Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-18

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 5.0)

Most of the people believe that competition at work, at school and in daily life is good thing, but on the other hand some of us argue that we should try to cooperate more, rather than competing against each other.

There are situations like in which some time competition is good at work, school and daily life but in some situations we should sooperate each other, for instance due to different perspectives people have to competition at work like to complete their work tast in lust of respect and some materialist benefits, and at school students competition for improving their marks and grades in exams to achive higher; moreover some people think that competition in daily life is good for instance they believe that to do their best and show themselvs higher and feel pround.

Therefore, there are various reasons that people believe that cooperation with each other should necessary because of multiple reasons to examplify that at work place people should be cooperative with their colleagues for perform better and work in team to achive goals and make enviroment friendly as well as professional, if we talk about at school level to work in groups like assignments and persentations it can build the ability of team work.

In addition to it, if we talk bout daily life some people believe that we should try to cooperation with each other it may be helpfull to eleminate hard task and make our social envioment friendly and easy to live.

To summarize this topic I believe we should cooperate with each other even it is a work place, in school and daily life that's our social resposibility but in some situations we have try to compete each other to make ourslef better and work hard.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the views on competition and cooperation, and the student presents a clear personal opinion in the conclusion. However, the development of ideas is limited and somewhat repetitive. For example, the second paragraph attempts to explain why competition is good at work, school, and daily life, but the ideas are tangled and under-developed, referencing 'lust of respect' and material benefits. The third paragraph discusses cooperation at work and school, and while relevant, the points lack full extension and concrete supporting details. Overall, the task is addressed, but the depth of argument places this response firmly at Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

There is some basic organization with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, but there is no clear overall progression of ideas, resulting in a somewhat rambling structure. Paragraphing is attempted, but sentences often run together without clear logical transitions. For instance, the second and third paragraphs consist of extremely long, convoluted sentences packed with multiple clauses, such as '...for instance due to different perspectives people have to competition at work like to complete their work tast in lust of respect...'. Furthermore, cohesive devices are frequently inaccurate or repetitive, such as the overuse of 'if we talk about' and 'for instance'. Referencing is also weak at times, which makes the progression difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and barely adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, but these attempts often result in unnatural word choices and spelling errors that impede communication. Examples include 'sooperate' instead of cooperate, 'tast' instead of task, 'lust' instead of last or list, 'achive' instead of achieve, and 'eleminate' instead of eliminate. Collocations are also weak, such as 'show themselvs higher'. While the writer manages to communicate the general topic, frequent lexical inaccuracies and spelling errors pull the lexical score down to Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts some complex sentence structures, but these attempts are consistently faulty, resulting in long, run-on sentences with severe grammatical breakdowns. For example, the sentence starting with 'There are situations like in which...' is a massive, ungrammatical string of clauses lacking proper punctuation and control. There are frequent errors in verb forms, prepositions, and agreement, such as 'Most of the people believe', 'people have to competition', and 'we have try to compete'. Simple sentences are occasionally accurate, but the overall lack of control over complex forms and frequent errors that cause difficulty for the reader place this response at Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on positive achievement.

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