Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-06

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)

It is often argued that in so many countries people go to a supermarket and buy food that is produced all over the world. In my opinion, Countries are developing day by day and thats makes our life more easier than we expected so, It is beneficial for various people who are doing jobs but also they makes us less active on the other side, physical activities makes us more active ,so growing your own vegetables and fuits makes us energetic and healthy.We get organic or more hygenic fruits and vegetables.

On the one hand, Supermarkets playing a crucial role in our life like we are busy in our daily routines so we do not have time for gardening .For instance, Jobians people have no time for such activities they are busing in their daily schedual and they prefer to go market and buy all the things they want due to these things make their life more easier. In additon, People that do not know about how to do gardening also prefer to go supermarket to buy food and this is the easiest way to buy grocery from supermarket, all these things you want are found in one roof.

On the other hand, Individuals should need to do gardening and make their own hygenic food that helps to make them more active and healthy. For instance, People who are doing gardening are more active than the normal people also, they have their own hygenic food they do not need to travel to supermaket to buy things, they have these things in their garden so, they have much more benefits from other individuals.

Taking everything into account, Supermarkets are playing vital role in consumers life. Owing to,they are busy in daily routine so market make their life easier but establish your own garden with fruits and vegetables are more helpful and your own food are more hygenic than the market food.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a view that supermarkets make life easier, while gardening can support health, and you include examples such as busy workers and people who grow their own food. However, the response only partly answers the specific question about buying food produced all over the world. Much of the discussion shifts to supermarkets versus home gardening, without explaining the effects of access to international food, such as greater choice or year-round availability, or possible drawbacks such as transport impacts. Your position is also not fully consistent: the introduction calls the development beneficial, but the conclusion gives more emphasis to gardening. Develop a clear judgement about global food availability and support it with relevant, specific reasons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable introduction, two body paragraphs presenting contrasting points, and a conclusion. Phrases such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “Taking everything into account” help signal this structure. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear: the opening mixes convenience, activity, health, and organic food before establishing how these relate to the question. Several links are mechanical or awkward, including “Owing to, they are busy” and repeated use of “so.” References such as “these things” and “they” can also be unclear. Organise each paragraph around one main point, connect examples directly to it, and use linking expressions more selectively.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary, including “crucial role,” “daily routines,” “gardening,” and “benefits,” and the reader can generally understand your intended meaning. However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, particularly “more easier,” “hygenic,” and “active.” There are noticeable spelling errors, such as “fuits,” “schedual,” “additon,” and “supermaket,” as well as imprecise or unnatural expressions like “Jobians people” and “found in one roof.” These choices sometimes make the message less clear. Build a more accurate range for discussing international food, convenience, choice, and health, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, and use contrastive structures such as “On the one hand” and “On the other hand.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors can make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “Countries are developing day by day and thats makes our life more easier” has problems with agreement and sentence construction, while “Supermarkets playing a crucial role” lacks a correctly formed verb. There are also errors with articles, plurals, and punctuation, as in “in consumers life” and the long, comma-linked opening paragraph. Practise forming complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and use full stops to separate ideas.

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