Answer the Other Side - IELTS 6.0 W T2

Question 1

Position: museums should be free. Opposing point: they need ticket income. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Ticket income matters, but higher visitor numbers can attract donations and public grants that replace it.

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Ticket income matters, and charging is probably the safer option after all.

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People who worry about ticket income are thinking like accountants rather than about what a national collection is for.

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Some people argue that museums need money from tickets.

Question 2

Position: exams should be replaced by coursework. Opposing point: coursework can be bought online. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Bought coursework is a real risk, though supervised drafts and oral checks make it much harder to hide.

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Buying coursework online is something only a small minority of students would ever consider, so the objection carries little weight.

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Critics say students can purchase coursework from websites.

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Bought coursework is a real risk, so exams are clearly the only fair method.

Question 3

Position: cities should ban private cars. Opposing point: disabled residents depend on them. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Disabled residents must be exempt, but that exception does not justify allowing every commuter to drive in.

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Some residents cannot easily travel without private cars.

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Disabled residents depend on cars, so a ban would be unfair in every case, and driving into the centre should stay open to anyone who finds walking or waiting for a bus difficult.

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This point is usually raised by drivers who prefer their own cars, so it tells us little about disability.

Question 4

Position: homework should be limited. Opposing point: practice improves achievement. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Practice helps, but short focused tasks give that benefit without turning evenings into a second school day.

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Practice helps, so schools should probably keep giving long homework.

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The practice argument belongs to an older idea of schooling and says little about children today.

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Many teachers believe homework gives students useful practice, especially in subjects such as maths where regular repetition builds accuracy.

Question 5

Position: governments should tax sugary drinks. Opposing point: the tax hurts poor families most. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Poor families feel price rises, but the revenue can fund free school meals in the same communities.

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Poor families feel price rises, so the tax is too unfair to support.

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Much of the opposition to the tax is funded by drinks manufacturers, so the fairness argument is hard to take at face value.

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Opponents argue that poorer households pay a larger share of the tax, since sugary drinks take up more of their weekly shopping budget.

Question 6

Position: universities should offer more online degrees. Opposing point: students miss campus life. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Campus life has value, but online degrees serve workers and parents who would otherwise have no degree at all.

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Social life is not the purpose of university, and students who want clubs and sports can join them in their own town instead.

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Some people say online students lose the experience of campus.

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Campus life has value, so online degrees should remain a minor option.

Question 7

Position: advertising to children should be banned. Opposing point: parents should control purchases. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Parents make final choices, but constant advertising shapes children’s demands before parents can discuss them.

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Critics say parents, not governments, should control what children buy, because families understand their own budgets and values best.

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Parents make final choices, so a ban would interfere with family responsibility.

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Parents who complain about advertising are asking regulators to take on work that belongs in the home.

Question 8

Position: public transport should be free. Opposing point: it would be expensive. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

The cost is high, but fewer road projects and cleaner air can return part of that spending to the public budget.

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The cost is high, so free transport is probably unrealistic.

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The cost objection tends to come from people who rarely travel by bus themselves.

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Some argue that free transport would place a burden on taxpayers, who would pay for every empty late-night bus through local taxes.

Question 9

Position: schools should start later. Opposing point: parents need early drop-off. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Parents’ schedules matter, but supervised morning clubs can protect work routines while lessons begin later.

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Parents’ schedules matter, so schools should not change the current timetable, since thousands of families have built their working day around the present opening time.

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Parents could arrange their mornings differently, so their routines are not a strong reason to keep the early start.

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Opponents note that many parents depend on early school opening.

Question 10

Position: zoos can no longer be justified. Opposing point: they support conservation. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Conservation is important, but many zoos release few animals, so the strongest defence often fails in practice.

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People who mention conservation are steering the discussion away from the conditions the animals live in daily.

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Supporters claim that zoos protect endangered species, pointing to breeding programmes for animals that have almost vanished in the wild.

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Conservation is important, so zoos should continue despite some problems.

Question 11

Position: employers should allow remote work. Opposing point: teams collaborate better in person. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Face-to-face work helps some tasks, but scheduled office days can provide it without forcing daily commutes.

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Some managers argue that teams work together better in the same room, where questions are answered at once and new staff learn by listening.

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Face-to-face work helps teams, so remote work should not be a normal right.

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Managers who prefer offices are often more comfortable with what they can see than with what teams produce.

Question 12

Position: governments should fund the arts. Opposing point: health needs money more urgently. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Health spending is urgent, but small arts budgets can prevent social isolation that later becomes a health cost.

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Health spending is urgent, so art funding should wait until hospitals improve, because no new gallery matters as much as a shorter waiting list for treatment.

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People who compare art with health are weighing two kinds of public value that were never meant to be measured together.

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Critics argue that hospitals should receive the money instead.

