BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1-L2, Sb-3 [ Eseu ], Var 1-100

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BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1- L2, Sb-3, Variantele 1-100


1. Express your opinion on the following: There are various things to consider when you’re moving house. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

2. Your name is Steven Adams. You want to go on holiday in summer but you do not have enough money. Write a letter to your friend, Caroline White, asking for her advice about ways to earn extra money. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

3. Express your opinion on the following statement: People spend too much time and money on fashion. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

4. Your name is Julie Riley. You have been on holiday abroad for a week. Write a letter to your parents describing your holiday so far. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

5. Your name is Linda Steel. Your parents will not let you go on holiday as they want you to study for your exams. Write a letter to a friend, Stephanie Pierson, asking for her advice on this matter. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

6. Your name is Sue Sunman. You have received an invitation to a birthday party from your friend Ann McNeil. Write a letter accepting the invitation and suggesting that you organize the music. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

7. Express your opinion on the following statement: Cars are the greatest danger to human life today. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

8. Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of being famous. Give arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

9. Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of being your own boss. Give arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

10. Express your opinion on the following statement: Machines enslave us rather than liberate us. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

11. Express your opinion on the following statement: Advertising promotes excessive consumerism. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

12. Express your opinion on the following statement: Fast food is a good alternative to home cooking.
Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. Write about 250 words/25 lines.

13. Your cousin Andy has recently won first prize in a sport competition. Write a letter congratulating him on his success. Sign your letter with the name Tom. (250 words/25 lines)

14. Write an essay in response to the following statement: Television may have a harmful effect on young people. Give arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

15. True communication involves the ability to listen as well as speak. Write an opinion essay to enlarge upon your position. (250 words/25 lines)

16. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Becoming more aware of environmental concerns is the only way to help save our planet. (250 words/25 lines)

17. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Earning money is more important than getting a good education. (250 words/25 lines)

18. Continuing your education beyond high school is essential if you want to get a good job. Write an opinion essay to enlarge upon your position. (250 words/25 lines)

19. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: The mobile phones and the e-mails are affecting personal relationships. (250 words/25 lines)

20. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: We would all be better off without money and material possessions. (250 words/25 lines)

21. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Cities are becoming less and less popular places to live in. (250 words/25 lines)

22. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: People worry too much about their appearance nowadays. (250 words/25 lines)

23. A friend of yours, Allen, who has been living in another country for some time, is going to visit you for a week. Write a letter suggesting what you might do together and what sights you might visit. Sign your letter with the name Tom. (250 words/ 25 lines)

24. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Young people today have too much free time on their hands. (250 words/25 lines)

25. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: It is important to follow fashion. (250 words/25 lines)

26. Comment on the following statement: People are never satisfied with what they have, they always want something more or something different. (250 words/25 lines)

27. Comment on the following statement: Most experiences in our lives that seemed difficult at the time become valuable lessons for the future. (250 words/25 lines)

28. Agree or disagree with the following statement: Television has made us a nation of watchers, not doers. (250 words/25 lines)

29. Agree or disagree with the following statement: Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters, e-mail, or telephone calls. (250 words/25 lines)

30. Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? (250 words/25 lines)

31. Give arguments for and against the following statement: It is beneficial for a high school graduate to work for a year before entering the university. (250 words/25 lines)

32. What is your opinion on the following question: Is it better to enjoy your money when you earn it, or is it better to save it for some time in the future? (250 words/25 lines)

33. Compare the contribution of artists to society with that of scientists. Which type of contribution do you think is valued more by your society? (250 words/25 lines)

34. Give arguments for and against the following statement: The current generation is lazy and lacks discipline. (250 words/25 lines)

35. If you could live in some other historical period, which would you choose and why? (250 words/25 lines)

36. Give arguments for and against the following statement: We waste a great natural resource: the elderly. (250 words/25 lines)

37. What problem in this contemporary world do you find most disturbing? Give your opinion on this issue. (250 words/25 lines)

38. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: People spend too much time and money on holidays. (250 words / 25lines)

39. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following: Will life be better in the future? (250 words / 25lines)

40. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Exams should be abolished. (250 words / 25 lines)

41. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: The fool wanders, the wise man travels. (250 words / 25 lines)

42. Write an essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of being famous. (250 words / 25 lines)

43. Write an essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of owning a pet. (250 words / 25 lines)

44. Write an essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of watching TV. (250 words /25 lines)

45. Write an essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet. (250 words / 25 lines)

46. Write an essay on the following topic: The advantages and disadvantages of travelling by plane. (250 words / 25 lines)

47. This is part of a letter you received from an English friend: By the way, in your last letter you said you were going to buy either a video camera or a games machine. Which did you buy and why? I’d love to hear all about it. Write your letter, answering your friend’s questions and giving relevant details. Do not write any address. Start the letter with Dear Jill and sign it with Jack. (250 words/25 lines)

48. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Friendships come and go, but families are forever. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

49. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Failure teaches success. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

50. Your name is James Brown. You have been on holiday abroad for a week. Write a letter to your pen friend, Peter Smith, describing your holiday so far. (250 words/25 lines)

51. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Children today are given too much freedom. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25lines)

52. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following: The number of leisure facilities in every town should be increased. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

53. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: School plays a more important role than the family in shaping one’s personality. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

54. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Greater freedom does not necessarily lead to greater happiness. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

55. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Television is one of the most potentially dangerous inventions of the twentieth century. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

56. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: For a child, play is more important than study. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

57. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Violence in cities is getting worse nowadays. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

58. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: Watching too much TV stifles creativity. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples.(250 words/25 lines)

59. Write an essay expressing your opinion on the following topic: It is important to follow fashion. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

60. Express your opinion on: The ideal house is the country house. (250 words/25 lines)

61. Express your opinion the following statement: We don’t need books anymore, we have computers. (250 words/25 lines)

62. Your pen friend has recently written to you saying that he is very unhappy with school and home life. Write a letter of advice, offering your support. Begin with ‘Dear Tom” and sign using the name James. (250 words/25 lines)

63. Express your opinion on: Reason should rule all things. (250 words/25 lines)

64. Express your opinion on the following statement: Teaching machines will replace teachers. (250 words/25 lines)

65. Express your opinion on the following statement: Movies on TV have a bad influence on people’s behaviour. (250 words/25 lines)

66. Express your opinion on the following: Clothes do not make the man. (250 words/25 lines)

67. Express your opinion on the statement: Popularity changes people. (250 words/25 lines)

68. Mary Smith has received a bill and some terrible photographs from the official photographer at her daughter’s recent wedding. Write a letter from Mary Smith to a friend, Ann Brown who came to the wedding, explaining what has gone wrong and asking her to send any photos that she took. (250 words/ 25 lines)

69. Write an opinion essay on the following topic: It is important to try a range of jobs before finally choosing a career. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

70. Write an opinion essay on the following topic: Television is making literature increasingly irrelevant in the modern world. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

71. Write a for and against essay on the following topic: Most of what is shown on television is not worth watching. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

72. Write an opinion essay on the following topic: The education system should prepare young people for the labour market. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

73. Write an opinion essay on the following topic: God gives us our relatives: thank God we can choose our friends. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/ 25 lines)

74. Write a for and against essay on the following topic: Parents should be punished when their child breaks the law. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

75. Write a for and against essay on the following topic: Internet can consume up to 80 hours a week, wreck relationships, damage health and it is the world’s fastest growing addiction. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

76. Your name is David Brown. Write a letter to a friend called Jimmy expressing your opinion about the most recent Romanian film that was awarded in an international contest. (250 words/25 lines)
Do not write any address.

77. Write an opinion essay on the following: The world has a faster and faster way of living. People will need to develop the abilities to adjust quickly. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples (250 words/25 lines).

78. Write an opinion essay on the following: Which seems the best for you: attend a college/university or work abroad? Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples (250 words/ 25 lines).

79. Your name is Leslie Down. Write a letter to a friend called Jessica expressing your opinion about the possible strong development of the tourism as a unique chance for Romania. (250 words/25 lines).
Do not write any address.

80. Your name is Muriel Wild. Write a letter to a pen friend called Sandra to signal a severe environmental problem in your area of living. (250 words/25 lines). Do not write any address.

