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Practice Writing: Write Essay ID: #36045 Physical exercise
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‘Schools should provide physical exercise lessons for children every day.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and use examples from your own experience.

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‘Schools should provide physical exercise lessons for children every day.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and use examples from your own experience.
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Regular physical exercise is increasingly sidelined by academic pressure, yet schools shape the lifelong health habits of children. I strongly agree that schools should provide physical exercise lessons every day, because consistent movement supports learning capacity, fitness, and equitable wellbeing far more effectively than occasional sports sessions. Clearly, daily physical education is not a luxury but a core responsibility that every school must embrace.

Moreover, the strongest reason is the well-documented link between daily exercise and academic performance among students. For instance, short structured movement lessons enhance concentration, memory, muscle strength, and classroom behaviour, which directly supports academic results. At the schools I attended, brief daily fitness lessons reduced restlessness compared with weeks that relied on infrequent sports days. Indeed, this regularity matters because the health benefits of exercise accumulate over time, whereas irregular activity fails to stabilise attention, endurance, or motivation in demanding educational environments.

A further justification is fairness in children's access to health and fitness opportunities. Specifically, not all families can provide safe spaces, time, or resources for regular physical exercise after school, so mandatory lessons protect every student equally. Consequently, daily physical education ensures that each child develops motor skills, discipline, and teamwork regardless of neighbourhood conditions or background. Admittedly, critics argue that daily exercise lessons reduce teaching time, but well-designed physical activity sessions save time by lowering illness, obesity, and behavioural problems.

Therefore, providing physical exercise lessons every day in schools is necessary rather than excessive. Ultimately, daily programmes strengthen student learning, promote equal health access, and build sustainable fitness habits that occasional physical education cannot achieve for children.

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PTE criteria · full marks
  • Fully addresses the prompt in depth, showing full command of the argument by reformulating the issue in the writer's own words and expanding important points with specificity.
  • The argument is supported convincingly with subsidiary points and relevant examples throughout the response.
How this answer meets itThe writer states a strong opinion in their own words and gives a personal example. The point about daily fitness lessons reducing restlessness supports the view well. I strongly agree that schools should provide physical exercise lessons every daybrief daily fitness lessons reduced restlessness
PTE criteria · full marks
  • Has an effective logical structure, flows smoothly, and can be followed with ease.
  • The argument is clear and cohesive and developed systematically at length; a well-developed introduction and conclusion are present, and ideas are organised cohesively into clear, logically sequenced paragraphs.
  • Uses a variety of connective devices effectively and consistently to convey relationships between ideas.
How this answer meets itThe paragraphs open with clear connectors that add reasons and results. These linkers make the structure easy to follow. Moreover, the strongest reasonIndeed, this regularity mattersConsequently, daily physical educationAdmittedly, critics argueTherefore, providing physical exercise
PTE criteria · full marks
  • A variety of expressions and vocabulary are used appropriately to formulate ideas with ease and precision throughout the response.
  • No signs of limitations restricting what can be communicated.
  • Errors in language use, if present, are rare and minor, and meaning is completely clear.
How this answer meets itThe writer uses complex sentences with contrast and reason clauses smoothly. The ideas stay clear and precise. whereas irregular activity fails to stabilise attention, endurance, or motivationso mandatory lessons protect every student equally
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  • Shows consistent grammatical control of complex language. Errors are rare and difficult to spot.
How this answer meets itThis sentence uses a concessive structure accurately with a clear result. The grammar is well controlled. critics argue that daily exercise lessons reduce teaching time, but well-designed physical activity sessions save time
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  • Good command of a broad lexical repertoire, idiomatic expressions and collocations.
How this answer meets itThe essay uses precise academic words and topic pairings that fit well. These choices show a wide vocabulary. equitable wellbeingwell-documented linkmotor skills, discipline, and teamworksustainable fitness habits
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  • Correct spelling.
How this answer meets itThe spelling is correct, including the British form. These words are written accurately. concentrationbehaviour
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  • Length is within the required 200 to 300 words.
How this answer meets itThe essay is 264 words, which sits inside the 200 to 300 range. It is a clear four-paragraph essay with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
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