✅ Answer 1 (Travel: Indoor vs Outdoor fitness)

S1. I personally think doing physical exercise indoors is better than outdoors.

S2. I hold this opinion because in my country the weather can be tricky, and I don’t always know which [k4: incorrect pronoun] what the weather is going to be.

S3. If I want to exercise outdoors, I might go outside and then there will be rain or something like that, and that will be a very big problem to [k3 + k4] a major problem for my exercise [k3: word choice] workout.

S4. For example, I always go to a gym when going to run outside [k3: unnatural phrasing] I want to run, because I know that in the gym there won’t be weather [k3: inaccurate word choice] weather-related issues or other conditions that might not let me exercise.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response clearly states a preference and supports it with a relevant academic example. To reach a maximum score, you could briefly contrast this choice with a concrete downside of multitasking, such as reduced accuracy or increased stress.

✅ Answer 2 (Travel: popular attractions)

S1. I personally think that [k2: logical / discourse-function mistake] — when I travel, I prefer to visit popular tourist attractions than [k4: incorrect linking] rather than more quiet [k4: incorrect degree of comparison] quieter, less well-known places.

S2. I hold this opinion because I know that if many people like something, then this place is likely to be interesting.

S3. For example, when I went to Spain with my family, we went to a popular museum.

S4. Even though we didn’t know much about it, we visited it because we knew that it is [k4: wrong tense] was popular, and it was really interesting.

ETS overall score: 3.0–3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The answer addresses the question and includes a clear personal example. To improve the score, you could explain why popularity is a reliable indicator of quality (for example, cultural importance, expert reviews, or historical value).

✅ Answer 3 (Exercise indoors)

S1. I personally think doing physical exercise indoors is better than outdoors.

S2. I hold this opinion because in my country the weather can be tricky, and I don’t always know which [k4: incorrect pronoun] what the weather is going to be.

S3. If I want to exercise outdoors, I might go outside and then there will be rain or something like that, and that will be a very big problem to [k3 + k4] a major problem for my exercise [k3: word choice] workout.

S4. For example, I always go to a gym when going to run outside [k3: unnatural phrasing] I want to run, because I know that in the gym there won’t be weather [k3: inaccurate word choice] weather-related issues or other conditions that might not let me exercise.

For instance, I usually go to the gym to run because the weather cannot disrupt my workout there.

ETS overall score: 3.0/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The idea is clear and logically developed, with a practical explanation. To reach a higher score, you could add one more advantage of indoor exercise, such as safety, equipment availability, or time efficiency.

✅ Answer 4 (Political news)

S1. I personally think it’s important for young people to follow political news in their country.

S2. I hold this opinion because when people watch news, they get information about what’s going on in the world, and by knowing it, young people can understand what’s gonna be in the future and ask their parents [k2 + k3] discuss it with their parents.

S3. For example, I always try to watch political news to understand what’s going on in my country and in the world, to know what my future will be and how it will affect my future [k3: repetition] life.

…to understand how events may shape my life and the opportunities available to me.

ETS overall score: 3.0/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response is relevant and shows personal involvement with the topic. To strengthen the answer, you could mention a specific outcome of following political news, such as informed voting or social awareness.

✅ Answer 5 (Healthcare technologies)

S1. I personally think that modern healthcare technologies improve people’s life [k4: incorrect number] lives.

S2. I hold this opinion because when you know what’s going on with your organism [k3: inaccurate word choice] body, then you might do right things [k3: unnatural collocation] take the right steps to help it.

S3. For example, I try to use a device that helps to count [k4: verb pattern] me count my calories, to understand how many calories I need to eat more [k3: collocation] consume to gain muscles [k3: inaccurate form] muscle or something like that.

…to figure out how many extra calories I need to build muscle.

ETS overall score: 3.0/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The answer includes a modern and relevant example related to personal health. To achieve a higher score, you could briefly expand beyond personal devices and mention broader healthcare impacts, such as diagnostics or treatment effectiveness.

✅ Answer 6 (Honesty vs Support)

S1. I personally value honesty more than support.

S2. I hold this opinion because support is often easy to give and pleasant to hear, but honest feedback can be uncomfortable even though it is more useful.

S3. For example, when my friend, when my girlfriend tried to support me, she didn’t want to tell me the truth, but she thought that she must do it. when my friend, when my girlfriend [k5: repetition / syntactic cohesion] when my girlfriend

S4. As a result, I felt that this support was dishonest, and I didn’t feel better after it.

