Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-28

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)

Nowadays, consumers can buy food from suparmarket and produced food all over the earth in many modern nations. Although it has some drawbacks, the merits outweigh the demerits.

Consumption of food all over the world it is very common in modern life. And it has several benificial sites.Firstly, at present, people can buy anything from any nations by using internet because there are numereous number of food app they can easily order from there. For example, when people try to taste foreign food they search on facebook or tiktok and easily find availavle page therefore, they easily order. Additionally,people can connect with another nations foods easily also knowing about diferrent types of food taste. For example. nowadays people are used to eating foreign food and fruit like parshimon fruit that grow in japan and eating pasta and pizza which from italy. Therefore, individuals can try different food from their home by using internet or making chiness or italian resturants.

However, there are some drawbacks. Firstly, nowadays people ordering from online and try foreign food. But ordering from online has long delivery time almost 3 to 4 days that is why this food not fresh and somtimes seller use chemical for keep it many days so it is harmful for human life. Moreover, people are addicted first food like cawmine, pizza, pasta, burger it has hamful impact on body. Also tradditional food destroy like as a Bangladeshi people at presents people don not eat bangali traditional food because of development of foreign food.

In conclude, consuming food produce all over the country has minor drawbacks but it has several benifits.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear overall view that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and you include relevant points about access to international foods, freshness and health concerns, and the effect on traditional cuisine. However, the position is not consistently explained: the opening refers to “merits” and “demerits,” while the conclusion only briefly repeats that benefits are greater. Some support is unclear or insufficiently connected to the question, such as the claim that online delivery takes three to four days, since the task concerns food available in supermarkets. Develop each main point with a clearer explanation and a specific example, and make the comparison between the benefits and disadvantages explicit throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, a paragraph presenting benefits, a paragraph on drawbacks, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Additionally,” and “However” help signal the direction of the discussion. However, progression within paragraphs is often difficult to follow: the first body paragraph moves from internet ordering to social media, food knowledge, and restaurants without clearly linking these points. Some connectors are mechanical or awkward, and sentence fragments such as “And it has several…” interrupt the flow. Organise each paragraph around one central idea, connect examples directly to that idea, and use referencing and transitions more precisely.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “drawbacks,” “traditional food,” “foreign food,” and “harmful impact.” However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the response difficult to understand, for example “benificial sites,” “numereous number,” “cawmine,” and “parshimon.” Some expressions are also unnatural, such as “food all over the world” when describing imported products and “people are addicted first food.” These issues fit a limited but minimally adequate range: the reader can usually identify your meaning, but must sometimes work it out. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning natural collocations for food, importing, health, and cultural change.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You try to use both simple and more complex forms, including a concession in “Although it has some drawbacks” and a reason clause beginning “that is why.” However, sentence structures are often faulty, and errors frequently make the relationships between ideas unclear. For example, “Consumption of food all over the world it is very common” has an unnecessary subject pronoun, while “people can buy anything from any nations” has problems with agreement and sentence construction. There are also incomplete sentences, such as “And it has several…” and “For example.” Punctuation and spacing are inconsistent. Practise building complete subject–verb sentences, then check articles, plurals, and clause boundaries before adding more complex structures.

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