81. Write an opinion essay on the following: Advertising is invading our private lives. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines).

82. Write an opinion essay on the following: Which should be our relationship with modern means of communication? Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (Think of your attitude towards e-mail, Internet, etc. Do you keep yourself informed or do you trail behind?) (250 words/25 lines)

83. Write an opinion essay on the following: What is the purpose of being connected to the Internet? Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

84. Write an opinion essay on the following: What is or what should be today’s people attitude towards modern technology? Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

85. Write an opinion essay on the following: Break the food chain or keep up good food habits? (the contemporary world’s dilemma).Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

86. Your name is Thomas Porter. Write a letter to a friend called Daniel who is going to visit Romania soon. Give him travel tips and advice. (250 words/25 lines) Do not write any address.

87. Write an opinion essay on the following: Healthy eating is the key to general well-being. Sustain your opinion with relevant arguments and examples. (250 words/25 lines)

88. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Good fences make good neighbours. (250 words/25 lines)

89. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. (250 words/25 lines)

90. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success. (250 words/25 lines)

91. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Not everything that is learned is contained in books. (250 words/25 lines)

92. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: If we all spoke the same language, there would be fewer conflicts and wars. (250 words/25 lines)

93. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Where there is love, there is happiness. (250 words/25 lines)

94. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. (250 words/25 lines)

95. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: If you’re not in fashion you’re nobody. (250 words/25 lines)

96. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Home is where the heart is. (250 words/25 lines)

97. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. (250 words/25 lines)

98. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man. (250 words/25 lines)

99. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: We are so busy making a living that we forget to make a life.(250 words/25 lines)

100. Write an opinion essay in response to the following statement: Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. (250 words/25 lines)

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[quote="musa paradisiaca"]BAC ENG, 2009, SCRIS, L1- L2, Sb-3, Variantele 1-100


General Discussion Topics vs Specific Discussion Topics
in all the 100 Subjects


1. Time

1.1. Holidays : 2; 4; 5; 38;50;
1.2. Free Time : 24; 52;
1.3. The Future : 39;
1.4. Spending Time : 38;

2. Personal Concerns

2.1. Fashion : 3; 25; 59; 95;
2.2. Satisfaction : 26;
2.3. Experience : 27; 30;
2.4. Outfit : 22;
2.5. Fame : 8; 42; 67;
2.6. Freedom / Wisdom / Happiness : 41; 54; 93;
2.7. Failure / Success : 49; 90;
2.8. Food / Health : 12; 85; 87;
2.9. House / Home : 1; 60; 96;
2.10. Travelling : 41; 46; 86; 94;

3. Life Concerns

3.1. City Life ; 21;
3.2. Life Living : 98; 99; 100;
3.3. Life in the Past : 35;
3.4. Life Rhythms : 77;
3.5. Family Life : 54; 73; 74;
3.6. Generations : 35; 36; 51; 56;
3.7. Life Events : 6; 68;

4. School / Work

4.1. School / Education / Exams : 5; 17; 18; 40; 53; 72; 77;
4.2. Work : 9; 31; 69; 72; 78; 90; 99;
4.3. Competitions : 13;

5. Business

5.1. Advertising : 11; 81;
5.2. Money : 16; 20;
5.3. Tourism : 79;

6. World Problems

6.1. Contemporary Problems ( General Background ) : 37;
6.2. Environment : 16; 80;
6.3. War / Conflicts / Violence : 57; 91;

7. Relationships

7.1. Communication : 15; 29; 82; 92;
7.2. Friendship : 23; 48; 62; 73; 76; 79; 80; 86;
7.3. Love : 93;
7.4. Pets : 43;

8. Intellectual Life

8.1. Arts / Film : 33; 76;
8.2. Books / Proverbs / Sayings: 30; 61; 66; 88; 91; 93; 97;
8.3. Sciences : 33;
8.4. Reason : 63;

9. Technology / Mass Media

9.1. Modern Technology : 7; 10; 19; 47; 61; 64; 84;
9.2. Internet : 45; 75; 83;
9.3. Television : 14; 28; 44; 55; 58; 65; 70; 71; 89;