Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-09

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)

good and interesting question to reponse, infact as we noticed where globalization is being taken place, life is getting fast and fast, competions are increasing, cost is touching to skies, infact this time of race, chronical diseases are becoming common, the important reason connecting with health is mainly food.

Good food help you to stay longer, healthy, focused and proficient in your career, we can easily compare this from current to past, where people were part of civilized approach connecting with each other, accessible, having enough time to give families, since todays age competition is high, where lot of different approaches and business are being part of the society, i would like to start from the frozen food and packaged meals, everything has its own advantages and advantages, few will explore as below:

Advantages:

1- Easily accessible rather than you visit and buy.

2- ready made products easy to take and bake / make.

3- different options of variety.

4- Ready mix with ingredients, even if you do not know hot to make biryani, biryani mix is available take, oven this and ready to serve.

Dis-advantages:

1- Not sure how this food is prepared.

2- How it is transported if temperatures were maintained throughout its journey or not.

3- what level of fats are involved as my practical experience once we take meat we ask butcher to clean the fat and make kabab with clean meat, but we do not what level of fat is involve in this.

4- once you took the product and brough house, some time it is not freshed, and expired.

Simple words if comparisions are concerned fresh meat and foods preparation is much better, and towards a healthier life.

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 is quite superficial. The use of a numbered list format is inappropriate for an IELTS essay, which requires formal, cohesive paragraphs. While the ideas provided (e.g., accessibility, health concerns, food quality) are relevant, they are presented as brief notes rather than fully developed arguments. To achieve a higher band, you must expand these points into full sentences and paragraphs, providing deeper analysis and examples to support your position. The introduction and conclusion are also underdeveloped and lack a clear, formal structure.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay lacks a formal structure. The use of a numbered list for the body paragraphs significantly disrupts the flow and coherence of the text. There is a lack of effective cohesive devices to link ideas; the transition between the introduction, the list of points, and the conclusion is abrupt. Paragraphing is not used effectively, as the essay is essentially a collection of fragmented points rather than a cohesive argument. To improve, you should use linking words (e.g., 'furthermore', 'consequently', 'on the other hand') and organize your thoughts into well-structured paragraphs with clear topic sentences.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary is limited and often imprecise. There are several instances of awkward phrasing and non-standard collocations, such as 'cost is touching to skies' and 'chronical diseases'. The repetition of simple words and the informal tone (e.g., 'take and bake') hinder the overall quality. While the meaning is generally clear, the range of vocabulary is insufficient to express complex ideas with precision. You should focus on learning more academic collocations and synonyms to replace basic terms and improve the sophistication of your writing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay contains frequent grammatical errors that affect the readability of the text. There are issues with subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'Good food help you'), incorrect tense usage, and run-on sentences that lack proper punctuation. The sentence structures are largely simple or repetitive, with few attempts at complex grammatical forms. Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly in the list section. To improve, you need to focus on mastering basic sentence construction, ensuring correct verb forms, and using a wider variety of complex structures with greater accuracy.

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