The paragraph below is part of a student’s answer to this IELTS writing task II question: “Young people should be pressured by their teachers and parents to study as hard as possible at school or university.” To what extent do you agree with the statement Read the paragraph and underline the multi-word verbs. Then rewrite it to make it more formal by using their formal equivalents. Many young people go out at night instead of studying. Some hang out in the local park and mess around with their friends. Others get drunk or shoot up drugs, messing up their abilities to concentrate the next day. If these young people do not study at school, it can cause more social problems in the future. However, if their teachers or parents tell them off, it will not get through to them. The best way is to convince young people of the merits of education. ()