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MUET Writing Question 2 sample answers for 350 word academic essay

Below are 4 samples of good essays... Band 4 or 5... Band 6 essays will demonstrate a much better command of linguistic fluency and accuracy as well as show more mature and critical thinking skills.


SAMPLE 1) YEAR END 2008: MUET WRITING 800/4 QUESTION 2

“People are becoming more materialistic. They are concerned with making more money and what money can buy.” What is your opinion on being materialistic? You should write at least 350 words. [60 marks]
They say that money makes the world go round. And indeed it does as without money, life would be very difficult as in today’s society, nothing is free. The side effect however is that people are becoming more materialistic; more concerned with making money and what money can buy. But how much money is enough? Is it ever enough? To some, it will never be enough. In my opinion, I truly believe that this statement is true and that people are becoming more materialistic in nature. In this essay, I will discuss how materialism has affected modern society’s way of life on an individual level, the country’s economy as well as our spiritual and moral beliefs.

First and foremost, each individual is affected by materialism to some extent in this day and age because hedonism is becoming an uprising trend. This is because today's generation are geared towards making more and more money so that they can enjoy the carefree lifestyle that is so popular these days. Moreover, people now are striving to earn more income in order to afford things that are more expensive and branded. For example, people spend their hard earned money on material objects like genuine LV and Coach handbags, expensive gadgets like Iphones and Tablet pcs and so on which in my opinion is a waste of money when regular goods may prove to be good enough. Therefore, while individuals become more focussed on their pursuit of material wealth and improving their standard of living, they may forget that what matters most in life is quality time spent with family and friends and not the quantity of their material goods.

Secondly, when society starts spending in a materialistic manner it will surely have a domino effect on the country’s economy. This means that the spending power of society will help boost the economy and create more business opportunities for the booming trade. However, when a society overspends, using plastic money or credit cards, or when they take loans they cannot afford to repay, then the country’s debt margin will be higher. For instance, USA today is facing an economic crisis because banks have approved home loans to people who aspire to own bigger houses than they can actually afford and this is causing the collapse of the country’s economy there. Thus, while a society’s spending habits helps our economy to grow, overspending due to materialism will have an adverse effect to the country’s financial stability.

Last but not least, materialism affects our spiritual and moral beliefs. This is due to the fact people who are materialistic may become ‘amoral’ whereby they disregard their spiritual and moral upbringing and instead turn to crime to satisfy their materialistic needs. In fact, the crime rate is increasing because criminals these days have developed many ways to gain more money from society. Take for example, there are more reports of snatch thefts, burglaries, kidnapping for ransom, credit card fraud, internet banking hacking and others that are driven by materialistic criminals. Hence, when people lose sight of their spiritual and moral beliefs and believe instead in the greed of materialism, therefore the crime rate is bound to increase.

In a nutshell, materialism is a common agenda in the 21st century as more people are working hard to afford things beyond their reach. While this may spur individuals to work harder to improve their standard of living, overspending due to materialism may cause the downfall of a country’s economy and their morality. In my opinion, I still firmly believe that materialism has a strong hold on today’s society; both positive and negative effects. Our government can encourage society to be less frivolous and wasteful in spending by running campaigns such as ‘Consumer Awareness’ and ‘Buy Malaysian Made Products’ in order to educate our younger generation for the prosperity of our nation.


SAMPLE 2) MID YEAR 2010: MUET WRITING 800/4 QUESTION 2

The world today is turning more to electronic communications such as the e-mail, Facebook and Short Message System (SMS). What is your opinion of this growing trend? Discuss. You should write at least 350 words. [60 marks]

Everywhere we turn today, the world is crowded with people busy typing SMSes on their Nokias or iPhones or someone is staring unblinkingly at a Facebook or Yahoo page on the computer screen. Whether you like it or not, the age of Information Technology is upon us, and we can either learn new skills and adapt to this new technology, or be forever lost and stuck in the older generation. In my opinion, I am fully convinced that this growing trend is the way of the future, and it brings countless benefits to mankind. In this essay, I will discuss three positive effects of electronic communication, namely its efficiency, enhances communication and creates a borderless world community.

First and foremost, more and more people are relying on e-mail, Facebook, Short Message System (SMS) and other types of electronic communication tools because of its high efficiency. This is because in today's age of globalisation, we need information at the tip of our fingers. Moreover, with the use of these tools, we can increase the speed of getting the necessary and relevant information within seconds and this will increase our productivity. For example, gone are the days of using 'snail mail' or regular letters using stamps and envelopes and many more examples of 'old' technology because it is simply too slow and inefficient. Therefore, these e-communication tools increases the access to important information which is why the new generation is fully accepting this growing trend.

