Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries, more people are choosing to live alone rather than share a home.

Why is this becoming more common?

Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

There has been a growing trend in many countries that people prefer to live alone rather than sharing a home. One of the main reason for this trend is people seeking their independence. Sharing a room means sharing responsibilities and personal space as tenents have to take turns for cleaning living spaces, they have to share their kitchen and in some cases the fridge as well because of this people prefer living alone. I believe that this change in mindset is affecting development negatively as before people used to live as a joint family and share their joy and sarrow with each other but by living alone people are isolating themselves from society.

People choose to live alone because they want peace and privacy in their life. If a person lives in sharing or in a joint family then they won't have privacy because mostly everything is shared except for bedroom and they can't enjoy alone time. Another important thing is sharing creates chaos as sometime person has to wait for bathroom because it is being occupied by another tenent and also faces hygiene issues because other member living there doesn't clean living space or lives dirty dishes in the sink for weeks. For instance, I was living in sharing when I first arrived to Canada, there as a person in that house who used to play loud music at night and left dirty dishes in the sink for days because of his behaviour my mental health was deteriorating due to that incident I prefered living alone.

However, I strongly believe that this is a negative step toward development because living alone makes cold-hearted person who doesn't want to contribute for betterment of society but on the other hand, person who lives in joint family are more empathetic and focus about development as a whole rather than advancing alone. For example, I had a friend who came from a joint family, he always tried to help others in need and was constantly thinking of self growth and about communal growth.

In conclusion, I would like to appeal people to live on sharing and help each other rather than living alone and becoming isolated from the society. Living alone is affecting personal mindset as well as affecting society.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address both parts of the question: independence, privacy and household conflict explain why solo living is becoming more common, and your position that it is negative is clear in the introduction, body and conclusion. The Canada anecdote gives a relevant, specific example of how sharing can be stressful. This meets the task well, and the response also begins to extend its ideas. However, some claims are broad or insufficiently explained: for example, the assertion that living alone makes people “cold-hearted” and less willing to contribute to society is not fully supported by the friend example, which mainly illustrates the benefits of joint-family life. Develop this link with clearer reasoning and acknowledge that outcomes may vary between individuals to make the argument more convincing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall structure: the opening introduces the issue and your view, the next paragraph explains reasons for living alone, and the following paragraph develops your negative assessment before the conclusion. Examples are generally placed alongside the points they support. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes weakened by long sentences that join several ideas without clear punctuation, particularly the opening paragraph’s list of shared chores and facilities. Some connections are also mechanical or unclear: “However” introduces a point that continues your negative position rather than contrasting with the preceding paragraph, and “on the other hand” does not set up a fully balanced contrast. Use clearer sentence boundaries and more precise links between claims and examples.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of vocabulary for the topic, including “independence,” “privacy,” “hygiene issues,” “isolating themselves” and “communal growth.” These choices help communicate the main ideas, and the personal example is easy to follow. However, several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, such as “tenents,” “sarrow,” “prefered” and “lives dirty dishes.” Some expressions are also awkward or imprecise, including “live in sharing,” “focus about development” and “a negative step toward development.” Aim to learn accurate collocations and check spelling carefully; more natural phrasing would make your argument clearer and give you greater flexibility in discussing social effects.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If a person lives in sharing or in a joint family…” and a relative clause in “a person who came from a joint family.” The overall meaning is usually clear, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems remain. For example, “One of the main reason … is people seeking” has a number mismatch and an awkward clause structure; “they won't have privacy” shifts from the general “a person” to “they”; and several sentences run together, especially the first paragraph’s explanation of shared responsibilities. Review subject–verb agreement, consistent pronoun reference, articles and sentence boundaries. More accurate control of these patterns would strengthen the complex sentences you are already attempting.

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