Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-14

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 bygone era, people had limited choice of food products from their country to buy and if any product is imported from foreign then their cost almost double from its orignal worth. However, today due to globalisation one can easily buy and eat any particular food from any corner of the world. I believe that it is a positive development and it does not make any type of harm to anyone.

To commence with, supermarkets offer various food and products and one can easily find his preferred food items from any part of the world. People get chance to try variety of food from different nationalities of other countries. Not only it benefit consumers, it also allow producers to sell their product in foreign market and earn in foreign currency and with increased income they can buy new equipments and increase their production ouality and quantity.

Not only this, supermarkets also see a great business prospectous in selling food from all over the world, as people tend to buy more foreign food as compared to domestic food. Hence, they place food from all over the world at front to increase their sales and profit margins. Besides it, government of both importer and exporter country earn money in the form of tax on import and export of food, so they also encourage this practice as they can use that money as foriegn exchange reserve or for the development of the country.

All in all, due the the good foreign relations it has been possible to buy food produced all over the world. Moreover, I believe that this development enabled producers to earn more money and consumers to taste variety of food from various countries and nationalities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by taking a clear positive position on the availability of global supermarket food and providing supporting ideas. The writer mentions consumer benefits, producer growth, supermarket business prospects, and government revenues. However, some ideas remain slightly under-developed and tend to over-generalise, such as the claim that global food 'does not make any type of harm to anyone'. While the main arguments are relevant and follow a logical train of thought, further elaboration with concrete real-world examples would elevate the content. Overall, the task is addressed well enough to meet the requirements for a Band 6.5 or 7, and is best placed at Band 6.0 due to limited development in places.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear stance stated in the introduction and maintained throughout. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct points, such as consumer/producer benefits in paragraph two and business/government prospects in paragraph three. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty, as seen with phrases like 'To commence with' and repetitive transitions such as 'Not only this'. Referencing and logical progression are mostly clear, though transitions could be handled more naturally to achieve a higher band score. Paragraphs generally flow well, ensuring the reader can follow the main arguments without confusion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'globalisation', 'prospectous' (prospects), and 'foreign exchange reserve'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including 'orignal' instead of original, 'prospectous' instead of prospects, and misuse of pluralisation like 'new equipments' and 'production ouality'. These lexical errors and awkward collocations occur frequently enough to restrict the score to Band 6.0, although they do not severely impede communication because the intended meaning remains understandable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and conditional structures. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, such as missing articles ('if any product is imported from foreign then their cost', 'allow producers to sell their product'), subject-verb agreement issues ('government... earn money'), and preposition errors ('tax on import and export'). Punctuation and phrasing errors also appear, for instance, 'due the the good foreign relations'. These errors require some effort to decode in places, though basic communication is maintained, placing the grammar firmly in the Band 5.5 to 6.0 range.

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