with rhythmic pounding of
nails and muffled obscenities comprise the symphony of the construction site that has been his
father’s accompaniment for years and Lincoln saw the value of education in the scratches and
calluses in his hands and aches in his knees which fortify his notion of uphill struggle.

In short, for every individual, children’s education is of paramount significance which he always
tries to support irrespective of financial conditions or other obstacles.

It is argued that getting married before finishing school or getting a job is not a good choice.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Marriage before settlement affects millions of people especially young girls from all over the world.
As soon as these young girls get married, they become fully engaged in all the domestic burdens,
marital responsibilities, real life challenges and raising children while they are still not well
educated and are immature themselves. I fully agree that getting into married bond before
education or job is not a wise decision.
Education and good career enhances a person’s intellectual abilities to make decisions related to
personal and social life and make them realize their accountabilities in a descriptive way, and if two
people marry while studying they can’t focus their mind on study as well as family responsibilities,
it will divert their mind in different directions and lead to failure in study and conflicts with partner
resulting in disharmony in both family life and career.
Marriage before settlement could be because of any reason, but its effects are very devastating.
These effects are pertaining to psychological problems, health implications, freedom captivation,
enforced maturity, personal and education development, and coping with marital issues. Above all
divorce or separation is the main effect of early marriage. When a girl enters into the institution of
marriage, she brings the burden of many responsibilities with herself.
In order to have a successful and happy married life, it is imperative for both the partners to be
educated and settled. Eventually, as with every marriage there will be stresses and pressures,
uneducated partners will be more prone to marriage problems since their individuality has been
interrupted.
Causes: There is a large similarity that underlies causes of marriage of girls before settlement
despite the remarkable differences in societies and communities. Nevertheless, the degree of
importance differs according to conditions. The major causes that urge on marriage of girls before
settlement and at early age are male dominance, parent’s ignorance, myths about early marriage,
pressures from relatives and community and even girls are regarded as burdens on their families,
so the families get rid of them by marrying them off early. Moreover they do not understand needs
and not fulfill due to many problems.

Large shopping malls are replacing small shops. What is your opinion about this? Discuss
with appropriate examples.

These days, every city contains numerous shopping malls where diversity of sophisticated items is
available to attract consumers’ attraction; on the flip side, we can see deterioration in small shops
and carts because of decreased number of buyers. In my opinion, it is a negative drift which should
be tackled soon with slew of measures.

Large malls often sell items on exorbitant prices as compared to small shops, however the quality
of product is same or relatively poor but the glamour of the item is amplified by decorated
packaging in malls which small scale industries can’t afford. Therefore, people often feel
themselves of impeccable standards to buy goods from malls rather than small shops or carts.

Decrease in financial condition of locals is also due to this trend because local farmers and
craftsmen cannot earn appropriately due to decreased sale, on the other hand foreign brands and
imported items are gaining large profit and country’s economic state is declining. This always
widens the gap between wealthy and less well off because malls are often owned by affluent
people.

In brief, small shops are crucial to flourish living standards of common inhabitants and these
should not be replaced by malls. Government should implement policies stating a particular
number of malls per city or population.

Parents should be held legally responsible for their children’s acts. What is your opinion?
Support it with personal examples....

Parents should be held accountable for offsprings’ activities by law because it will encourage them
to discipline their children and teach them etiquettes, manners and value of jurisdiction. I am in
consummately accord with the given statement.
Parents must watch their children and evaluate their behavior so that they can modify it in socially
and legally acceptable manner and instill sophistication in their thoughts to make them better
citizen of the nation. It is only possible if legal system makes them fully responsible for every
positive and negative task their children do and require answers for that.

Children’s minds are innocent and free from any prejudice therefore they cannot understand
repercussions of their actions which may lead to wrongful acts which may cause deterioration in
their development or disharmony in society. Moreover, parents will also become negligent if there
is no legal force on them. For instance, in a recent incident in a zoo, a gorilla was killed by zoo
authorities because a baby went to his accommodation due to inattention of parents.

In brief, laws and policies should be formulated and implemented in which parents should be given
written guidelines for upbringing of their children in healthy way and they should be penalized for
children’s negative deeds.

Pros and cons of technology

A lot of technological advancements have been taking place day by day, and which clearly reflect
people’s life styles both positively and negatively and we should assert the need of observing the
precarious outcome of it for the rise of a risk free society in the future.

Technology reduces the effort of people which provides countless visible techniques to simplify the
work. It is conspicuous that from paper clips to ultra-modern spacecrafts work on the principles of
science and technology. It made our life way too easier and gave us so many fruitful outcomes in
the field of medicine, science, communication, transport, genetics and engineering; as a result we
increased life expectancy, made space travel possible and done so many complex permutations in a
millisecond.

However, at the same pace technology brings some threats to people; For instance, the inventions
of weapons especially nuclear war gadgets are extremely dangerous for the existence of the entire
life forms on earth. In addition to that, an increased use of motor vehicles causes the contamination
of our ecosystem which resulted in certain problems such as global warming and unsteady
climates.

The appropriate use of technology by taking the positive effects can bring about great changes in
our life styles. By promoting global peace by anti war campaigns can counter the use of weapons.
Also, making awareness in individuals about the hazardous outcome of increased fuel emission
from automobiles can be instrumental in avoiding threats associated with global warming.

In a conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of science and technology purely depend upon
the way in which we implement them. Let’s hope for a world without enduring the dangerous
outcome of these inventions in near future.

