Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-06
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)
Several people have their oppions about competion and cooprtation among groups. At works, school and in daily life individuals try to do better than others which can be seen as competition while some try to understand eachother ideas and oppinion which is believe to be cooperative.
On one hand, several livings beileve competition is necessary at work, at school and in our day to day life. Participating in a work or in a different activities support an individual to think more sharply and effectively without needing guidence from others. It benefitis the worker to discover numerous ideas that benefits them to innovate it into practical things. This builds confidents and encourages others to achieve more and better. Although it has several effect like pysically as well as emotionally exhausted which can create issues in health, draining energry more.
On the other hand, most believe that working with pairs and in groups helps with communiction. Cooperativeness in group is somewhat beneficial for the fact that it creates strong bonds and good sense of mutal understandings. It create a social enviroment and great companionships including discovery of different skills and knowledge. cooperation builds the patience of listening others opinion and sharing own skills to solve any kinds of problems in advance. It also consists of disadvantage in disagreement and several conflicts on certain situation.
In conclusion according to the statement i strongly stand with the favour of competition rather than coorperation due to the fact that competition brings creative and strong mind with sharp thinking. It doesn't create conflicts and disturbance like in the cooperate.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The response addresses all parts of the task, discussing both competition and cooperation and presenting a clear position in the conclusion. However, the ideas remain somewhat limited and under-developed. For example, while the writer mentions that competition 'supports an individual to think more sharply', this point is not fully extended with specific examples or clear elaboration. Similarly, the discussion of cooperation touches on communication and mutual understanding, but these concepts lack depth. The position is stated at the end, but the reasoning throughout the body paragraphs is occasionally repetitive and generalized, reflecting a partial development of the prompt's core themes.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
There is some basic organization with a clear four-paragraph structure representing an introduction, two body paragraphs discussing opposing views, and a conclusion. However, there is a lack of clear overall progression between the ideas, making the logical flow feel disjointed at times. Cohesive devices are used, but they are frequently repetitive or mechanical, such as the heavy reliance on transitional phrases like 'On one hand' and 'On the other hand'. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as when pronouns like 'it' are used ambiguously without a clear antecedent, which affects the overall readability and cohesion of the text.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task, with noticeable errors that occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader. There are frequent spelling errors, such as 'oppions' for opinions, 'competion' for competition, 'cooprtation' for cooperation, 'eachother' for each other, 'guidence' for guidance, 'confidents' for confidence, 'pysically' for physically, 'energry' for energy, 'enviroment' for environment, and 'cooperate' instead of cooperation. Word choice and word formation are also imprecise at times, such as 'several livings' instead of 'some individuals', which restricts the lexical range and highlights recurring inaccuracies.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer uses a limited range of sentence structures, and attempts at more complex sentences are often faulty. There are frequent grammatical errors involving subject-verb agreement, pluralisation, articles, and prepositions within grammatical patterns. Examples include 'Several people have their oppions', 'At works, school and in daily life', 'Participating in a work or in a different activities', and 'is believe to be cooperative'. These frequent errors require the reader to occasionally pause and can cause some difficulty in fully grasping the intended meaning of specific clauses.
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