Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-27

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 5.0)

In this contemporary era, majority of buyres prefer to purchase things in their local ares instead of imported. Quality is the major aspect of this trend that makes people to buy things from their own area. There are also some beneficial factors behind this piont that I will mention in further paragraphs.

To begin with, the main reason of buying things from local place is best stuff because individuals can check product while purchasing. They know about everything that which stuff is holds great quality so can people buy it according to their own choice. Moreover, it not only confined the vaue of the goods but also save huge amount of money. The fact cannot be denied that impoted products from other place requires plenty of money. In case,if people do not like the quality or size then they again need to pay to exchange it or sometime there is no option to return things. For instance, individuals have low budget to import goods then it will be immense financial loss for them.

On the conterary side, potential benefits can be seen of buying products from own location. As, it prevents the financial loss. People can return the item anytime if it is not fits to them. Also, it will not leads to any fraud. Like, if they imported things from anywhere else then sometime they have to face difficulities such as delay parcel, left anywhere else or sometime they do not get it due to order by fake website beacuse everyone is not familiar with these kind of things.

To sum up, it has been clearly observed that this fact has numerous cauese for purchasing items from local market and lots of significant advantages that ensures the safety of the product.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both questions: you identify product quality and the ability to inspect goods as reasons for buying locally, and you present the trend as beneficial, particularly because returns may be easier and online fraud or delivery problems can be avoided. However, the response only partially develops the task. The reasons focus mainly on checking quality and avoiding financial loss, while broader explanations—such as supporting local businesses or reducing transport impacts—are absent. Your position is also not stated clearly until the conclusion, and the discussion sometimes treats imported goods as inherently risky without explaining when this applies. Develop each main reason with a specific, relevant example and state your view directly in the introduction.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The ideas within the first body paragraph generally relate to inspecting goods and avoiding costs, so the reader can follow the main topic. However, progression between points is not always clear, and the second body paragraph repeats the financial-loss argument rather than adding a distinct benefit. Linking phrases such as “Moreover,” “On the conterary side,” and “To sum up” are used, but some are inaccurate or do not express the relationship between ideas; the second body paragraph is not really a contrast. References such as “this fact” in the conclusion are also vague. Organise each paragraph around one clear point and use transitions that accurately show how ideas connect.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “quality,” “imported products,” “financial loss,” and “fraud,” and the reader can usually understand your intended meaning. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to interpret. Examples include “buyres,” “ares,” “piont,” “conterary,” and “cauese.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “best stuff,” “confined the value,” and “delay parcel.” Choose more precise topic vocabulary and check spelling carefully; for example, describe “locally produced goods” and explain that buyers can “inspect items before purchasing.” Avoid repeating broad words such as “things” and “stuff,” replacing them with specific terms such as products, goods, or items.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a conditional example beginning “if people do not like the quality or size,” and you use some subordinate clauses. However, complex structures are often faulty, and frequent errors sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to follow. For example, “Quality is the major aspect … that makes people to buy” has an incorrect verb pattern, while “it will not leads” and “if it is not fits” show problems with verb forms. There are also errors in articles, agreement and sentence boundaries, as in “majority of buyres” and “As, it prevents the financial loss.” Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a correctly formed subordinate clause, then check subject–verb agreement, articles and punctuation.

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