Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some consumers are increasingly choosing to buy goods that are produced in their local area, rather than imported goods.

What are the reasons for this?

Is this a positive or a negative trend?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

As the golbal trend is towards the globalisation, some people prefer to consume the goods produce locally, instead of having imported products. I believe this is happened because the inhabbitants find local goods fresh and reliable as compared to forgien foods. In addition, I believe this contributes to the country's overall growth a favourable development for the society.

Firstly, in the term of trust people depends on their people for buying products, as they are well aware about the manufacturing process and investigate the process if the product has some issues. However, all these amenities are not provided in the imported goods and they cost them a lot too. For an instance, people rely on their country's farmers for vegetables and other eatable items. Because these are fresh with full of nutrients, whilst the products come from other countries suffer in the nutritional value as they take time to transport in which freshness and taste of product ruins. Thus, more people are health concious these day do not want to take risk with it, that's why make purchase from local producers.

I would say this will also benefical for the producers and the nation's economy, as all buy goods from the local market rather than having imported stuffs, by which money circulates in their home country , which can be potenitally used by the government. It also motivates peasants to do more hard work for increasing their yield of crop, because peolpe depend on them, for example, for green and fresh products.

In conclusion, I would say this may help people t

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you explain that consumers value local goods for freshness and trust, and you judge the trend positively because it supports producers and the national economy. These are relevant reasons, and the examples about vegetables and farmers help make them concrete. However, the explanation of trust is not fully clear, and the economic point that money “can be potentially used by the government” needs a more precise link to wider benefits. The conclusion is cut off (“this may help people t”), so the final position is not properly reinforced. Develop each reason with a clearer explanation and complete the conclusion to make the response more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and an attempted conclusion. “Firstly” and “In addition” help signal the main points, and the examples generally follow the ideas they support. However, progression within sentences and between some claims is difficult to follow: the opening of the first body paragraph shifts from trust to manufacturing checks and then to cost without clearly showing how these points connect. Some linking is also mechanical, particularly the repeated use of “because” and “as.” The unfinished conclusion interrupts the overall progression. Organise each paragraph around one clear reason, use explicit links between explanation and example, and finish with a complete summary.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “imported products,” “manufacturing process,” “nutritional value,” and “nation’s economy.” This gives you enough language to communicate the main ideas, but several inaccurate word choices, collocations and spelling errors make the writing less clear or natural. Examples include “eatable items,” “health concious,” “imported stuffs,” and “in the term of trust.” There are also misspellings such as “golbal,” “forgien,” and “potenitally.” Aim for accurate, natural combinations rather than more complicated phrasing; proofreading spelling and checking whether a phrase is idiomatic will make your argument easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “because” and “as,” and the main message is usually understandable. However, errors occur frequently in sentence structure and verb forms, and some sentences are difficult to interpret. For example, “I believe this is happened” has an incorrect verb construction, while “Thus, more people … do not want to take risk with it, that's why make purchase” lacks a clear grammatical subject and has an awkward clause connection. There are also problems with agreement and articles, as in “people depends” and “take risk.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check verb forms, agreement, articles and punctuation before submitting.

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