Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-12

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 5.0)

In modern era, many new technologies, methods, techniques has invented all over the world through this everything become so easy and convenient.

Firstly, i will discuss the advantages of supermarket. Many youngsters visit food courts, shopping malls, local markets to get things for themselves but supermarket make easier for the people to buy everything under one roof.

However, our new generation watch vlogs, movies, different kind of foreign series in which other countries show their traditions, cultures and their lifestyle. People influenced by watching these sort of things so they wanted to try new remedies, recipies and new food.

For example, Korean series has become too much popular everywhere teenagers find it very interesting especially Korean series show their food like ramen, kimchi, dumplings etc. Mostly young adults have craze to try ramen so they go to supermarket and get the food of their own choice and they bought it very uncomplicatedly.

Moreover, through globalisation trade has become manageable and simple so every type of food, gadget, clothes, shoes, accessories produced all over the world so we can have easily access to buy everything from supermarket.

To some extent, I personally think that it is the positive development in many countries because it helps to fulfill the customers needs and wants. Every type of food has easily available in the frozen form and the expiry dateis also mentioned on it so i think that it is the best development for our society.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear overall view that access to international food is positive, and the examples of ramen, kimchi and other Korean foods are relevant to the topic. However, the response only partially develops the question: the opening focuses on technology, and the discussion of supermarkets being convenient and globalisation is broad rather than supported with specific explanation. The point about expiry dates is relevant but not explained, and there is little consideration of possible disadvantages or why the benefits outweigh them. The position also appears only near the end, after several paragraphs that do not consistently establish your view. The response is 8 words below the required minimum. To strengthen the answer, state your position in the introduction and develop two or three directly relevant reasons with clear examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: you use separate paragraphs and signpost ideas with “Firstly,” “However,” and “Moreover.” The Korean-food example also follows the point about people wanting to try food they see in foreign media. However, the overall progression is not consistently clear. The opening about new technologies does not lead directly into the question, and “However” introduces a related supporting idea rather than a contrast. The response moves between food, shopping malls, globalisation, and other products without clearly linking each point to the central argument. Some connections are also difficult to follow, particularly the shift from foreign series to “new remedies.” Plan paragraphs around distinct reasons, use linking words according to their exact function, and make the relationship between each example and your opinion explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “globalisation,” “frozen form,” “expiry date,” and examples of international foods such as “ramen” and “kimchi.” There are also attempts at less common expressions, such as “under one roof.” However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which limits precision: “new remedies” does not clearly express the intended idea, and “have craze to try” is not a natural phrase. “Manageable and simple” is also an imprecise description of international trade. Spelling errors such as “recipies” and “dateis” are noticeable. Build a more precise range for discussing availability, consumer choice, and food imports, and check spelling and natural word combinations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including a relative clause in “series in which other countries show their traditions” and a reason clause beginning “because.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to read. For example, “many new technologies, methods, techniques has invented” has problems with agreement and verb form, while “Every type of food has easily available” is missing a suitable verb construction. There are also errors with articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries, as in “Korean series has become too much popular everywhere teenagers find it very interesting.” Practise forming accurate subject–verb patterns and joining clauses with appropriate punctuation. Proofread for capitalisation of “I” and consistent sentence structure.

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