Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-29
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)
Alot of people belive that compitition in different aspect of life is benificial, while other consider cooperate is the way, Instead os this. But i firmily belive that comitition has more better effects, compare to cooperate.
Firstely, to compet each other make a confidence and hope for win in different factor of life. Rivalry between people make there more and more better in specific activity. For example, many childern compete each other in studies, games and mark ect which furnish their skills, and the same thing applies in work or different aspects where people compete to each other to show therself better, and the grow is obviouslly increase dramatically.
Regarding the cooperate, its is ethical in that situation where the cooperate is better, but if everybody work, school and other task in daily life cooperate each other. which cause the negitive development and worse effect on our environment. Like, if childern, coligues and player always collaborate one another in school, work and feild
In my point of view, competition to one another motivate the people to makr their personlity better and create a hope of win, which step up our society development. On the other hand cooperate demotivate the individuals to perform good, but in sometime it is the right way to solve problems
In nutshel, I would like to say that competition and cooperation depend on the time, sometime cooperation is good and most of the the compidition because it make force the individual to get better perfomance.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to discuss both views regarding competition and cooperation and provides a clear personal opinion. However, the development of ideas is limited and repetitive, and the response falls one word short of the 250-word minimum requirement. For example, the arguments regarding cooperation causing negative development lack sufficient extension or clear concrete examples. While the writer covers all parts of the task broadly, the reasoning remains simplistic and under-developed. These features align with the requirements for Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, and an overall progression is attempted, but cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical. Transitional devices are misused or awkward, such as starting sentences with 'Regarding the cooperate, its is ethical' and 'In nutshel'. Referencing between ideas is often unclear, making the logical flow difficult to follow at times. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within the body paragraphs breaks down due to incomplete sentence structures, notably trailing off at the end of the third paragraph. This corresponds to a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with frequent spelling and word-form errors that strain the reader. Examples include 'alot', 'belive', 'compitition', 'benificial', 'cooperate' used instead of 'cooperation', and 'coligues'. The student attempts to use less common words like 'dramatically' and 'furnish', but severe spelling and collocation inaccuracies restrict communication. These limitations place the lexical resource firmly at Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on the overall adequacy of meaning conveyed.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The student uses a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms, but grammatical accuracy is extremely low. There are frequent, persistent errors throughout the text, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('competition to one another motivate'), incorrect prepositions, and incomplete sentences (e.g., 'Like, if childern, coligues and player always collaborate one another...'). Punctuation is also problematic with random capitalization and missing periods. These constant errors impede readability and fit the Band 4.0 level.
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