Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-08-11

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)

In recent years,the buying habit of people have changed a lot. Nowadays, buyers are excessively wanted to purchase goods that are available in their nearby locations instead of buying imported goods from other countries.

One of main reasons behind this particular change is due to damaged and wrong parcel of people items. For example, when someone purchased something from internet due to high branding and exceptional advertisment of products, people found them fascinating and instantly buy it. However, upon arrival of the items, goods, it have some fault and not able to fulfil the desired of the person. In addition, there items are non-returnable and end up wasting the money of people. Another essential reason is that price of goods that are imported from different parts of the world are extremely expensive as compared to products that produced in nearby areas. Therefore, people prefer to purchase any clothes, home accessories and tools etc from local shops.

This new trend created by recent generation has a positive impact on the economy of oter their own country. To illustrate, if citizens of the country purphase products and or tools service of their own their nearby shops and it will directly benefiting the factories that are producing these items, and at the end government will have take make good of use of people money to make improvements in the economy and of the country. Furthermore, the cyber crimes will be reduced as imostly it mostly happens when people provide their personal contact no. or email to purpase goods.

To conclude, this trend of choosing goods from nearby area is better in every aspect. It is helping people to become aware of such fake advertisements and wasting their money on these . At the end this new change in purchasing habits of consumers has a positive influence.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: reasons for the trend and the writer's opinion on whether it is positive or negative. The ideas are relevant, such as the quality of imported goods and the economic benefits of local shopping. However, the development is somewhat limited. For instance, the point about cybercrime is introduced but not fully explained in relation to the local versus imported goods argument. The position is clear throughout, but the supporting arguments could be more thoroughly explored to reach a higher band. Overall, it meets the requirements of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is organised into logical paragraphs, each with a clear focus. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'One of main reasons', 'In addition', and 'To conclude', which help guide the reader. However, some transitions are mechanical or slightly awkward, such as 'At the end this new change'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, particularly in the second paragraph where 'there items' is used instead of 'these items'. While the progression of ideas is generally logical, the flow is occasionally interrupted by minor errors in sentence structure and cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, allowing the writer to express their ideas clearly. There are attempts to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'purchasing habits', 'economy', and 'advertisements'. However, there are several instances of word-choice errors and awkward collocations, such as 'excessively wanted to purchase', 'wrong parcel of people items', and 'take make good of use of people money'. These errors do not impede communication, but they demonstrate a limited range and a lack of precision in more complex expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('buying habit... have changed', 'goods... it have some fault') and article misuse. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with missing spaces after commas and unnecessary commas. While the meaning is generally clear, the high frequency of errors in basic grammar and sentence construction prevents the essay from reaching a higher band. The writer needs to focus on proofreading for basic grammatical accuracy.

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