Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries nowadays, consumers can go to a supermarket and buy food produced all over the world.

Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In this contemporary society, Consumers has large range of food varieties in a supermarket, they can buy products of different countries due to the globalisation. From my perspective, benefits outweigh the drawbacks of this development.

On the one hand, there are several advantages of this advancements. Firstly, customers can enjoy global foods under one place due to international trades. For instance, Korean noodles and snacks are available in super-stores of Pakistan at affordable rates. Moreover, this development give opportunity to try variety of best quality products in one place without travelling, it can reduce transport cost and time. Furthermore, modern customers are exposed to international food cultures through traveling, social media, and cooking shows driving market demand for exotic ingredients like avocado, quinoa, or matcha.

On the other hand, they have some issues for local market sellers despite these benefits. Since large number of users are preferred to international products, this can be challenging for local markets. For instance, when people have options to buy korean skin care products with reasonable prices, they would never buy national items. Produce harvested early for long transport often lacks the flavor and peak nutritional density of locally harvested, seasonal foods.

To sum up, there are more positive aspects of this advance development for customers and global markets. Consumers can access International brands and products without travelling to another country. International market can expand due to marketing and branding all over the world. This can be harmful for those local bussiness who could change their marketing strategies due to lack of knowledge.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction—“benefits outweigh the drawbacks”—and the conclusion maintains this view. You address both positive and negative effects, with relevant examples such as Korean foods being sold in Pakistan and the challenges faced by local sellers. This meets the task well, and the discussion includes some extension, particularly the point about access to international foods without travelling. However, several ideas are only partly explained: the claim that buying imported products can “reduce transport cost and time” is unclear, and the example about Korean skincare does not directly support a discussion of food. The point about imported produce losing flavour and nutrients is relevant but needs clearer connection to your overall judgement. Develop and link these points more precisely to strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for advantages and disadvantages, and a conclusion. Signposting such as “On the one hand,” “Moreover,” and “To sum up” helps readers follow the main stages of your argument. The progression is generally logical, but some connections between ideas are abrupt or unclear. For example, the sentence about reducing transport costs does not clearly follow from the claim about trying products without travelling, and the shift from food to skincare weakens the focus of the disadvantage paragraph. The conclusion introduces marketing and branding without fully linking these points to the earlier discussion. Use referencing and transitions to show how each example supports the paragraph’s main point, rather than relying mainly on formulaic connectors.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “globalisation,” “international food cultures,” “seasonal foods,” and “nutritional density.” These choices show an attempt to discuss both consumer benefits and effects on local markets. Some less common expressions are not used naturally or precisely: “under one place” and “this development give opportunity” make the meaning less fluent, while “advance development” is an awkward phrase. There are also spelling and capitalisation slips, including “bussiness,” “Consumers,” and “International.” Aim for accurate collocations and consistent spelling, and choose words that fit the specific context. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish imported food, local produce, and international brands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “Since” and “when,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, some errors in agreement, articles, sentence boundaries, and punctuation remain. For example, “Consumers has large range” needs a plural verb and an article, while “this development give opportunity” has a subject–verb agreement error. The opening sentence joins two independent clauses with a comma, and “Moreover, this development give…” also needs more accurate sentence construction. These errors do not usually prevent understanding, but they reduce control. Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and verb, correct agreement, and appropriate punctuation, while continuing to use complex structures.

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