Write Essay · Part 1: Speaking & Writing

Work life balance - One

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Write an essay.

【V1】Nowadays, people put too much time at work and they seldom have time for their personal life. Discuss this issue and support your answer with examples.【V2】How widely do you think the problem spreads that people spend too much time on work than their personal life and experience time shortage? What problems will it cause? 【V3】The time people devote in job leaves very little time for personal life. What causes people not to achieve this and how important it is to achieve this?

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Prompt2–3 sentences
Time to answer20 minutes
Skills assessedWriting
Scored onContent; Development, structure and coherence; Form; General linguistic range; Grammar usage and mechanics; Vocabulary range; Spelling

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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.