Company Top level Authorities should or should not take employees suggestions or ideas to
take any decisions. Discuss

Decision making not only requires collection of facts and data, it demands a real experience of the
situation and empathetic approaches; it is only feasible if employees are involved in decision
making process because being a part of organization they have more reliable data on workforce
issues.

Organization is a group of people who direct their actions towards attainment of a common goal;
therefore middle and low level employees can provide more efficient solutions or decisions which
will enhance productivity because higher level people generally have less penetrating data on
actual alternatives out of which a best can be selected in decision making process effectively by the
employees.

Most of the time employees feel left behind and compelled by the decisions imposed by the higher
authorities on them and sometimes that decision is not even practical which leads to wastage of
manforce. For instance, during my clinical practice as a nurse, our manager initiated half hourly
rounds in patients’ room at night which wasted nurses’ valuable time of actual interventions and
made patients so restless and sick that hospital stay time increased and brought negative outcomes
which could be avoided if nurses could have involved in the decision making process.

In short, including employees in this process will also motivate them and make them feel
significant in the organization which in turn will fortify better mutual relationships and uphill
struggle. However the decision should be made finally by the managers but acquiring employees’
opinion will enhance implementation and fruitful outcome of the decision.

Successful sports stars and glamorous film stars are a role model for youngsters. Do u
support it or not? (Agree/Disagree)

Accomplished people always attract attention of the youngsters and influence them to imitate their
actions, which is a positive trend only if the role model is a right person and doing good deeds for
society. These days adolescents are being motivated by celebrities’ charm, glamour and outfits only
and they even fail to identify their true nature, which is a negative trend as per my opinion.

Celebrities these days focus only on external looks and some of them are even indulged in
substance abuse which set a wrong example for the youngsters, moreover the young generation
never looks into the uphill struggle those sports person did to reach at their goal, all they observe is
their hairstyles, outfits and expensive vehicles they possess.

Making role models is only effective if it provides you motivation, determination, etiquettes, mutual
respect and instill positive objective oriented behavior to reach at destination, which is not feasible
by projecting celebrities’ life style as it is far away from reality and pragmatism. Adolescents are
wasting exorbitant money to become like celebrities and not paying attention towards their
education and intellectual skills.

In short, youngsters require a correct pathway to amplify their capabilities and catalyze the surge
of achievement and prosperity which cannot be achieved through wrong role models.

Holdays tour tourism

The potential for the tour and tourism to attract people is considerable with the evidence of a
significant increase in number of tourists worldwide in the past decade. There are some people
who like to stay in well organized hotels and do not pay much attention to the world outside that
hotel, while others prefer roaming and sight-seeing so that they can acquire knowledge regarding
culture, traditions and values of that particular area which seems like my kind of travel, so I am in
accord with this second statement given.

In this context, I feel that the primary purpose of tourism is to expand the horizon of knowledge
and to fortify the notion of strengthening multicultural society and world peace, staying in hotels
will not serve this purpose. Analysis of ethnic customs, cultural values and lifestyle of people helps
to transform cultural malpractice with healthy habits as we learn by observations.

Local community is also benefitted by traveling as there is exchange of ideas between locals and
travelers which, in particular, advances their knowledge. It improves economic conditions of locals
by motivating them to sell handicrafts and local cuisines; therefore, it provides them employment
as well.

In short, tourism flourish healthy relationship among people hailed from different civilizations,
thereby improves relationships. Tourism should involve roaming and being among the local
community, not just staying in hotels, to serve its laudable purpose.

Marketing strategy for big companies should be placed on offer and discounts, and in what
ways this can impact on their reputation.

Various marketing strategies have to be utilized in order to augment the profits of a business.
These marketing strategies depend largely on the customer base and the goods and services sold.
Many businesses consider offering discounts a superior way to amplify sales. Offering discounts to
customers, in a business, can either be positive or negative in terms of company’s affluent status.

However it will boost company’s sale and popularity albeit at a cost of less benefit, but it may bring
downfall in company’s reputation as they buyers may doubt at quality of products and can create a
negative perception in their minds. Apart from this, it will elude customers to neglect items at
market value and they will always demand discounts causing further degradation in company.

At the highest level, discounting makes sense from a marketing and sales perspective, especially
when companies are in a slump and they wish to attract a slew of new customers to save their
economy. It will decline customer’s trust on company and can it even lose old regular customers
who bought same items on market value before the company announced a discount.

It is not an easy task deciding if offering discounts in a business is good choice or a bad one.
However, a business needs to consider these factors closely in order to run it successfully and
profitably. Discounts can be offered on certain days once a year on certain selected items just to
replenish the stock.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who
cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Agree or Disagree?

The definition of illiteracy is not limited to those who can’t do mathematical permutations or
express certain linguistic features, it involves those who can’t replace previously learnt less
effective data in their minds with new and rapidly evolving information; I consummately in accord
with the above statement.

The perception of education has changed significantly in the past few decades, it requires
necessary skills and complex intellectual abilities to make appropriate decisions and work
efficiently in work environment as so many inventions and discoveries are occurring and one
needs to acquire those quickly and move forward with the world otherwise he will be considered
as illiterate in near future.

The process of ‘unlearn’ and ‘re-learn’ describes the need of acquisition of recent knowledge and
eliminating previous one, for instance, we have learnt in our school that electron is the smallest
particle but with discovery of proton and neutron, the previous theory failed, and recently I have
read that researchers even found some other smallest particles even.

Talk about the pros/ cons of this era as is full of daily inventions

The world stepped in the 21st century with great ambition and numerous inventions in the field of
technology which exerted a flourishing impact on our life style. These days technology gave us such
sophisticated devices which made distances short and turned the whole world into a global village.