Essay topics, taken from Selectividad exams, divided into different categories in order to help students write compositions.
Teenagers
- Should teenagers decide about their own future alone or guided by their parents?.
- What could the government do to help teenage careers?.
- What do you think are the biggest problems for teenagers nowadays?.
- How do you meet new friends?.
- Tattoes, piercings, clothes, hairstyle... do you like to follow trends?.
- What experiences would you like to live before you are old and why?.
- Would you like to take part in the Erasmus Programme in the future?.
- Why are some brands so popular with teenagers?
- What are your free time activities?.
- Do you think some sports are better than others?.
- Do you prefer conventional or extreme sports?.
- What types fo films do you prefer?.
- Do you like mystery stories?. Discuss and summarises one of these stories.
- Do you like reading or watching TV? What kind of stories do you prefer?.
- Can watching TV provide the same benefits as reading a book?.
- What ,for you, is the most important holiday of the year? Why?.
- What are the benefits of spending time outdoors? Why is it important?.
- Tell a story that you know.
- Do you think young people eat too much junk food?
- Advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food.
- What can you do to have a healthy lifestyle?.
- What do you think you could do in your daily routine to have a healthy lifestyle?.
- Describe one habit you don't consider healthy.
- How important is sleeping for you? Why?.
- What do you do to be fit?.
- The importance of keeping fit.
- Does alternative medicine really work?.
- Do you think people pay more attention to the environment in order to prevent natural disasters?.
- What can be done to improve environmental conditions?.
- How will global warming affect our lives in the future?.
- What is your opinion about recycling and what do you do about it?.
- Write about the excess of waste affects the environment.
- How will climate change affect your daily life?.
- What must governments do to reduce the consequences of climate change?.
- How can you contribute to preserving the environment in your daily routine?.
- What can we do to help the environment?.
- Do you think fighting climate change should be a real priority?, Why?.
- Will our children live in a worse environment than we do?.
- What do you normally use the internet for?.
- Would you like to use the internet to meet other people?.
- Good and bad uses of new technologies.
- Computers, mobile phones, game consoles... What's your favourite technological device? Why?.
- Which invention or inventions have changes the world the most and why?
- Would you live for four weeks without television, the internet, video games or your mobile phone?.
- Would you like to work or volunteer for an emergency service? Why?.
- There is no agreement on how government could spend public money: education, health, culture, environment etc...
- Smoking is a social problem nowadays.
- What are the effects of immigration in the life of your country?.
- In what ways do you notice that we are in the middle of a serious crisis?.
- Would you emigrate to another country to start another life?.
- What measures could be taken to solve the problem of illegal immigration?.
- Would you like to go to Africa and help people there?.
- What are the problems affecting children in poor countries?
- Would you like to go to an underdeveloped country?
- The first world should contribute to finding a solution to African's problems.
- Would you live in a foreign country?
- Advantages and disadvantages of living in a beautiful area like the Caribbean.
- Would you like to visit England?.
- Where would you like to travel?.
- Describe one of the school trips you have been on.
- What do you think of having pets at home?.
- Do animals contribute to make our lives easier or better?.
- Discuss the importance and problems of animal in modern urban societies.
- Do humans have the right to manipulate animal life?.
- Would you prefer to learn at home instead of having to go to school? Why?.
- Discipline in schools.
- Would you like to be a teacher?
- I spent some of the best days of my life at school.
- School violence is a serious problem in schools.
- Describe your experience at high school.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phone devices at school.
- Do you think school life is stressful?.
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to university?.
- Gossip and yellow journalism in Spanish media.
- Would you like to become famous and appear on TV?.
- Do you read celebrity news?.
- Advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity.
- What's your opinion of celebrity gossip?.
- Does advertising influence people?.
- Some British and American traditions have become popular in Spain.
- What's your favourite celebration of the year? Why?.
- Describe your favourite festivities of the year and explain why you like them.
- Describe your ideal friend. What do you think he/she should be like?.
- Describe your ideal husband, wife or partner.
- Describe your ideal teacher.
- Do you think learning other languages is important nowadays? Why?.
- Studying English abroad.
- Men and women's new roles in society.
- Have you ever seen or had an accident? What happened?.
- Write something funny that happened to you or someone you know.
- What's the biggest lie or fantasy you have ever been told?.
- Married or single? Advantages and disadvantages.
- Does money bring happiness?.
- What are the most important things in life? why?.
- What kind of prize would you like to win?.
- Do you believe in life in outer space?.
- Advantages and disadvantages of living in the city and living in the country.
- Would you like to have supernatural powers? Why?.
- What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of living up to 100 years of age?.
