A journey with less to carry
Original practice source: a commentary about packing for a short visit.
A bag can fill with imagined versions of a journey. There is something for an invitation which has not arrived, something for a photograph which may never be taken and something kept because leaving it behind feels like admitting the trip will not include everything. Planning becomes a way of refusing to choose.
Yet carrying less is not automatically wiser. Some belongings meet a real need, and different people cannot travel with identical arrangements. The useful question is what each item makes possible, and whether carrying it asks more of the journey than it gives back. A modest bag may leave room for attention; an incomplete one may turn the day into a search for something necessary.
A travel magazine is inviting articles on the statement: “We would enjoy journeys more if we took fewer possessions.”
Write an article for the magazine arguing your view. You may use ideas from the source and your own ideas.
60 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE English Language 2.2.1 Writing for audience and purpose. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.