TOEFL iBT writing questions with model answers
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Should growing cities build roads or invest in public transport?
Question + model answer βDoes optional attendance improve or harm university education?
Question + model answer βIs monitoring employee computers reasonable or an invasion of privacy?
Question + model answer βDo individual actions matter for the environment, or only government policy?
Question + model answer βDo recommendation algorithms expand our choices or narrow them?
Question + model answer βAre taxes on sugary drinks an effective public health tool?
Question + model answer βIs living with parents into your late twenties positive or negative?
Question + model answer βShould schools ban smartphones or teach students to use them?
Question + model answer βShould governments keep funding the arts when budgets are tight?
Question + model answer βShould museums return objects taken during the colonial period?
Question + model answer βDoes paying children for good grades help or harm their motivation?
Question + model answer βWho should pay to retrain workers replaced by automation?
Question + model answer βAre city farms a serious food source or a pleasant hobby?
Question + model answer βShould a city protect old buildings or replace them with housing?
Question + model answer βShould universities spend heavily on competitive sports teams?
Question + model answer βShould public money be spent reviving languages with few speakers?
Question + model answer βWould a minimum age for social media protect young people?
Question + model answer βIs a four day working week realistic for most organisations?
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