essay for fce exam

You have had a discussion in your English class about computer games. Now your teacher has asked you to write an essay, giving your opinion on the following statement.

Playing computer games is a waste of time.


Nowadays the majority of people has at least one computer in his house. It is not surprising, then, that statistics show that playing computer games has become one of the most popular leisure activities for children and grownups. A relevant point to analyse is the real effectiveness of this usage {activity?}.

According to many people, playing computer games represents a useless practice and MAY sometimes even BE dangerous for our health. This is sometimes true, in fact an increasing number of people usually spend too many hours in front of a screen and this is definitely not healthy.

On the other hand, we should take into account that computer games can stimulate our brain activity. As a matter of fact, they increase our capacity of FOR concentration and solve problems problem-solving. In addition to this, some computer games are HAVE even BEEN built {designed, created} to introduce children to computer programming, and this can be particularly formative educational .

To conclude, I believe that even though the use of computer games should be kept under control, it does not represent a total waste of time, since it can improve our brain skills {cognitive skills}.