Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-08

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people feel that the government should pay the costs of running universities so that a university education will be free for anyone who wants it.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Lot of people believe, that the administration should pay the money spent of running universities or school so that a university student wiil be unpaid for everone who wants it.

From a wider social perspective, our children need education for the better future, we need to study in school or university to become successful someday. But in the realilty not everone have a change or able to enroll into university because they have tuition fee and very expensive.I totally agree I think our goverment need to focus in education like scholarship, and free allowance for those who good in school.

One of the main reason is education is powerful in this life they help us to have a change in big salary or huge income that help in our day by day life, Our goverment need to help about costs in tuition fee mosly in the meddle class in this country because of proverty, and lock of education and many of our community have no change to go in school to study because they are far in the city I think our goverment need to build more school in the country side and have a free tuition fee for anyone who want it.

One of the major advantage if the goverment focus that having the law thats anyone have free education and allowance is more job will coming in the future and also our economy become poewerful. Because our children are able to go in school more children in the future become successful more investment is comming.

To summary we need education for the better life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you say, “I totally agree,” and give relevant reasons, including improved employment prospects, reduced barriers for poorer families, and benefits to the economy. These points show a response to the question, but the argument is only partly developed. For example, you mention scholarships and free allowances, then argue for free tuition for everyone, without explaining whether support should be universal or targeted. The point about building schools in the countryside is relevant to access to education but is not directly connected to who should pay university costs. To strengthen the response, explain each main reason with a specific example and clarify how government funding would work and why it is preferable to other approaches.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a concluding sentence. The paragraphs generally group related ideas, and phrases such as “One of the main reason” and “To summary” signal stages in the argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow because several claims are joined together without clear explanation. For instance, the paragraph about tuition costs moves from poverty to distance from cities and then to building rural schools. Linking expressions are also repetitive, especially repeated uses of “because” and “and.” Organise each body paragraph around one central reason, then explain and illustrate it; use clearer references and a wider range of transitions to show how each point supports your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “tuition fee,” “scholarship,” “poverty,” “investment,” and “economy.” This gives you enough language to communicate your main ideas, but the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning less clear. Examples include “a university student will be unpaid” for free education, “a change in big salary” for an opportunity to earn a higher salary, and “more job will coming.” Spelling errors such as “goverment,” “realilty,” and “poewerful” are also noticeable. Build a bank of accurate phrases related to public funding and access to education, and check spelling and word forms carefully before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with reasons, such as “because they have tuition fee and very expensive,” but the longer structures are often faulty. Errors in agreement and verb forms occur in examples such as “not everyone have” and “more job will coming.” Articles and sentence construction also need attention: “education is powerful in this life they help us” joins two ideas without a suitable grammatical link. Punctuation is inconsistent, with some sentences running together and commas used where a full stop would be clearer. Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a correctly formed subordinate clause, then check subject–verb agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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