Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-13

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Nowadays famous people are photographed by professional photographers everywhere they go. Some people say this is a good thing because the public are interested in their lives. Other people think that photographers are wrong to follow famous people.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In recent years, influencer are happy to show their personal life on social media which has become a widely disscused issue. While I believe that it is not a good habit to show our personal life on social media by hiring an unknown person and followed by them everywhere. This essay will discuss the key aspects before reaching a logical conclusion.

To begin with, one of the primary reason for this is that public influencer are photographed by professional photographer everywhere they travel all around the world. This is because a company demand them to shoot a video and upload on social media to gain more followers. For example, a study shows that 80 percent famous people hire professional photographers and take with them wherever they travel. As a result, the photographer capture every single moment of their life during trip and shoot a professional video to fullfil public demand.

Another significant point worth considering is that it is wrong habit that photographer follow the influencer everywhere either a personal one or random. In other words, they are surrounded by media even when they want to hangout with there friends and they were captured by bad people. For instance, a well-known news paper shows that 50 percent of people commit a suside while some random post was published by unkown people. Consequently, this will put their life in danger when they got some fame from public in a night. This demonstartes that we should need to keep personal more private and protected.

In conclusion, although different viewpoints exist, I frimly believe that it is not a good idea to follow a influencer by a photographers. Considering that hiring a photographer is a good thing because public was interested in their lives or a bad thing they a random post was published, it is clear that it is a high risk for capturing a photo or shooting a video by professional photographer.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses the prompt by discussing both views on whether photographing famous people is good or bad, and provides a clear personal opinion. However, the development of ideas suffers from some confusion regarding the distinction between influencers sharing their own lives versus paparazzi following them, which leads to a slight muddle in the argument. For instance, the second paragraph shifts towards commercial videos made by companies rather than public interest in private lives. Nevertheless, the main parts of the task are addressed, and a position is maintained throughout, fitting the Band 6 descriptor well.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is generally coherent with a clear overall arrangement into introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different points. However, cohesion within and between sentences is sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as the abrupt transitions and repetitive framing of ideas (e.g., starting sentences with 'To begin with' and 'Another significant point'). Referencing is also occasionally unclear, as seen with pronouns like 'they' and 'their' referring ambiguously to influencers, photographers, or the public.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, such as 'professional photographer', 'social media', and 'logical conclusion'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, such as 'disscused' instead of discussed, 'suside' instead of suicide, 'unkaown' instead of unknown, and 'frimly' instead of firmly. Furthermore, collocation is occasionally awkward, such as 'in a night' instead of 'overnight'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, placing the response securely in Band 5.5 to 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are frequent errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, such as 'influencer are happy' instead of 'influencers are', 'and followed by them' instead of 'and being followed by them', and 'hangout with there friends and they were captured'. Punctuation and sentence structures also cause some difficulty for the reader at times, preventing the score from reaching a higher band.

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