Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-16

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people think that competition at work, at school and in daily life is a good thing. Others believe that we should try to cooperate more, rather than competing against each other.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

In this modern era, few people believe that it is beneficial to having competition at work or school even in our daily life tasks. While, other agure that we need to support each other as it is not in favor among us to compete. This essay will discus both view with real implementions.

On the one hand, In many organizations, there is more competition for permotions as it is essential to get get succeed. Employees try to competite their colleagues for promotion and inceriments. However, it is not a piece of cake but they try to be workolic persons and give more time in their offices to achieve their daily tasks. Furthermore, compitetion among employes built them more efficiant and help them to develop new skills. Similarly, competition between stduents is usefull as they work hard for better performence in the class and it also help them to achieve good grades. Therefore, it is necessary that people should compete with their srounding gathering to perform better in daily life as well.

On the other hand, cooperation is also essential at workplace and in classrooms. For instance, there are many task at work which are more complex and most employee are unable to slove individually. Furthermore, it is significantly important to help each other because each person has different technical skills and it make unity and confidence among other employees when one of team memeber support others. In schools, group activities can teach students how to communicate and support one another.

In conclusion, both competition and cooperation are useful at work place and in learning institutes, but in organzations it is important to support each other when they have common goals. In schools also necessary to maintain competition and support other fellows for better understanding and inhance comunications skills.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the prompt by discussing both views on competition and cooperation while also offering the writer's own opinion. The position is clear throughout the essay, and the main ideas are generally relevant. However, the development of ideas tends to be somewhat repetitive and lacks depth, especially in the body paragraphs where points about promotions and skill development are briefly stated rather than fully elaborated. For instance, the mention that competition helps employees develop new skills is not supported by a specific example or detailed explanation. Furthermore, there are minor issues with task interpretation regarding phrasing, but overall, the writer covers the prompt adequately, satisfying the requirements for a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay has a recognisable overall structure with a clear four-paragraph layout, including an introduction, two body paragraphs representing opposing views, and a conclusion. However, logical progression is hindered by awkward transitional phrases such as 'While, other agure that' and repetitive cohesive devices. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different viewpoints, but internal cohesion within paragraphs can be mechanical or faulty, such as the abrupt shifts between ideas in the second paragraph. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and cohesive devices are not always used with precision. These issues place the response firmly in the Band 5.5 to 6.0 range, where organization is present but coherence suffers from inadequate linking.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the writer to communicate basic ideas about work, school, and daily life. There are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'agure' instead of argue, 'discus' instead of discuss, 'implementions' instead of implementations, 'permotions' instead of promotions, 'competite' instead of compete, 'inceriments' instead of increments, 'workolic' instead of workaholic, 'efficiant' instead of efficient, 'stduents' instead of students, 'usefull' instead of useful, 'performence' instead of performance, 'srounding' instead of surrounding, 'slove' instead of solve, 'memeber' instead of member, 'organzations' instead of organizations, and 'inhance' instead of enhance. Although these errors are frequent, they rarely completely impede communication, resulting in a Band 5.0 score for lexical resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as conditional and subordinate clauses ('While, other agure that we need to support each other...'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in verb forms, prepositions, articles, and sentence structure. Examples include 'beneficial to having' instead of 'beneficial to have', 'does not in favor among us' instead of 'not in our favor', 'built them more efficiant' instead of 'make them more efficient', and 'In schools also necessary' instead of 'In schools, it is also necessary'. The high frequency of grammatical mistakes causes noticeable difficulty for the reader at times, aligning the response with the Band 5.0 descriptors.

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