Secondly, this form of technology enhances communication among people today. This means that when we use SMS, e-mails and websites like Facebook, we are able to communicate clearly and directly to our target audience. Furthermore, people today find that the message is more important than the form it comes in as an e-mail in short but clear sentences is just as good or even better than a long and formal letter. For instance, an SMS can give clear instructions in just a few words and this communicates what needs to be done quickly and directly. Thus, when the intended message can be spread clearly using short and clear information like in SMSes and emails, communication can be enhanced and there will be less problems of miscommunication.

Last but not least, e-communication creates a borderless community in the world we live in today. This is due to the fact that the boundaries that separate each country becomes less relevant when information is transferred without limitations. In addition, the world would be a better place because there is a sense of 1-World commitment, respect and tolerance for the global community through efficient and clear e-communication. Take for example, we are able to connect with people on an international basis using Facebook, Friendster, Tagged, Hotmail, Yahoo and others. Hence, these tools will enhance global unity and create a more peaceful world.

In a nutshell, this growing trend has many positive effects not just to individuals but the global society in terms of efficiency, enhancing communicative skills and shaping a borderless community. In my opinion, I still firmly believe that this latest trend is the best way forward and if we do not catch up, we will be left behind by the tide of development. Our government can encourage the proper usage of electronic communications by increasing communication amenities and free broadband accessibility especially in rural areas so that they can enjoy the same facilities as city-folks therefore balancing the development of our country towards achieving Vision 2020.


SAMPLE 3) MID YEAR 2011: MUET WRITING 800/4 QUESTION 2

The most valuable thing in life is friendship. Do you agree? Discuss. You should write at least 350 words.
[60 marks]


It is true that no ‘man is an island’ meaning that no one in this world can live alone without friendship. That person would be very socially challenged as he or she would miss the camaraderie and life experiences that come with friendship. However, I completely disagree with the statement that the most valuable thing in life is friendship as there are certainly more important and priceless things in life besides this. In this essay, I will outline how life itself is more valuable than friendship, and elaborate on why family and the individual’s principles in life are ranked higher.

First and foremost, before one can enjoy the beauty of friendship, one must surely value life itself or in other words, we should value our health. This is because, the quality of our life is the single most important criteria in life if we are to live a meaningful and wholesome life. Moreover, without good health, we will be hard pressed to do even the simplest of tasks like feed ourselves or relieve ourselves without the help of doctors, nurses and caregivers. For example, if we are paralysed, lost our sight, hearing or ability to speak or even a simple case of a fever or allergic reactions, then the quality of our life is greatly reduced and no amount of friendship can make us healthy again. Therefore, while friends can stand by us in our time of need, pristine health is still the most valuable asset in our lives.

Secondly, we are no one without our family as indeed blood is thicker than water. This means that however you analyse it, friendships will almost always play second fiddle because family always comes first. Furthermore, if we do not value our family above others, then there must be a problem among the family members that has caused their relationship to be strained. For instance, people tend to turn away from family if the family member(s) themselves are the ones to cause them to react negatively such as divorced parents, abusive parents or siblings and so on. Thus, when people consider friendship to be the most valuable thing in life, more often than not they may come from a troubled household.

Last but not least, a person’s principles in life is by far more valuable than friendship alone. This is due to the fact that each person needs to have a code of ethics, quite often prescribed by their individual religions. In addition, this code will guide each person to live their lives according to the good and right principles. Take for example, if an individual has set his principles to do good, then no amount of friendship especially negative influence from friends, can shake his hold on his principles and cause him to commit undesirable deeds like smoking, stealing, raping, murdering and others. Hence, if a person values friendship so much to the point where he is willing to break his principles, then he has done a serious misdeed against himself and will most likely regret his actions later in life.

In short, friendship is the rainbow of life as it colours our horizons with invaluable experiences but without good health, a supportive family and strong principles, life becomes empty and meaningless. In my opinion, it is beyond a shadow of a doubt that I still firmly believe that friendship is not the most valuable thing in life. Our government can encourage people to prioritise health, family and principles in life by organising awareness campaigns especially in primary schools where the younger generation should learn about priorities in life because they are the leaders of tomorrow.


