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)

In simple terms " The higher the supply, the lower the demand". The shoppers can easily get the food produced in a differnt part of world is a good and positive development.

The buyer can easily get the food they want beside the fact if the food is grown in their place or not due to the global export of the foods from one place to another. For instance lets say a person in Norway can eat mangoes all year even though the mangoes can't be grown in the cold places. Thanks to the global export of the food a farmer sitting in Kenya or Srilanka can easily earn money from selling their Coffee beans to the international market.

There are some of the disadvatnges of transporting the food across the different continents. The food is transported through the containers that emitts a large number of CO2 which is dangerous for the environment. The another reason is the imported food isnt that much fresh as they take many days, sometime weeks in transporting it to its destination. The other con of transporting food is the local farmer losing his livelihoods as they can tcompete with the lower prices of imported food.

Even though the problem exists but its not big deal and can be easily tackle compared to the benefits and positive impacts of the global transport. The farmers earning from the international market, the benefits of choosing different food at the same time stills outweigh them,particulary if the government monitored them regularly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you consider worldwide food availability a positive development, while acknowledging environmental, freshness and livelihood concerns. The examples of a person in Norway eating mangoes and Kenyan or Sri Lankan farmers selling coffee make the benefits relevant, and you do address both sides before reaffirming your view. However, some points are asserted rather than fully explained. For example, the claim that imported food is less fresh is not linked to a specific consequence, and the effect on local farmers is mentioned briefly without showing how it might be addressed. The opening quotation about supply and demand is also not clearly connected to your argument. Develop these ideas with clearer explanations and a more directly relevant introduction to strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on benefits, one on disadvantages, and a concluding judgement. This helps the reader follow your main position. You also use signposting such as “For instance,” “The another reason,” and “Even though” to show examples and contrast. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes mechanical, particularly with repeated “The other” phrasing, and some links between ideas are unclear. The opening quotation does not lead smoothly into the stated opinion, while the conclusion lists benefits without clearly summarising how they outweigh each disadvantage. Use more precise referencing and vary transitions, ensuring each paragraph develops one central point in a logical sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “global export,” “international market,” “CO2,” and “local farmer,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “losing his livelihoods,” although this phrase is not used naturally. Several spelling and word-choice errors reduce accuracy, including “differnt,” “disadvatnges,” and “emitts.” Some collocations are awkward, for example “the global transport” and “the benefits of choosing different food at the same time.” Aim for accurate, natural combinations and check spelling carefully. A wider range of precise terms for trade, food freshness and environmental impact would help you express the argument more flexibly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a concession in “Even though the problem exists…” and a conditional example beginning “lets say.” Most of the argument remains understandable, but some grammatical errors affect fluency and control. For example, “The buyer can easily get the food they want beside the fact if…” has an unclear clause structure, and “The another reason is…” uses an incorrect article pattern. There are also errors in agreement and sentence construction, as in “the benefits … stills outweigh them,” and punctuation is inconsistent, especially around quotation marks and commas. Practise building clear complex sentences with accurate clauses, articles and subject–verb agreement, then proofread punctuation.

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