Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people think that it’s a good idea to socialise with work colleagues during evenings and weekends. Other people think it’s important to keep working life completely separate from social life.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Today's world everyone is become social animal.Some people argue that keep in touch with work partners after job is good idea but other people contradict this theory and say they need to separate their personal and professional life with colleagues. I shall be describe both the side in my upcoming paragraphs with valid points to justify my reasons to do that.

Firstly, everybody have their own preference but socialize with the work colleagues is beneficial because when you have good relation with them outside the office then they will help inside the office. For example, if something happened to your personal life and you can't concentrate to work then they know about your problem and they will help you instead of giving you a extra pressure to do particular work.Moreover, social bond with the work partners makes you more productive and focused. Friends always enocourage each other and has less jealousy feature or you can say that your promotion chances are high if you have good bond with other colleagues .

On the other hand, make a social bond with colleagues create plethora of problems. if you keep your life separate then nobody knows your weakness and strength because if somebody knows they will use it on you on the right time and get advantages from that. Secondly, extra bonding with work partners will also effect your mood because everybody need rest from particular situation.For instance, something happened in your workplace and after you shift you contact with your same friends from the work then they repeat the same situation that will effect your mood.

In my opinion,I think make a social bond after job with the same colleagues is not very beneficial it make your life more monotonous so you have to make distance between professional and private life.

To conclude, both points have valid advantages and disadvantages. As make social circle with work colleges help you to get easy promotion while extra bond make your life more boring.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both views and give a clear personal position: you explain why socialising can lead to support and cooperation, then argue that keeping work and private life separate protects personal boundaries. The examples about colleagues helping when someone has a personal problem and work conversations affecting mood are relevant. However, some points are asserted rather than fully explained. For instance, the claim that socialising raises promotion chances is not clearly connected to the argument, while the concern that colleagues may exploit someone’s “weakness and strength” needs a more specific explanation. Develop each main reason with a clearer cause-and-effect link or a concrete example, and make the conclusion reflect your position more directly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, your opinion, and a conclusion. The contrast between “Firstly” and “On the other hand” helps readers follow the discussion, and the examples are placed with the relevant arguments. This meets the lower-band expectations securely, with some stronger organisation, but progression is not always smooth. The introduction promises “upcoming paragraphs,” and the final paragraph repeats the main points without adding a concise synthesis of your opinion. Some links, such as “Secondly,” do not make the relationship between ideas fully clear. Use transitions that show the precise connection between claims, and ensure each paragraph develops one central idea in a logical sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to discuss workplace relationships, including “professional and private life,” “social bond,” “colleagues,” and “productive.” There are also attempts at less common language, such as “monotonous” and “plethora,” but some choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “plethora of problems” is overstated here, and “extra bonding” does not express the intended idea clearly. Spelling and word-form errors, including “enocourage,” “colleges” for colleagues, and “effect” where “affect” is needed, also reduce precision. Aim for natural collocations and check spelling carefully. A more controlled range of phrases such as “maintain professional boundaries” and “build rapport” would make your arguments clearer and more precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if you have good relation with them outside the office then they will help inside the office” and a reason clause beginning “because.” However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to read. Examples include “everybody is become,” “everybody have,” “I shall be describe,” and “make a social bond … create.” Punctuation and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “work.Moreover” and the lower-case “if” after a full stop. Practise building accurate subject–verb patterns and checking each sentence for a complete, correctly formed clause before adding more complex structures.

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