Planting Trees vs Building Housing in Cities

Some people say it is more important to plant trees in the open spaces in towns and cities than to build more housing.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Essay ideas: Planting Trees vs Building Housing in Cities

WhyThis is anOpinion essay — it asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement.

SoWe split the ideas intoReasons to agree(supports the statement)andReasons to disagree(argues against it).

Reasons to agree

6 ideas

Reasons to disagree

4 ideas

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Essay · 374 words · 4 paragraphs · 27 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The strongest aspect is the clear overall position that planting trees matters more than building housing, supported by several distinct arguments about air quality, the environment, and nutrition. The main limitation is imprecise and often inaccurate language, together with underdeveloped and occasionally confusing supporting points, which obscures the message at times.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses the question with a clear position favouring tree planting and covers several relevant main ideas, but the arguments are unevenly developed and sometimes drift into unclear or loosely connected claims.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

There is a visible overall structure with paragraphing and basic linkers, but progression within paragraphs is often mechanical and some sentences connect illogically, making the argument hard to follow.

5.0
LR

Lexical Resource

The response attempts some ambitious vocabulary, but frequent imprecise or inappropriate word choices, such as 'validate botanical diversity' and 'reduce the contents of antioxidants', reduce clarity and accuracy.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A range of structures is attempted, but recurring errors in verb forms, infinitive construction and agreement reduce clarity. Examples include “helps us to for the air filtration”, “also remembering” without a finite verb, and “These incredible outcome helps”.

5.0

What to work on next

Rewrite the supporting points in clearer, more accurate language and develop each one with a specific explanation or example rather than broad general claims.

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