Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

It is sometimes possible to pay somebody to do things you don't want to do, or don't have time to do, for example, household chores or looking after children.

Is this a good way of providing work for others?

Should people do these things themselves?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Digital world has completely changed schedule of everyone. Everyone is busy in chores and errands. People has engaged itself in many tasks like they have not much enough time to do their household chores and looking after children for that they have to pay somebody for look after. I largely disagree with this point to pay someone for looking after children.

To begin with, no doubt there is a lot of tasks to be done by yourself but to pay someone for household chores and looking after children is not acceptable because you have to spend time times with children and manage special time for their look after. Because parents can only give better education, training and look after of children that no one can do this in a better way. For houshold somehow you can pay to someone for doing important tasks where you have no time.

Moreover,it is a good way to providing work for their but like training and looking after of children must be done by parent. No doubt if you give work and pay to other its a good gesture that other one can earn their livelihood by you. But their is some limitation in household chores such as their is a some taks which can be perform by only you.

Admitely, many people pay to others to manage their task because there is a lot of other works to be done. Such as pick and drop service for your children in school and tuition, you have to pay for it because if you were on job and in other business trip you cannot go for that and you have to pay for it.

In conclusion, try to do your jobs by own such as household chores and looking after children. But when there is a dificult schedule to maintain everything so its a better to pay someone which can perform tasks by your behalf.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you argue that parents should care for children themselves, while acknowledging that paying others for household tasks or transport can provide work and help when people are busy. The school pick-up example is relevant, and your conclusion gives a practical qualification to your position. However, the stance is not fully consistent: the opening says you “largely disagree” with paying someone to look after children, but the conclusion recommends paying someone when schedules are difficult without clearly distinguishing childcare from other tasks. Several points, such as parents providing “better education” and the limits of household help, are asserted rather than explained. Develop each reason with a clearer explanation or example and state your position consistently across both questions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate body paragraphs and a conclusion. Paragraphs generally focus on related points, and connectors such as “To begin with,” “Moreover” and “In conclusion” help signal movement between ideas. However, progression is sometimes difficult to follow because ideas are repeated or joined without clear relationships. For example, the second paragraph moves from parents’ role to household help in a single sequence, while the next paragraph repeats that childcare should be done by parents. Some linking phrases are awkward or inaccurate, and references such as “their” and “that” do not always make the intended meaning clear. Organise each paragraph around one main reason, then explain it before moving to the next point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “household chores,” “looking after children,” “earn their livelihood” and “business trip.” These phrases allow you to communicate the main ideas, but the range is limited and several expressions are repeated, particularly “tasks,” “pay” and “looking after.” There are also noticeable word-choice and collocation problems, such as “busy in chores,” “a good way to providing work” and “perform tasks by your behalf,” which make some sentences less natural or harder to understand. Spelling errors such as “houshold,” “Admitely” and “dificult” also reduce accuracy. Build a wider set of natural phrases for employment, childcare and household services, and check spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including explanations introduced by “because” and examples introduced by “such as.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make parts of the response difficult to follow. Examples include “People has engaged itself,” “there is a lot of tasks,” and “which can be perform,” where agreement or verb forms are incorrect. Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention: “Moreover,it” lacks a space, and several sentences join multiple ideas without clear punctuation. Articles and prepositions are also often missing or inaccurate. Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a clearly formed subordinate clause, then check subject–verb agreement, verb forms and sentence boundaries.

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