Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-14

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 5.0)

In contemporary societies, conveint stores made people live effoertelss, by provide numerous categories or items in major cities and developing nations. Smart stores are increasingly taking entire market of food, graments and other products, this is consequently a favourable approach and produce positive outcomes in the society.

Supermarket or local stores are majorly in the tier one, two and three cities, the development of urbanization create a huge market for shopping malls. The key beenfit of supermarket is that it provides access to international and local brands which results a wide range of product category. Also, in the modern stores public can get discoutn on ietms an dcan compare the price at same time. Another reason for non agricukture and manufacturing contries it play a role of chain to supply all goodsi country. For intance, in Dubai and Saudu Arabia supermarktes made peopel to explore new category of food and cultures of diffrent nations.

Moreover, it creates the stage for global markrt to import and exports goods in europe and asia, whuch assist to boost econonoly and intenal affairs of countires. In major cities the consumption of foof is high because of this the supply of frozen foods expands. O the other hand, for local manufactire sometimes it is complex to produce or bamace demand and suplly at same time due to finacial and cimate effects. For example , thailand exports the major sea food in the middle east and in other parts of africa to balmave the fishries sectors and ecosystem.

In conclusion, Smart stores became iperative part of our world, due to their positive aspects. Furthermore, also beefits to environ ment in terms of finacea and relations

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear overall view that access to international food is positive, and you offer relevant points about consumer choice, price comparison, trade and economic effects. The examples of supermarkets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia and Thailand’s seafood exports help connect the discussion to real contexts. However, the response addresses the question only partially because several claims are difficult to interpret or are not clearly linked to whether worldwide food availability is positive or negative. For instance, the point about local manufacturers struggling to balance supply and demand is introduced as a drawback but not weighed against your positive position. Develop two or three central reasons more fully, explain their effects on consumers or communities, and make the evaluation consistent throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and the ideas are broadly grouped: consumer benefits appear first, followed by trade and supply. Linking expressions such as “Also,” “Moreover” and “For example” show an attempt to guide the reader. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear, and some connections are mechanical or incomplete. The shift from supermarket discounts to a supply chain for non-agricultural countries, for example, is not explained. The contrast signalled by “On the other hand” is also not developed into a clear counterargument. Use topic sentences that state each paragraph’s main point, then explain and illustrate it in a logical sequence. Ensure each linking phrase accurately reflects the relationship between the ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “international and local brands,” “frozen foods,” “exports” and “ecosystem,” and you try to discuss economic and environmental effects. However, spelling errors and inaccurate word choices are frequent enough to make parts of the response difficult to understand, as in “conveint,” “effoertelss,” “graments,” “bamace” and “balmave.” Some combinations are also unnatural or unclear, such as “taking entire market” and “boost econonoly and intenal affairs.” This limits the precision and control expected for a wider vocabulary range. Prioritise accurate spelling and common collocations before using more ambitious terms, and check that each word expresses the intended meaning in context.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a sentence beginning “Moreover, it creates the stage…” and a contrast introduced by “On the other hand.” However, control is inconsistent, and faulty sentence construction sometimes obscures meaning. For example, “Smart stores are increasingly taking entire market of food…, this is consequently…” joins two independent clauses with a comma. In “the development of urbanization create,” the subject and verb do not agree, while “the key benefit … is that it provides access” shifts from plural stores to a singular pronoun. Articles and sentence patterns are also often missing or incomplete. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences, then add subordinate clauses and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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