// I prefer honesty because it helps me understand my real situation and improve, even if it feels unpleasant at first.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response expresses a clear value and is supported by personal experience. To reach a maximum score, you could clarify what kind of honesty is helpful and briefly explain how it leads to better outcomes than emotional support.

✅ Answer 7 (Modern families)

S1. I personally think that in modern families, closeness between children and parents depends on how parents behave toward their children.

S2. I hold this opinion because if parents don’t care much about their children, the children become distant, whereas caring parents usually raise emotionally closer children.

S3. I think that this mindset existed in the past as well.

S4. For example, in my family, we are very close to each other because my parents were supporting [k4: verb form] supportive and still try to support me.

S5. In my friend’s family, he with his parents are [k4: incorrect subject–verb structure] he and his parents are very distant because they didn’t build a strong emotional connection during his childhood.

// Emotional closeness is built through long-term care, attention, and communication.

ETS overall score: 3.0/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The answer is relevant and uses contrast effectively. To achieve a maximum score, you could explain more explicitly how daily parental actions influence long-term family relationships.

✅ Answer 8 (Self-centrism in modern society)

S1. I personally think that modern society is not becoming too self-centered.

S2. I hold this opinion because I know many situations in which people helped strangers even though they didn’t know them.

S3. For example, today there was ice on the roads, people were sleeping [k2: illogical verb choice] slipping, and some teenagers helped an elderly woman and several men cross the road.

// Situations like this show that people still care about others in everyday life.

ETS overall score: 3.0/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response clearly states a position and includes a concrete real-life example. To strengthen the answer, you could explicitly link this example to the idea of social responsibility and mutual support.

✅ Answer 9 (Recycling)

S1. Recycling is very important in my life, and I personally think that individuals can truly make a difference.

S2. I hold this opinion even though individuals, even though [k5: repetition / cohesion] even though there aren’t many people who recycle in my country.

S3. Those who recycle still inspire others, and every year more people become concerned about pollution and try to reduce it.

S4. For example, once I saw an elderly woman cleaning the road even though no one asked her to do so.

S5. She inspired me, and now I try to recycle and do other things that help the ecology [k3: inaccurate word choice] environment of my city.

// Small individual actions can encourage wider environmental change.

ETS overall score: 3.0–3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response shows clear personal engagement with the topic. To reach a higher score, you could explain how individual behavior can influence society or government policies over time.

✅ Answer 10 (Taxes)

S1. I personally think that paying taxes is mainly a duty rather than a way to feel part of a community.

S2. I hold this opinion because most people in my city and country do not feel any social connection when they pay taxes.

S3. For example, my parents and my friend’s parents pay taxes simply because they must, and they don’t feel themselves [k4: incorrect reflexive usage] feel like members of a community because of it.

// Paying taxes feels like an obligation, not an emotional bond with society.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The answer is clear and logically structured. To improve the score, you could suggest what might make tax-paying feel more connected to community life.

✅ Answer 11 (Rights of minorities)

S1. I personally think that it is extremely important for a country to protect the rights of minorities.

S2. I hold this opinion because even though minorities consist of a quantity [k3: wrong lexical choice] smaller number of people, their members are still equal citizens.

S3. They have their own rights, and the government must protect them just like the rights of the majority.

S4. For example, in my country, immigrants and international residents have the same legal rights as other citizens.

S5. I consider this approach fair and necessary.

// Protecting minority rights strengthens equality and social stability.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response shows awareness of social justice. To achieve a higher score, you could explain how minority protection benefits society as a whole.

✅ Answer 12 (Healthy eating)

S1. I personally think that people today are more concerned about healthy eating than in the past.

S2. I hold this opinion because people are constantly exposed to information about diet through media, advertising, and social networks.

S3. As a result, people pay more attention to what they eat now than previous generations did.

S4. For example, my grandmother didn’t think much about diet when she was young, unlike my mother, who actively tries to eat healthy food.

// Modern awareness of nutrition is much higher than it was in the past.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The response clearly compares past and present attitudes. To strengthen the answer, you could mention specific reasons such as medical research or lifestyle changes.

✅ Answer 13 (Artificial intelligence)

S1. I personally think that artificial intelligence will make people’s life [k4: incorrect number] lives easier and will not create more problems.

S2. I hold this opinion because it already helps many people do simple tasks and econom [k5: spelling] save time.

// AI increases my parents' productivity by reducing time spent on repetitive work, such as modelling for their clients or generation of content for their web site that targets their potential clients.

ETS overall score: 3.5/4 (text-based estimate). ETS overall comment: The answer presents a clear opinion with a relevant example. To reach a maximum score, you could briefly acknowledge possible risks of AI before reinforcing your main argument.