Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-04
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)
Nobody in the world who deny tasty and flavorful food. Nowadays, consumers went to supermarket and enjoy varaity of food that produced all over the world just because of development of international transportation and communications. I strongly agree that it is positive in many ways like you enjoy variety of foods and tastes and also boost your economy by exporting your products all over the world.
To begin with, everyone wants delicious and wide range of couines to develop their taste and enjoy different meals in their lives. For example no one eat rice or curry everyday they wants to eat something different like pizza to experience new taste. Pizza is not a pakistani dish its an italian dish. By eating pizza or showarma or anything else natives were more familier with different cultures and about their food.
Moreover, this thing improve trade and overall ecomony of the countries. There are numbers of examples small countries like Sri lanka or Bangladesh economy totally depend on export of fish and tea. These countries have large coste line with ocean and have enviorment suitable for the production tea trees. So their government took huge bennifits from it and fulfill their countries need and also create opportunities for their youth. Furthermore, indonesian coconet is famous all over the world and they export their tin packs and generating good profits from it.
In conclusion, buying food from supermarket that is producing all over the world have multiple bennifits like natives experience wide range of foods and by exporting government earn good profits and improve their econeomy as well.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
Your position is clear: you consider worldwide supermarket food a positive development, and you give two relevant reasons—greater food choice and economic benefits from exports. The examples of pizza and exports such as fish and tea help illustrate these points. However, the discussion of trade shifts from consumers buying imported food to countries exporting products, so the connection to the exact development in the question is not always explicit. The economic paragraph also makes broad claims about national economies and youth opportunities without explaining how supermarket access produces these outcomes. Develop this link and explain one example in more detail, while acknowledging a possible drawback, to make the response more fully supported.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The essay has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs signposted by “To begin with” and “Moreover,” and a conclusion. The main ideas are generally grouped appropriately, and the reader can follow the overall positive argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the discussion moves from food variety to cultural familiarity, then from exports to geography and employment without fully connecting each step. Some linking phrases, such as “Furthermore,” introduce another example rather than showing its precise relationship to the point. Use clearer topic sentences and explain how each example supports the paragraph’s central claim. More precise referencing would also help readers follow what “this thing” refers to.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “international transportation,” “exporting,” “economy,” and “different cultures,” which helps communicate the main ideas. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, spelling, and collocation errors are noticeable, sometimes making the reader pause. Examples include “varaity,” “couines,” “coste line,” and “generating good profits”; “wide range of cuisines,” “coastline,” and “generate substantial revenue” would be more natural. “Natives” is also an imprecise choice for local consumers or residents. Aim to use a smaller set of accurate topic-specific expressions rather than attempting phrases whose meaning or form is uncertain, and proofread spelling carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a reason clause in “just because of development…” and a longer sentence beginning “There are numbers of examples…”. However, errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, and articles are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to process. For example, “Nobody in the world who deny” lacks a complete, correctly formed clause, while “everyone wants… they wants” has inconsistent agreement. In “food that produced,” the relative clause needs an appropriate verb form, and “this thing improve” needs subject–verb agreement. Practise building accurate basic clauses first, then combine them with conjunctions; check each sentence for a clear subject and correctly inflected verb.
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