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2025 – 2026 Form 5 Term 1 Writing In-class Practice 2
Name: __________________ Form 5 Class ____ Student No.: ____ Date: __________________
Instructions: Write a problem-solution essay with 250 - 300 words on the topic below.
Topic: Recent statistics show that juvenile delinquency1 in the major cities of the world is on the increase.
Give your analysis of the causes and possible solutions.
1. juvenile delinquency: It means young people, usually under 18, breaking the law or behaving badly. It
includes actions like stealing, fighting, or damaging property.
1. Underline the key topic words in the questions.
2. Brainstorm the causes and its possible solutions regarding on the given topic.
Causes Solutions
3. Paraphrase the background information according to the given topics.
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4. Write out the topic sentences for the three body paragraphs respectively.
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Choose the option that best completes the blanks throughout SAMPLE ESSAY 2.
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(A) I/is the major cause of this problem (B) W/what can we do about this huge and growing
problem?
(C) I/in addition (D) I/if
(E) T/the causes of…are manifold (F) I/is the best way to deal with the problem
(G) M/moreover (H) I/is also an essential factor
(I) A/according to recent statistics (J) A/among a host of reasons
(K) I/it is necessary to investigate the (L) O/other causes and solutions are possible and worth
causes of the tendency and find investigating
solutions
(M) T/the causes of and solutions to the problem of…suggested above may not be exhaustive, but they
are certainly important
Sample Essay 2
Recent statistics show that juvenile delinquency in the major cities of the world is on the increase. Give
your analysis of the causes and possible solutions.
1. , juvenile delinquency is on the rise in major cities throughout the
world. As it has affected social stability, 2. .
3. the increase of juvenile crime 3. . 4. , the negative influence
of TV violence and pornography 5. . Nowadays, some TV programmes,
including movies, TV drama and animated cartoons are full of fighting, bleeding, murdering and killing, and
sexually suggested words and scenes are the order of the day. As a result of long-run impingement of TV, a
large number of youngsters end up committing crime in attempting to put to practice what they have
watched on TV due to their inability to distinguish between right and wrong.
The failure of family education 6. . Children are more likely to be spoiled in nuclear families. At
home it is not that the children are disciplined by the parents, but that the parents are obliged to obey their
children. 7. , many parents are so busy that they can’t teach their children well.
8. For one thing, eliminating the negative influence of media, especially TV and the Internet, on the
young 9. . Children have to be educated of the harmful effects of violent TV programmes and
pornographic Internet information. 10. , the youngsters have to be disciplined both at school and at home.
11. they are properly taught with the concept of right and wrong, this fundamental practice can lend the
young a powerful “immune system”, which helps them to resist bad influence of all kinds.
To sum up, 12. juvenile delinquency 12. . Undoubtedly, 13. .
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