Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-08-18

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

A growing number of people rely on restaurants and convenience food (frozen food and packaged meals) rather than home-cooked food to supply most of their meals.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating this way?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In the hustle of daily life, it's really hard to cope up with old ways of living. As the living standards changes rapidly. With more growing population, it makes quite difficult to grow food with old methods. Now substantial amount of food processing mills have installed to meet the needs of food to many people. Nevertheless, it is hard to manage the requirements of the food manufacturing that rely on old organic methods.

It is hour of the need that, still people face a lot of difficulties in earning one time meal for their families. In this way, processed food plays a vital role to meet the ratio of the demand for food. So, the distribution of the requirement divides among the poor, middle and elite class of the society. For working woman, they cannot prepare homemade food for their families, because of their hectic routines. As a result, the processed food becomes the sigh of relief for the working mothers. Due to the increase in number of restaurants, they have to prepare large amount of variety of cuisine and dishes, for this purpose they have to choose frozen vegetables and meat. This saves more time and efforts.

In the same way , the frozen and package food also has its disadvantages. It do not contains the freshness and nutrients like the organic food due to the use of preservatives chemicals. Which badly affects our health. Most health conscious individuals avoid processed food in their meals. It causes the ratio of diabetes, allergies and blood pressure common among the people.

No doubt, nature has its own benefits. But due to the growing population and demand for the required food to meet the ratio of population, it is necessary to fulfil this need. To overcome the lack of food, processed and frozen food plays an enormous role in our society.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both the advantages and disadvantages of relying on processed food. However, the development of ideas is somewhat uneven. The argument regarding the 'poor, middle and elite class' is not clearly linked to the prompt, and the explanation of why restaurants use frozen food is a bit simplistic. While the position is clear, some points are under-developed, such as the specific health impacts or the economic necessity of processed food. To reach a higher band, you should provide more specific examples or deeper analysis of the consequences, rather than listing general observations. The conclusion effectively summarizes the main points but introduces a slightly repetitive tone.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is organized into logical paragraphs, each with a clear focus. However, the use of cohesive devices is sometimes mechanical or slightly awkward, such as 'In the same way,' which does not accurately transition to a contrasting point about disadvantages. Referencing is occasionally unclear, particularly in the second paragraph where the link between working women and restaurant reliance is a bit abrupt. While the progression of ideas is generally logical, the flow between sentences could be improved by using a wider variety of linking words and ensuring that each sentence builds naturally upon the previous one.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, but it lacks the precision and flexibility required for higher bands. There are some instances of awkward phrasing, such as 'cope up with old ways' and 'sigh of relief,' which are not used in the most natural context. You rely on some repetitive terms like 'ratio' and 'food,' which limits the sophistication of the writing. While you attempt to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'preservatives' and 'nutrients,' the overall range is somewhat limited. Focusing on more precise collocations and avoiding informal or slightly inaccurate expressions would significantly improve your score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede the flow. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('living standards changes,' 'It do not contains') and awkward sentence construction ('Now substantial amount of food processing mills have installed'). Punctuation is generally functional, but there are some errors with comma placement and sentence fragments (e.g., 'Which badly affects our health'). While the meaning is generally clear, the frequency of these errors prevents the essay from reaching a higher band. You should focus on proofreading for basic subject-verb agreement and ensuring complex sentences are constructed accurately.

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