SAMPLE 4) MUET WRITING 800/4 QUESTION 2

The rising fuel price has pushed up the price of other consumer products. How will this affect the society? Give your opinion. You should write at least 350 words.
[60 marks]


Money is always an issue in today's era of materialism. Most people need it for basic survival while the lucky few indulge in luxuries without worrying about money. In my opinion, I strongly agree that the rising fuel price has pushed up the price of other consumer products and this will definitely affect the society. In this essay, I would like to touch on the effects this price increase has on society today, namely increasing vice activities, widening the gap between the rich and the poor and affecting the population trend in the long term.

First and foremost, society will immediately be affected by the rise in fuel prices because consumer products will be more costly and this leads to an increase of vice activities. This is because basic necessities such as rice, flour, sugar and so on will be in great demand and some warehouses will store or hoard the items to further increase the price of the product. Moreover, in the newspapers today, reports of smuggling of these items prove that this vice activity is on the rise. For example, the recent sugar price hike caused a furor among the Malaysian society as it costs more fuel to travel to and from the supermarket and when arriving, most places had run out of stock even though the government had allocated 2kg of sugar to one person. Therefore, the fuel price increase had definitely caused more hardships to society today.

Secondly, it is undeniable that the rise in fuel prices leads to the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor. This is due to the fact that people are greatly affected by the price of basic necessities such as food and fuel in particular. Furthermore, the rich people will still be able to afford such things but the poor will face greater challenges as the popular saying goes: "The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer." For instance, when money is used to purchase consumer products that are necessary for survival, then less money will be spent on health and dental check-up, educational purposes and others. Thus, it is clear that the fuel price hike will further stress on the differences between the rich and the poor which is such a tragedy.

Last but not least, in the long term the population trend or demographics of the society will be greatly affected. This means that new families will consciously decide not to have too many children in order to increase their quality of life. In addition, society is now more aware of birth control and family planning so this will greatly reduce the population as most families will have 1 to 5 children instead of more. Take for example, new families with less children will surely spend less on basic necessities like food, clothes, transport and many more. Hence, the demographics of the whole country will be affected and this in turn will reduce our workforce which will affect our country's productivity and prosperity.

In short, there are many short term to long term effects of a fuel price increase which includes more crimes like hoarding and smuggling will occur and this leads to the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor as well as a change in the society's demographics. I still strongly believe that the rising fuel price has pushed up the price of other consumer products and this will surely cause a negative impact to society. The government must find a way to stabilise the fuel price at a reasonable rate so that it does not affect the productivity of this country towards achieving the aspirations of the nation for Vision 2020.

75 comments:

  1. thank you very much. this essay help me a lot :)

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  2. HI Audrey, glad to see your blog. My aim for MUET is Band 4 at least, however, I haven't managed to get it even though taking it again and again for the all 8th times in the past if not mistaken. All the previously results are band 3. I hope can gain more English improvement skills from you if you mind to advice me?? Thanks in advanced. I'm sitting for March session MUET exam, hope that will be my last time.

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  3. Hi,Ms Audrey,i am sheen.have u received the email from me?
    queendrey@gmail.com isit the correct email address?

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  4. hi unknown.. 8 times huh.. well read up on all my archives and i guarantee you'll see improvement.
    hi sheen.. i hve edited your essay. can i post it on my blog? important for everyone to learn from one another.. :P

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  5. I see, I'm following, hope that's never too late to me!

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  6. goodevening.. when i come to UTHM again..because on february will be stat exam muet...so i want to get ready..

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  7. Hai Audrey,
    can you help me to edit and grade my essay? I wish to know where is my standard.

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  8. Hello Miss Audrey.

    A friend of mine tweeted about this blog so I've decided to have a look. I'm glad I did because these essays are incredible! I doubt I could write this good as my vocabulary is limited when I'm under duress. I hope you won't mind me printing this essay to share with my friends..

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  9. nice to know that people tweet about me. hahaha.. quite impressive really.. glad i can help, even in a small way. cheers n good luck! trawl my archive for more tips k!

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  10. good tips. very useful...

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  11. hi..congrats to you for your sincere effort to help the students who are thirst for good results..Hmm..do you have tips for those who are very weak in English.
    p/s for your information i'm a MUET teacher too, but still searching what is the best method to help those who are very weak and have little interest too. Reading your blog somehow lighten my spirit..TQVM.

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  12. fantastic tips and example essays...helps a lot

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  13. can get more samples? have to prepare for next month muet test... thx...

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  14. thank u very much.really help me a lot

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  15. ur blog is so useful to me...tq ^^

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  17. very useful~
    thx a lot~

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  18. i.m glad to read ur essays..they certainly help me a lot..tanx..

