Broadly speaking, you’ll get a TOEFL independent writing question based on one of the following essay styles:

  

The most common is the agree/disagree style, which is used about 50% of the time.  The multiple choice and paired choice styles are each used about 20% of the time.  The “good idea” style appears about 10% of the time. Samples of each question type are below.  Each sample question includes a complete essay.

Note that the questions aren’t about just any topics.  Mosts of the time, they are about education, work and lifestyle preferences. 

 

First of all, since the birth of the internet, the world has very change, the earth is becoming like a village. I can contact with everyone by the internet, although they live on the around the world. We can keep communicate by email, internet telephone, audio, video and so on. That is very convenient.

 

Second, the education become more and more convenient, especially during an epidemic of the Covid 19, It is very popular to study through the internet. I can study English by the internet, although my teacher is in another country. If schools don’t open, they can take classes to students by the internet.

 

The third, the life of people have a very big change. You can order food online, you can buy many products online, you can book the tickets online, you can go anywhere by the Map app and so on. That is very convenient, you can do almost anything by the internet. Now, I feel I can’t live without the internet.

 

Overall, use of the internet has a mostly positive effect on life in today's world. This is an invention, this is the progress of human science and technology.

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