Reducing or Stopping Air Travel for the Environment

Some people have decided to reduce the number of times they fly every year or to stop flying altogether. Do you think the environmental benefits of this development outweigh the disadvantages for individuals and businesses?

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WhyThis is anAdvantages and disadvantages essay — it asks you to weigh the benefits and drawbacks of something.

SoWe split the ideas intoAdvantages(benefits)andDisadvantages(drawbacks).

Advantages

5 ideas

Disadvantages

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Essay · 210 words · 4 paragraphs · 12 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response presents a clear position with well-organised arguments, relevant examples such as remote work and domestic tourism, and consistently accurate, flexible language. Its main limitation is that it remains noticeably under the expected length, leaving ideas developed only briefly rather than in depth.

TR

Task Response

The question is directly answered with a clear position and relevant supporting ideas, but the response is 40 words short of the minimum, which limits the depth of development.

6.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically across four well-managed paragraphs with appropriate cohesive devices such as 'However', 'Even so', and 'Additionally'.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible and precise, featuring phrases like 'carbon-intensive', 'greenhouse gas emissions', and 'mitigated', with only a stray spacing error.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A range of complex structures, including concessive clauses and relative clauses, is used accurately with only very minor punctuation issues.

7.0

What to work on next

Expand the body paragraphs with more developed explanations and concrete supporting examples to reach the required length and deepen the analysis.

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