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  19. thank you for sharing this.... i gain a lot from ur sample....!!! ^^

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  20. very useful for me , thanks :)

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  21. thanks a lot!!!can we get more..hehe:)

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  22. Hi there.. I am very weak in english, especially in writing and do some essay.. I think this essay can improve my language.. Its very useful for me..

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  23. hi audrey.. can u help me on how to improve my writing skills...i will take my 2nd muet on this november..:)i hope u can help me..

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  24. thank you very much...i can use this essay as a guide line..

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  25. Thanksssss Miss Audrey!!!! I'm desperate in getting band 5 :)

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  26. Hola!!!tomorrow's MUET!!haha..thanks for the post..helped me a lot!!btw,im currently studying in UNIMAS

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  27. Hello Audrey. Glad I found your blog, these essays are awesome! Thank you :)

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  28. hi audrey :) I just confused with the using of 'I' . what i mean is my lecturer told me to avoid using the word 'I' or relate to ourselves when writing an essay . i need your opinion regarding to this . but these essays are extremely good . thanks !

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    1. Hi... my objective is to help students get band 3 at least.. so the samples i posted are easy for them to understand and achieve. Therefore I use a lot of 'I's in the thesis statement. For bands 5 & 6, students will avoid the word 'I' and use reported speech. Example, "I will discuss the pros, cons and some solutions."
      would best be written as:
      "To explore this issue well, the pros, cons and some solutions would be addressed."

      Notice that the second sentence requires a higher level of proficiency.. so to keep it simple I prefer that they use 'I'. ;) Hope this answers your question.

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  29. thank you for sharing sort of brilliant an idea ! Hoping it will goes fluently as writing paper will be held on tomorrow !

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  30. whoever got band 6, can we meet, i want u to be my wife if you're a girl. hihik

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  31. whoever got band 6, can we meet, i want u to be my wife if you're a girl. hihik

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  32. hye audrey , im glad to drop by ur blog n read through all these essays . it amuses me with all the fantastic essays as the example . it will help improving my essays and amend my writing skills . i hope it will increase my proficiency for the writing paper for my forthcoming muet test this saturday .

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  33. Hye Audrey, i was just looking through your blog to hunt for some sample essays. Finally i came across this page. I'm a bit confused when the question is indirect. Like for example the 1st essay, the one on materialism. How can i know what i should discuss about in the essay? Since the question only asked my opinion on being materialistic.

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  34. well done , its vry usefull for those who weak in grammar students. By the way , can you share some band 5 and 6 essay ? thanks for sharing ur precious idea n writing skills

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  35. thank you very much for these wonderful essays. im having my second MUET in a few weeks time. i wish i could write as good as these essays..well, am i the only one to post a comment in 2015..cause as i can see all the comments were posted about 2 or 3 years ago..

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  36. thank you so much for the great tittle of essays... it really help me so much.. i m going to write my MUET exam for the second time... 1 day some more to go for my july paper... hope that i can do it well... once again thank you

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  37. your blog help me in writing test..great essays.. i like it.. thanks a lot... <3

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  38. Hi Ms Audrey,

    This is the first time I read your blog. Thanks because shares the essay samples. It's really help me. I think I have ideas to write a good essay for my MUET tomorrow. Wish me luck ya...

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  39. Hello Audrey.

    Very useful. Thanks. Are the above essay samples actual samples from students? Curious. Thanks.

    Layheon

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    1. Hi. I wrote these samples using the template I designed... that will help esp weaker students structure their essays better. Hope it helps.

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    2. With advancements in technology, more innovations are being related.
      Choose one invention that you think is useful to human life. Support your answer with reasons.

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  40. hi audrey .im very weak in essay. can you draft for me the essay which is the title "the internet is the most powerful tool in the world". do you agree with the statement? justify your stand by giving relevant examples where appropriate. tq miss audrey .

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  42. thanks! all of this essay are very useful!

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  43. Can you help like give some tips to gain a best grade in english



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  44. Can you give me a lot of sample essay for muet

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  45. Dear Audrey, may I please give copies of these sample essays to my students.

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  46. These articles are really helpful, you actually use strong and valuable words with phrasemaking, you deserve more than band 6, now i have just known MUET writing test needs the enlightened studaents sush like you with alot of vocabularies,my MUET will be soon, and i have no idea how can i use my time wisly and arrange my study times regularly, also i want to collect more vocabulary as many as i can, i have seen many instances of MUET, and i figured out, MUET isn't that easy exam, may allah assist me to pass it.

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  47. thank you for the great sample essay !

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