Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-11

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 5.5)

In recent years, individuals are enjoying food from all over the world living at a particular place. We can get anthing we want from a supermarket near to us. I believe this is a positive growth because, we can have fruits and vegetables of other cities living at a same place.

To begin with, the major benefits of this is that, it saves travelling issue. We can eat specialities of other cities in our own hometown. Futhermore, in the areas like deserts, where the growth of crops is very slow this is very crucial for them to have food produced form other cities or even from other countries. Moreover, it also generates employment. When the food is exported or imported to other areas it requires man power and many people around the world are getting jobs because of this. The other reason is that, it is crucial for the economy of a country. In the past, when people produce or make anything to eat they only make for themselves only or they distribute to neighberhood and other get wasted however, nowadays, they sent to other cities or on larger scale they sent to other countries as well as a charity or for selling. For example, India is now exporting milk all over the world and Pakistan is doing same with bananas that help other countries' people to eat these things.

To conclue with my opinion, as consumers are buying food produced all over the world from the local market. So, authorities should promote these things by providing them facilities and lowering the tax they pay during importing and exporting.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you consider worldwide supermarket food a positive development, and you give relevant reasons, including access to food in areas where crops grow slowly, employment, and economic benefits. The examples about India exporting milk and Pakistan exporting bananas help make the discussion more concrete. However, some points are not fully explained or are unclear. For instance, “it saves travelling issue” does not explain whose travel is avoided or how, and the claim that food exports create jobs would be stronger with a clearer account of the work involved. The paragraph also shifts from food availability to charity and waste without fully connecting these ideas to the question. Develop each reason with a more precise explanation and example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has an overall structure: an introduction states your view, a main paragraph presents supporting reasons, and a conclusion recommends government support. Linking expressions such as “To begin with,” “Furthermore,” and “Moreover” make the sequence of points visible. However, the main paragraph contains several different arguments in one long block, so the progression becomes difficult to follow, particularly when it moves from employment to the economy, waste, charity, and country examples. Some connections are also mechanical or unclear, such as “The other reason is that” and “however, nowadays.” Organise the reasons into clearer stages or paragraphs, and use referencing that makes relationships explicit—for example, explain how exporting food reduces waste rather than simply placing the ideas next to each other.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main ideas, including “exported,” “imported,” “employment,” “economy,” and “produced.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “specialities” and “larger scale.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, including “saves travelling issue,” “growth of crops,” and “man power,” which make parts of the argument less clear. Spelling errors such as “anthing,” “Futhermore,” “neighberhood,” and “conclue” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise, natural combinations—for example, “reduces the need to travel,” “crop production,” and “workforce”—and proofread spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a conditional-style explanation beginning “where the growth of crops is very slow” and a longer sentence contrasting past and present food distribution. This shows some range, but control is uneven, and errors sometimes make relationships between ideas hard to follow. Examples include “the major benefits of this is,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “people produce or make anything to eat they only make,” which lacks clear sentence structure and tense control. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “at a same place” and the run-on construction beginning “In the past.” Practise building accurate clauses first, then combine them with clear punctuation and consistent verb forms.

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