Question 13

Position: single-use plastic should be banned. Opposing point: small shops need cheap packaging. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Small shops need support, but bulk purchasing of reusable packaging can lower the cost of changing.

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Small shops need cheap packaging, so a ban would punish them unfairly.

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Small shops object whenever any rule changes, so the packaging complaint is nothing unusual.

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Opponents say many small businesses rely on low-cost plastic packaging, particularly food stalls and market traders working on very thin margins.

Question 14

Position: children should learn financial skills at school. Opposing point: the timetable is already full. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Time is limited, but budgeting can be taught through maths tasks students already complete.

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The crowded timetable is mentioned whenever a new subject is proposed, so it says little about money skills.

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Some teachers say there is no space for another subject, since the timetable is already divided between core exam courses and compulsory lessons.

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Time is limited, so financial education is better left to parents.

Question 15

Position: cities should build more cycle lanes. Opposing point: lanes remove road space from drivers. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Drivers lose some space, but safe lanes can remove short car trips and reduce congestion overall.

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Opponents argue that cycle lanes take space from cars.

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Drivers lose some space, so cycle lanes may make traffic worse.

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Drivers who object to cycle lanes are defending a familiar routine, and the same complaint follows every scheme that changes a city street.

Question 16

Position: organ donation should be opt-out. Opposing point: families may feel shocked. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Families need clear information, but an opt-out system still respects choice because refusal remains easy.

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Families may feel shocked, so consent should always be opt-in.

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Families who object are reacting to a painful moment rather than to the system itself.

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Some people worry that families will dislike automatic donor registration, especially when the subject is raised in hospital soon after a death.

Question 17

Position: companies should publish pay gaps. Opposing point: figures can be misleading. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Figures can be simplified, but public reporting still forces firms to explain patterns they once ignored.

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Figures can be misleading, so pay-gap reporting may do more harm than good.

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Companies that dislike publishing data are more worried about headlines than accuracy.

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Critics say pay-gap statistics do not show every cause of difference.

Question 18

Position: school uniforms should stay. Opposing point: they limit self-expression. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Self-expression matters, but school clothing is not the only place where young people can show identity.

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Students who complain about uniforms are usually thinking about brands and weekend clothes rather than about the school day.

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Some argue that uniforms prevent students from expressing themselves.

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Self-expression matters, so uniforms are probably too restrictive.

Question 19

Position: governments should support night trains. Opposing point: passengers prefer cheap flights. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Flights are attractive, but subsidies can close the price gap while trains offer city-centre arrival.

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Opponents say travellers will still choose cheap flights.

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Flights are attractive, so night trains should not receive public money.

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People who prefer flights are looking only at the ticket price in front of them.

Question 20

Position: social media use should be restricted in schools. Opposing point: students need digital skills. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Digital skills matter, but constant social feeds during lessons are different from taught, purposeful use.

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Digital skills matter, so restrictions would prepare students poorly.

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Students who want social media in lessons rarely explain what they would learn from it.

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Some people argue that schools should prepare students for digital life.

Question 21

Position: governments should subsidise childcare. Opposing point: it benefits only parents. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Parents benefit directly, but employers and taxpayers gain when more adults can work.

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Parents benefit directly, so non-parents should not pay for the service, and nursery costs should stay with the households that actually use them.

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People without children object to almost every family policy, so the complaint is hardly surprising.

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Critics say childcare subsidies help one group more than others.

Question 22

Position: animal testing should be reduced. Opposing point: some medical research depends on it. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Some research still needs animals, but that is a reason to restrict testing to cases with no substitute.

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Scientists who defend animal testing rarely mention the cost to the animals.

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Supporters say animal experiments remain necessary for medicine.

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Some research still needs animals, so reducing testing is too risky.

Question 23

Position: city centres should prioritise pedestrians. Opposing point: shops need deliveries. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Deliveries are necessary, but timed access can serve shops without giving cars the street all day.

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Opponents say shops cannot operate without delivery vehicles.

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Deliveries are necessary, so pedestrian priority is not practical.

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Shops could plan their deliveries better instead of objecting.

Question 24

Position: universities should use interviews as well as grades. Opposing point: interviews can be biased. Which sentence answers the other side?

Accepted Answer

Bias is possible, but structured questions and multiple interviewers can reduce it more than ignoring motivation entirely.

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Bias is possible, so grades are the only fair basis for admission, since marked papers can at least be checked by someone who never met the candidate.

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People who mention bias are uncomfortable with any judgement that cannot be reduced to a number.

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Some argue that interviews may favour confident or wealthy applicants.

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Answer the Other Side - IELTS 6.0 W T2

Ways to Play

Device Games: Students play on their phones

Blast Go

Zombie Escape

Avalanche

Maze Blast

Cave Climb

Blast Out

Mystery Auction

Tour Guide

Food Truck Rush

Tug of War

Alien Blast

Glacier Rush

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Like what you see?

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