Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-24

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)

stess freee, employment

With the passage of time, people are becoming busy in there life owing to their workload, competition around them and others.Considering this, some individuals hold this view that it is possible if they hire somebody for performing their tasks that they are not interested to do or they lack of time such domestic work or take care of kids. owing to employment persepective it is good way of giving work to others and at the same due to some reasons they should do these things themselves. Both persective are discussed in upcoming paragraphs.

To commence with, due to a lot competition in every field its every hard to find any job. As by providing work to others not only help them for taking job, but also they able to support their expenses. Apart form that, people get time to relax themselves as well as spent quality of time with their family members by hiring a worker for their household chores. For instance, a survey was conducted by "Times of India" states, above 70% of metero city dwellers hired caretaker for nuturing their kids upto 5 years. The evidence proves that by providing jobs to someone to not only help worker but also reduce their burden.

Moving to toward the points why they should perform the task to avoid any health issues. To elaborate this, many of the individuals become tired easily as technology make their life easy. Many of household tasks are performed with the use machine that leads to them obsity. For example, a survey was conducted by WHO (world health organisation) in 2015, they found that most of people suffer from health issues such as diabitites, high blood sugar, obsity compare to previous generation. Therefore, for staying healthy they need to perform some household tasks such as cleaning, mopping.

Overall, although by providng work oppournity is a goo way to complete domestic work, by doing themselves people can stay active as well as healthy.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The candidate addresses all parts of the task by discussing both whether employing others for chores is a good way to provide work and whether people should perform these tasks themselves for health reasons. A clear position is maintained throughout the response. Ideas are supported with relevant examples, such as the survey conducted by the 'Times of India' and reference to the World Health Organization. However, some arguments lack deeper extension, placing the response comfortably at Band 6.0 according to the descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay is divided into appropriate paragraphs, presenting a logical overall progression. The introduction outlines the two perspectives, followed by body paragraphs discussing employment and health respectively. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'To commence with', 'Apart form that', and 'Moving to toward the points', though some transitions feel a bit mechanical or awkward (e.g., 'Moving to toward the points'). Referencing is generally clear, but occasional clunky phrasing affects smooth flow, aligning the text with Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student attempts a range of vocabulary appropriate for the topic, including terms like 'employment perspective', 'household chores', 'caretaker', and 'obesity'. However, there are notable spelling errors ('stess freee', 'there' instead of 'their', 'persective', 'form' instead of 'from', 'nuturing', 'metero', 'obsity', 'diabitites', 'providng', 'oppournity', 'goo') and awkward word choices ('busy in there life', 'lacks of time such domestic work'). Because these errors occasionally impede smooth reading, a Band 5.5 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'With the passage of time, people are becoming busy in there life owing to their workload...'. However, grammatical errors are frequent throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('people... is becoming', 'they able to support'), missing articles ('as by providing work'), and prepositions ('owing to employment persepective'). While meaning is generally communicated, the high frequency of non-systematic grammatical errors places this criterion at Band 5.0.

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