Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-08-23

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 5.0)

Its been increasing rapidly mostly public reply on restaurants and convenience food rather than home cooked meals . In this essay we well discuss and summarize it following.

There are advantages such as nowadays everyone has a busy schedule while doing work or studies. They dont have that much time for make home cooked food. Therefore they prefer to go restaurant or sometime order it.

another thing is they find it is easy to process, and not time consuming.

even when they are in work they can order, can fill stomach.

There are so many disadvantages include it is harmful for health, mental well being. it affects organs such as heart, kidney, liver and deposit fat in tissues.

It affects cardiovascular system, respiratory, digestive system.

it seems people to like that is is freshly veggies , fruits but they are not, and when we ingest it they can damage to our food chain also.

Although healthy food is time consuming but it overall healthy for us and home cooked.

people even eating it regular but cant even do any exercise. if someone is focusing on eating unhealthy then do exercise .join gym , pilates, hire a personal trainer if you can afford. otherwise you will get fat and dont even look fit.

In conclusion, There are disadvantages outweigh advantages. because unhealthy food, processed food or snacks give risk of cancer, obesity.but for living lon should avoid that. and if someone wants to eat outside you can go one time in the month.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses both the advantages and disadvantages of relying on convenience food. However, the development of ideas is limited. The advantages are mentioned briefly, focusing on time constraints, but lack depth or specific examples. The disadvantages section is more detailed regarding health impacts, but the argument becomes disjointed when discussing exercise and gym habits, which drifts away from the core topic of food consumption. The position is clear in the conclusion, but the overall development is superficial, and the essay lacks the necessary structure to fully explore the implications of the prompt.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, but the logical flow is weak. Transitions are often missing or misused, such as 'another thing is' and 'even when they are in work'. The use of cohesive devices is mechanical and sometimes inaccurate, making the progression of ideas feel disjointed. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the internal structure of paragraphs lacks unity. While there is an attempt at an introduction and conclusion, the overall organisation is basic and does not consistently guide the reader through the argument.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary is limited and repetitive. The student relies on basic terms like 'good', 'bad', 'harmful', and 'easy'. There are several instances of awkward phrasing and incorrect word choices, such as 'fill stomach' instead of 'satiate hunger' or 'ingest it' used incorrectly in context. The range is insufficient to express complex ideas with precision. While the meaning is generally understandable, the lack of variety and the frequent errors in collocation and word formation prevent the response from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay contains frequent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('go restaurant'), incorrect verb forms ('Its been increasing'), and punctuation issues. Sentence structures are mostly simple or contain errors when attempting complexity. For example, 'if someone is focusing on eating unhealthy then do exercise' is grammatically flawed. There are also issues with subject-verb agreement and sentence fragments. While the errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to cause difficulty for the reader and demonstrate a lack of control over basic grammatical structures.

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