Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-07

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 6.5)

Public figures are often photographed by professionals everywhere they go. Some people say that it should be this way because we are interested in their lives, while others argue that it is wrong to follow and photograph famous people everywhere. I strongly believe that celebrities should be given space in their private time. Additionally, they should not be followed by photographers everywhere for their own security and for the safety of their family.

Nowadays it has been observed that professional photographers follow celebrities everywhere to take their pictures and upload them across different social media platforms. Many people think that it is a good way to know what's going on in their lives. People are hugely invested in knowing where these public figures go for vacations or who they are dating. This also benefits the celebrities because they are always trending on social media. There was a famous singer trending all over social media last month, because a paparazzi posted a picture of him outside school, waiting to pick up his daughter. Everyone loved the picture and people were praising him for making time for his daughter. This month he had a concert and all the tickets were sold out for his concert, only because of that photo.

On the contrary, I believe it was wrong of the photographer to click those pictures. Because now everyone on social media knows where his dauhgter goes to school. Anyone can use this information to harm her. This is a matter of her security at this point.

Similarly, I have seen a lot of celebrities posting on social media and even appeal on television channels that we need to let them have their private moment. They might be running some errands and might not be dressed appropriately. Someone click a photo and it goes viral and people start to make funny jokes about their appearance. I think that it is unfair to them. No one dresses up just to buy a few groceries than why should they?

In conclusion, While it is understandable that people are very interested in knowing famous celebrities' day to day lives, I believe public figures have some boundries and photographers should respect them and should not follow them around everywhere for some pictures.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address both views and make your own position clear: you explain why readers value access to celebrities’ lives, then argue that photographers should respect privacy, particularly for security and family safety. The example of the singer’s photograph illustrates the public-interest argument and its commercial benefit, while the school-location risk supports your opposing view. This covers the task well, but the two sides are not developed equally: the benefits are explained through a specific example, whereas the privacy argument relies more on general claims about safety and embarrassing images. The discussion would be more fully developed if you explored why public interest does not necessarily justify intrusive photography and connected each example more explicitly to your overall reasoning.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction states your view, the body paragraphs present the competing perspectives, and the conclusion restates your position. Sequencing is generally easy to follow, and signposts such as “On the contrary” and “In conclusion” help readers navigate the argument. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. The transition from the singer’s popularity to ticket sales is asserted as a direct result of one photograph without explaining the link, and “Similarly” introduces a related but distinct privacy concern without clearly showing how it develops the previous point. The sentence beginning “Because now everyone…” is also separated from the preceding claim in a way that interrupts the flow. Use more precise links between claims and examples, and make paragraph progression less dependent on formulaic transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for the topic, including relevant expressions such as “public figures,” “private moment,” “security,” and “go viral.” These help communicate the main ideas clearly, and the vocabulary is generally appropriate to the discussion. There are also some imprecise or awkward choices that limit flexibility and naturalness: “click those pictures” would be better expressed as “take those photographs,” while “boundries” is misspelled and “dauhgter” contains a spelling error. Phrases such as “for some pictures” and “hugely invested in knowing” are understandable but not consistently idiomatic in this context. Aim for more precise collocations and proofread spelling, especially in key terms. This would make your vocabulary more controlled and persuasive without requiring unnecessarily complex wording.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including subordinate clauses such as “because we are interested in their lives” and “while others argue…”. Most meaning remains clear, but some grammatical and punctuation errors persist. For example, “Someone click a photo and it goes viral” needs a past-tense verb to match the surrounding hypothetical situation, and “No one dresses up just to buy a few groceries than why should they?” joins two clauses incorrectly; use a full stop or a suitable conjunction. The fragment “Because now everyone…” should be attached to the preceding sentence. Capitalisation after “In conclusion” is also inconsistent. Greater control of clause boundaries, tense consistency, and punctuation would improve accuracy while preserving your varied sentence patterns.

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