University Students Doing Other Activities

Full-time university students spend a lot of time studying. Some say they should do other activities too. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Full time study in university is a great experience in life but students become inactive in other activities such as working for their pocket money, sports, participating in debates and socialization. People differ in their opinion if students must engaged in other things or stay concentrated on their studies only. The discussion will be presented below, followed by my opinion.

Some people say that mere studying for a country. This way, students only -- not practical. For instance, students can be intelligent during their studies but at the same time when they , they fail and cannot develop their confidence and work as brilliantly . Hence, the best approach for them for practical experience.

On the other hand, others believe that building a better career is the foremost thing in today’s world. So, they are and gain as much knowledge as they can. Furthermore, if they are diverted from their studies, they will not be able to .

, there must be blending of full time education and extra activities. It refreshes students’ minds and provides more energy to concentrate on it. Moreover, , they will learn how other people in the society.

To summarize, it can be said that it is important to concentrate on study but on the other hand there must be something to keep them active in games, music, work and other extra activities.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.0

The strongest aspect is the clear, balanced structure that presents both views and a personal position on mixing study with other activities. The main limitation is recurring grammatical and word-choice errors, which occasionally blur meaning but generally do not block understanding.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Response

6.5

The response addresses the task with a clear overall position favouring a blend of study and other activities, develops both perspectives with examples, though some ideas remain unevenly supported.

Coherence and Cohesion

6.0

Progression is broadly clear with logical paragraphing, but cohesion is at times mechanical and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as imprecise pronoun use.

Lexical Resource

6.0

Vocabulary is adequate for the topic with some attempt at less common items like 'blending' and 'socialization', but inaccurate collocations and word-form errors appear throughout.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.0

A mix of simple and complex sentence forms is used, yet errors in agreement, verb forms, and article use are frequent, although the intended meaning is usually recoverable.