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)

There is no shame in Hiring househelps.It is a Personal preference of people. It totally depends on Personal choices , situtions and finances. some people are okay with hiring a help for any task if they like it or afford it. At the same time there are some poeple who can not afford the helps due to finances. It is also great for needy people who want to work for money.

Some people who want to hire a househelp. They want people to do household chores , look after their children and some other chores. Those are mostly single or working outside. They found it difficult to manage every chores by themselves.People who hires help would know that they can easily afford it.

If i talk about my self and my husband, We both are doctors by profession. We own and run a private hospital. It is very difficult for us to do everything by ourselves. We can not do our household chores all the time. Our work life is very busy we work almost 10- 12 hours a day. Sometimes we forget to get a nap due to busy schedule. We hire househelps for our day to day task especially house chores. On weekeneds we do our work and leave the helps so they can relax for a day.

So in my opinion, It is not mandatory to do all the work themselves if they can afford to hire a help.It is a best opportunity for employes aswell. people who are in need get jobs easily at the safe place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your response addresses both questions: you argue that hiring help can provide jobs for people in need, and that individuals do not have to do every task themselves if they can afford assistance. The example of you and your husband working long hours as doctors makes your position relevant and gives it a personal basis. However, the two sides are not developed equally. The benefits to workers are asserted in phrases such as “a best opportunity for employes,” but you do not explain what makes this work beneficial or consider possible drawbacks. The point that some people cannot afford help is also introduced but not explored. Develop these ideas with specific reasons or examples, and make your overall position more explicit at the beginning.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the issue, discusses why people hire help, gives a personal example, and ends with your opinion. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and transitions such as “At the same time” and “So in my opinion” guide the reader. Some connections and references are less clear, however. The opening moves quickly between personal choice, finances, and employment without showing how these points relate. The second paragraph begins “Some people who want to hire a househelp” but does not form a complete sentence, interrupting the progression. Repeated references to “help” and “people” also make the links mechanical. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each example directly to the point it supports.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “household chores,” “private hospital,” “busy schedule,” and “afford,” so the main ideas are generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive. “Househelps” and “a help” are not natural ways to refer to domestic workers; “domestic workers” or “household help” would be clearer. Phrases such as “manage every chores” and “day to day task” also show imprecise word forms or collocation. Spelling errors, including “situtions,” “poeple,” and “weekeneds,” further reduce accuracy. Build a wider set of precise terms for employment and care work, and check spelling and natural word combinations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the personal example communicates a sequence of related details. Some grammatical errors remain, though, and they sometimes make sentences awkward or unclear. For example, “Some people who want to hire a househelp. They want people to do…” is a sentence fragment; join it to the following clause. There are also agreement and article problems in “People who hires help” and “It is a best opportunity,” as well as inconsistent capitalization and punctuation after sentence openings. Work on complete sentence construction, subject–verb agreement, and articles, and proofread sentence boundaries. More accurate control of these basics would make your ideas easier to follow.

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