Task 2 · · 18 samples

Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

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Ideas to explore

  • A fuel-price rise may discourage optional car journeys, but it can affect people with limited transport choices more heavily.
  • Frequent, affordable and reliable public transport gives commuters a practical alternative to driving.
  • Combine congestion measures, such as peak-time charges, with investments in cleaner vehicles and safe walking or cycling routes.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the problem and state clearly whether higher petrol prices are the best solution.
  2. Explain one benefit and one limitation of increasing fuel prices.
  3. Develop public transport as a main alternative, linking service improvements to reduced car use.
  4. Add one or two complementary measures for congestion and pollution.
  5. Conclude by comparing a price increase alone with a combined approach.
Useful vocabulary & examples
a practical alternative to driving
A realistic option that people can use instead of travelling by car.

Frequent buses would give commuters a practical alternative to driving.

peak-time charges
Fees applied to vehicles travelling in busy areas during the most congested hours.

Peak-time charges could reduce the number of cars entering the city centre.

emissions standards
Official limits on the pollutants that vehicles or other sources may release.

Stricter emissions standards can help reduce pollution from vehicles.

place a heavier burden on
To make a cost or difficulty affect a particular group more severely.

A large fuel-price increase could place a heavier burden on lower-income drivers.

Sample answers

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Traffic and pollution are the most concerning problems nowadays. And many solution have been implemented one of the them is increasing the price of petrol. however, I totally disagree with the statement as not only petrol price contributes in decreasing the traffic and pollution but also alternate fuels like electric and hydrogen can be used where they are practical, although changing fuel alone does not remove conge…

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One of controversial issues is growing cost of car oil which is by far the most suitable way of reducing the traffic on public roads and the pollution occurs around it. I completely believe that increasing petrol price has more advantages than stable cost. Perhaps the majority of people would agree that car exhaust fumes contribute to pollution, but traffic volumes need separate attention. A higher fuel price can gi…

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Since the appearance of the automotive industry, the people in charge have been seeking the solution for traffic jams and pollutants overwhelmedness – one of which is petrol’s price inflation. In my opinion, this will not work out thoroughly during the climax of travelling urge, however, education or infrastructure investment is going to bring out more useful alternatives. A higher fuel price can give drivers a reas…

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