Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-09-16

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries not enough students are choosing to study science at university. What are the causes of this? What effects does it have on society?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

There is growing concern about, intrest of undergraduates are decreasing on Science. I will discuss the main reasons, thier effects on community, and provide some revelent causes that leads university students to loose their passion on Science.

On the one hand, Science has sevral subjects including Physics, Chemestry, and Biology. That makes syllabus more complex and learner have to pay more attention to achieve good score in their test. Additionally, pupil increasingly get involved into part time jobs for their survival because of that students are not getting enough time for preapration for their study. For instance, If they pourcue their education in easy subject like Art and Education they will get sufficient time for their jobs and study.

On the other hand, College students lose their preference from science can cause various problem in our communities. It can harm in different onnovation sectors such as Robotics, AI, and Automation. Which can harm to nation economic growth as well. For instance, Science helps us to manufacure machines, and goods, after selling them into international markest nation can generate good profits.

Inconclusion, Science play a vital role for human generation. It guide us about technology that helps human civilization. However, the intrest of students decreasing day by day from science because of heavy pressure of earning money for their survivals, But it can harms us consistently. Nowdays, people are getting more modern which may effect for their garieer growth.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address all parts of the prompt by discussing the causes of the decline in science students and the effects on society, mentioning economic growth and innovation sectors like robotics. A position is stated in the introduction, though the ideas are somewhat repetitive and lack deep development. For instance, the mention of part-time jobs and financial pressure is a good point, but it is not fully elaborated with strong specific evidence. Furthermore, there is a penalty applied because the word count is 238 words, which falls short of the minimum 250-word requirement. Consequently, the task is addressed only partially, warranting a band score of 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into four paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion, showing a basic structural awareness. Cohesive devices are used to signal progression, such as 'On the one hand', 'On the other hand', and 'Inconclusion' (spelled incorrectly as one word). However, logical progression is often hindered by abrupt transitions and faulty referencing. For example, the sentence 'Which can harm to nation economic growth as well' uses a relative pronoun fragment incorrectly to start a sentence. Paragraphing is present, but overall the flow is mechanical and sometimes confusing, leading to a band score of 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with frequent spelling mistakes throughout the text. Examples include 'intrest' instead of interest, 'thier' for their, 'revelent' for relevant, 'sevral', 'Chemestry', 'pupil', 'preapration', 'pourcue' (pursue), 'markest', 'Inconclusion', and 'garieer'. While the student attempts some less common academic words like 'innovation', 'civilization', and 'automation', the high frequency of spelling errors and inaccurate word choices, such as 'easy subject like Art and Education' or 'lose their preference from science', significantly strains the reader and restricts the lexical score to a 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on general adequacy of basic terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional forms ('If they pourcue their education... they will get...'). However, the writing is plagued by frequent grammatical and punctuation errors. There are issues with subject-verb agreement ('intrest of undergraduates are decreasing', 'learner have to pay'), incorrect preposition usage ('lose their preference from science', 'effect for their garieer growth'), and fragment sentences. For example, 'Which can harm to nation economic growth as well' is a fragmented clause attached incorrectly. Although meaning can mostly be deciphered, the density of structural inaccuracies keeps the grammar score at a 5.0.

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