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)

Consumers can go to a supermarket and buy food produced all over the world in so many countries nowadays.

I think this is a negative development because the labor of country gets unemployed and increase poverty rate.

Due to the importing of products, people in the consuming country faces high number of unemployment. Especially labor in the primary sector like agricultural field. Due to this, the import middle and lower class people will face shortage of food as well as getting jobless. It will become a problem for poor people because not all people buy imported products. Supermarkets are a place only for the upper class to shop at so other people can starve.

People who had a living out of being laborer will have no income . So this will cause the poverty rate to increase rapidly .

Due to the high rate of trading, the government will not have enough to spend on other factors such as education, healthcare and development of basic necessities such as roads. There will be issues for example imposing of high taxation and country facing problems like getting bankrupt or getting into a debt. High value of imports will put pressure on the currency which makes the future imports more expensive and inflation rises.

For instance , imported fruits like avocado or dragon fruits are bad quality and highly priced . Yesterday, I visited local supermarket I bought avocado and they were rotten and very expensive. It depends on the country if its underdeveloped or developing its negative development . However, if its a developed country it will be a positive development.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear negative position at the start and support it with concerns about employment, poverty, public spending and inflation. The examples of imported fruit and your supermarket visit make the discussion more concrete. However, the response only partly develops the question: it focuses mainly on possible harms to the importing country and does not explain the benefits or clarify why access to international food might be positive or negative for consumers overall. Some claims, such as supermarkets being only for the upper class and imports causing governments to lack funds for services, are broad and need explanation or evidence. The final statement that the outcome depends on whether a country is developed or developing also qualifies your position without explaining this distinction. Develop fewer points with clearer reasoning and support.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: it introduces a view, presents economic concerns, gives a personal example and ends with a qualification. This helps readers identify the main topic of each section. However, progression between ideas is not consistently clear. The second paragraph moves from unemployment to food shortages and then to supermarkets serving only wealthy people, without fully showing how each point follows. Repeated openings such as “Due to” make the links mechanical, while “For instance” introduces a personal purchase that illustrates poor quality and price but does not clearly support the earlier claims about national finances. Use topic sentences to establish each paragraph’s main point, and connect examples directly to the claim they demonstrate.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “primary sector,” “unemployment,” “taxation,” “currency” and “inflation,” which helps communicate the economic focus. There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “basic necessities.” However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or imprecise: “the labor of country gets unemployed,” “import middle and lower class people,” and “high rate of trading” are difficult to interpret naturally. Repetition of “Due to” and “problem” also limits flexibility. Aim for standard combinations such as “workers in the agricultural sector may lose their jobs” and “the cost of imports.” More precise vocabulary would make your arguments easier to follow and sound more academic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with reasons and conditions, for example, “It depends on the country if its underdeveloped or developing…” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to understand. Examples include “people in the consuming country faces,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “the labor of country gets unemployed,” which has an unclear grammatical structure. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention: “I visited local supermarket I bought avocado” should be separated or joined with appropriate punctuation and articles. Practise building accurate complex sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement, articles and punctuation before submitting.

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