Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-14

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 5.0)

People have differant views about whether people think that its good idea to socialise with work colleagues during weekend and evenings or keep woking life seperate from social life. This essay will discuss both prospective. However, I belive that social life and work life keep separate.

On the one hand, Supporters of socialise with work colleagues is more friendly rather than the other person. The reason behind it, They don't have family and friends or they dont wanted to socialise with relatives. They think that relatives are doing more tunting and toxic rather than colleagues. If they don't have such people to hangout during evening and weekend so they find other sources. Furthermore, People working differant cities and family live in other city so they dont even know anybody in city area then thet prefer go out with colleague.

On the other hand, Other belivers are hangout with family and relatives. people belive that keep working life completely seperate from social life. they dont wanted to share anything with office colleagues. Their main arguement is that keep private family to their work people. They have family for spent time on weekend and evenings. I belive that, They ganuinely belive in work and social life has to be differant. In my view this prospactive is more convincing becuse social life is very private things. I dont allow to involve anybody in my private space.

In conclusion,although social with work during occasion. I belive keep seperate work and family becuse i belive that spent time with family.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both views and state a clear preference for keeping work and social life separate, especially in the introduction and the second body paragraph. However, the discussion is only partly developed: the first view is explained mainly through claims about colleagues being friendlier or people lacking family nearby, while the case for separation is mostly that privacy matters and family deserves time. Add specific examples and explain the benefits or drawbacks of each view more fully. The conclusion is also incomplete as a sentence and does not clearly summarise both sides. The response is 247 words, so it falls three words short of the 250-word minimum; the eight words copied from the prompt are not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion. The signposts “On the one hand” and “On the other hand” help readers follow the discussion, and your opinion is placed clearly in the second body paragraph. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow because several ideas are joined without clear explanation, as in the sequence about relatives being “toxic,” finding other sources, and colleagues living in different cities. Some linking is mechanical or unclear, and references such as “this prospective” do not make the intended point easy to identify. To improve, organise each paragraph around one main reason, explain it, and connect it to a relevant example.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “socialise,” “colleagues,” “private,” and “separate,” so the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make parts of the argument difficult to interpret. For example, “more tunting and toxic” is unclear, and “keep private family to their work people” does not express the intended idea naturally. Spelling errors such as “differant,” “woking,” “belive,” and “arguement” are also frequent enough to distract the reader. Build a more precise vocabulary for discussing boundaries, workplace relationships, and family time, and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a conditional structure in “If they don't have such people to hangout… then they find other sources.” However, control is inconsistent, and some sentence patterns are incomplete or difficult to follow. For instance, “The reason behind it, They don't have family and friends” is not a complete, correctly connected sentence, while “In conclusion, although social with work during occasion” is also incomplete. There are recurring problems with articles, verb forms, agreement, and sentence boundaries, as in “They don't wanted” and “people belive.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, then check each sentence for agreement and punctuation.

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