Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-21
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)
in recent times due to the high paced worklife, some people hire professional to full fill their own daily chores such as cooking their meals, giving a support to their kids for a whole day rather than doing it by themselves. well in my perspective, this scenario has advantages and disadvantges at their own space.
on the first hand, in current lifetyle it has been noticable that both parents has to work to fullfill their family members need due to the increasing rates of everything such as grocery, phone bills and also the education expences for children to pursue better education. and that is the reson why the parents are cluless how to manage their worklife and their family life so they need to hire the professionls to be at their postion in home for examplify hiring a maid for cooking and feeding thier childrens, hiring a psw to take of their parents. although, this is also benficial for the professionals as they can get opportunities to earn. as nowadys the market is seen down for the employment requirement for such positions and these are the position which can be cover by any person with less education as well.
on the other side,some people think that professional should not be take place over the parental duties as they creates strong connection between parents and childrens. it has been noticable that some parents maintaiin their job periods such as a mother is woking in the evning period and father is woking in the morning period so the children does not have to leave on their own. and they believe that rather earning more money they beleive to spend and engage more time with their loved one . although this called a
in conclusion, i think that one can beneficial for parents who have busy worklife while other can make a family bond more stronger. in my perspective , goverment should make some programs such as giving relief time to parents to spend their wihth theri children.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt: whether hiring help is a good way of providing work and whether people should do these things themselves. You take a balanced stance, acknowledging that the scenario has 'advantages and disadvantges'. You discuss how hiring help provides employment opportunities for less-educated individuals and supports busy parents, while also presenting the counter-argument regarding parental duties and family bonding. However, the ideas are somewhat limited and under-developed, particularly in the conclusion which trails off unfinished ('although this called a'). Additionally, there are minor gaps in fully exploring the nuances of both questions, placing this performance at a Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response shows a coherent overall arrangement with clear attempts at paragraphing and transitional phrases such as 'on the first hand' and 'on the other side'. However, referencing and cohesion are frequently faulty and mechanical. There are issues with sentence boundaries, lowercase beginnings for sentences, missing punctuation, and an incomplete final paragraph. Paragraphing is also disrupted by the abrupt cutoff near the end. These mechanical and structural flaws pull the score to a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less-common terms like 'professional', 'expences', and 'opportunities'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as 'full fill' instead of 'fulfill', 'disadvantges', 'lifetyle', 'noticable', 'reson', 'cluless', 'professionls', 'postion', 'benficial', 'nowadys', 'woking', and 'wihth'. These errors sometimes cause slight strain for the reader, though communication is generally maintained. This corresponds to a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'some people hire professional to full fill their own daily chores' and 'although, this is also benficial for the professionals as they can get opportunities to earn.' However, there is a lack of control over punctuation and capitalization, with multiple sentences starting in lowercase and running together without proper periods. Errors in verb forms and agreement also occur frequently ('both parents has to work', 'the children does not have to leave', 'professionals should not be take place'). Due to frequent errors and lack of punctuation control, a Band 5.0 is awarded.
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