Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-12

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)

House cleaning or children caring is sometimes difficult due to lack of time. To address this issue, we could hire some one to do the job. It is a win-win situation for both individuals and those seeking part-time job.

One of the reason are busy schedule, wether it is from work or study. Giving work for others help not only for you but also to the counter part. They may have had a free time that you dont have, furtheremore they will earning money through the service they provided. This senario is very common to people who is currently studying. The salary may small but it is enought for other to sustain of what they need.

Secondly, you can have a time to do what you must do with a less worry. The reason of giving the job to someone else must out-weight the importance of your money. It is like throwing one stone to hit two birds in same time. As example, you have a metting with a potencial investors, if this went according to your plan, you will gain a furtune. They earn money from you and you you achieved your goals.

However, doing this without a enough reasons are no good. We should manage our house chores and give time to our children. Spending time and showing love are important to household. Balancing when and why we should hire other is paramount.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: hiring help is presented as beneficial employment for others, while the final paragraph recognises that people should sometimes manage chores and care for their children themselves. The position is generally understandable, and the examples about a student earning money and a meeting with potential investors are relevant. However, the reasons are only briefly explained, and the investor example is not fully connected to why outsourcing is worthwhile. The discussion of when people should do these tasks themselves is especially limited. The response also falls 15 words short of the required minimum, which restricts the opportunity to develop your ideas. Extend each main point with clearer explanation and a specific, fully relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, two paragraphs explaining the benefits of hiring help, and a final paragraph presenting a qualification. Sequencing phrases such as “One of the reason” and “Secondly” help signal the progression, and the conclusion that balance is important gives the response a recognisable ending. However, the two benefit paragraphs overlap, and the link between the investor meeting and the value of hiring help needs to be made more explicit. Some connections are mechanical or unclear, particularly “They earn money from you and you you achieved your goals.” Organise the benefits into distinct points and use pronouns with clear references; this would make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a range of relevant vocabulary, including “part-time job,” “sustain,” “out-weight,” and “Balancing,” and the reader can generally understand your intended meaning. There are also attempts to use idiomatic language, such as “throwing one stone to hit two birds,” although the conventional expression is different. Several inaccurate word choices, collocations, and spelling errors reduce precision: “children caring,” “counter part,” “metting,” and “furtune” are examples. “The salary may small” also shows that the intended meaning is not expressed naturally. Build accuracy by learning common phrases for domestic work and employment, and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a conditional example beginning “if this went according to your plan” and a contrast introduced by “However.” The main ideas remain understandable, but errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “One of the reason are” has a mismatch between subject and verb, while “Giving work for others help” also needs agreement. In “they will earning money,” the verb form is incorrect, and “without a enough reasons are no good” is not grammatically well formed. Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and correctly formed verb, then review articles and singular/plural forms.

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