Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-07

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 6.0)

Nowadays, there are number of customers supporting their local producers or vendors to sell products: however, buy products that imported by other nations. There are several logics and their own visdoms.In my opinion, this is positive trend to support your local items.

To starts with, the group of individuals are highly prefered to buy domestic products because they personally want to support their state GDP and help those people who started new business. Moreover, The local vendors selling product in reasonable price compare to overseas goods. For example, in India cloths are made from the pure cotton and they are growing cottons in their own farms and they supply to fabric companies. After that, those read piece of fabric send to markets and local tailors to make clothes and send to supermarkets and ready made clothes shop. In that way they are supporting farmers, supplyers, companies,and local stores and that all process done in local areas so, that make process less expensive and sell product in affordable price to consumer.

Furthermore, this is positive trend because it to generate new job opportunities for human beings. Also it is really help full for environment because if native manufacturing increase it directly become best aid for uneducated people. For example, educated group of workers can operate this machines and they knows the use of advance technology so they can easily get the remote jobs, though those persons , who have not knowledge about digital world they would love to joined physical work and earn money to live better lifestyle. According to focus on all this area I think supporting homegrown production and consuming native product is the positive development for nation.

To conclude this, consuming regional merchandise is supportive step for society and local workers as well ass easy and conviniente

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: the reasons for buying local and the opinion on whether it is a positive trend. However, the development of ideas is somewhat uneven. The explanation regarding the economic benefits of local production is clear, but the argument regarding environmental impact and job creation for 'uneducated people' is less logically developed and slightly confusing. The position is clear throughout, but the depth of analysis could be improved to reach a higher band. The introduction is a bit disjointed, making the initial statement of the position slightly unclear.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is organized into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the argument. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or inaccurate, such as the awkward transition 'According to focus on all this area'. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the flow between sentences is occasionally interrupted by grammatical errors. While there is a logical progression from the reasons to the opinion, the lack of sophisticated linking words and the repetitive nature of some transitions limit the score. Paragraphing is present but could be more effectively utilized to separate distinct ideas.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task but lacks the range and precision required for higher bands. There are several instances of awkward word choices, such as 'logics and their own visdoms' (wisdom) and 'read piece of fabric'. Some collocations are unnatural, such as 'native manufacturing' instead of 'domestic production'. While the meaning is generally clear, the student relies on basic vocabulary and struggles with more academic or precise terminology. Spelling errors, such as 'supplyers', 'conviniente', and 'ass', also detract from the overall quality.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede readability. Issues include subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'there are number of customers'), incorrect verb forms (e.g., 'highly prefered'), and missing articles. Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with comma usage and spacing after punctuation marks. While the student attempts complex structures, these are often marred by errors, such as the sentence starting with 'For example, in India cloths are made...'. The frequency of these errors prevents the writing from reaching a higher band.

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