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)

People in differents country can buy food from super market in thier area which produced all over the world.I believed that it can introduced us with different type of food and different culture, however it can dominated the local food market which is bad for local economy.

On the one hand, buying food of different countries people can try different taste and introduced with unkwon habitat.For example there are lots of fruits and food eaten by different nation which is mostly unkwon by us such as bread with meat and different types of cherry which is grown in different weather place like Pakistan, Kashmir where we can find this types of food and if we find this food in our local super shops we can taste it and learn about origin of this food which is connected to thier history and culture.

On the other hand, Food from different places and if taste have extraordinary speciality that can be take place of local food and dominated the local market which can impact in local economy.

For instance, if the taste of others food is good and qualityfull people alwayes want it for thier need and they avoid local food which make great impact such as potato from india cheapest than bangladeshi local potato and people eagerly like indian potato for cheap rate.

In conclusion, I believed that if people can buy food from supermarket which is produced in another country it can be good to fullfil our desire of taste and we also introduced about unkown things, however if the food from others country can dominated local food market it make diseaster of local economy and goverment should buy high prices product from another country to fullfill the peoples demand.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the question and give a clear overall view: international food offers variety and cultural learning, but may harm local producers and the economy. The examples about unfamiliar foods and cheaper Indian potatoes make the discussion relevant. However, some points are not fully explained. For instance, the link between imported food and damage to the local economy is asserted, but you could explain how reduced demand affects local farmers or employment. The cultural-learning point is also more developed than the economic argument. Your conclusion restates the main trade-off, though the final claim about governments buying high-priced products is unclear and does not follow convincingly from the preceding discussion. Develop each reason with a clearer explanation and a precise example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction, two contrasting body paragraphs signposted by “On the one hand” and “On the other hand,” and a conclusion. This makes the main direction easy to follow. Some connections within sentences are less clear, however, particularly in the first body paragraph, where the example moves from unfamiliar foods to cherries and then to their history and culture without a fully controlled progression. The phrase “Food from different places and if taste have extraordinary speciality” also makes the start of the second argument difficult to follow. Referencing such as “this food” and “it” is occasionally unclear. Use shorter, more logically ordered sentences and make each example’s connection to its main point explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “local food market,” “local economy,” “origin,” and “culture,” and you attempt some less common expressions such as “extraordinary speciality.” However, the range and control are limited, with noticeable spelling and word-choice errors that sometimes make meaning difficult to interpret. Examples include “unkwon,” “qualityfull,” “diseaster,” and “fullfil,” as well as unnatural phrases such as “introduced with different type of food” and “take place of local food.” These errors reduce precision even though the general topic remains understandable. Build a reliable set of collocations for discussing imports, consumer choice, and local producers, and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “however” and conditional structures such as “if the taste of others food is good.” This shows an effort to express relationships between ideas. However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction occur across the response and sometimes make the intended meaning hard to follow. For example, “it can introduced us” needs a correctly formed verb after “can,” while “people eagerly like Indian potato” has problems with sentence structure and number. Several long sentences combine multiple ideas without clear grammatical control. Practise modal verb patterns, subject–verb agreement, and building complex sentences around one main clause; then proofread punctuation and sentence boundaries.

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