Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-20

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Smoking can cause serious illnesses and should be made illegal.

To what extent do you agree?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Smoking can cause serious illnesses and should be made illegal.

Undoubtedly, smoking is the most injurious product causing various health issues, I agree with that fact. However, a complete ban can lead to various socio-economic problems.

In terms of the harmful impacts, smoking damages the respiratory systems and damage the lungs of a smoker. Moreover, smoking is ofteen referred as one of the chief causes behind cancer and hepatitis. However, such consequences are not only faced by the smokers but passive somkers who are not consuming cigarettes had to suffer these conferences.

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Meanwhile the ban can cause economic loss to countries where cigarette production plays a huge part in the GDP. The ban would not only cause loss to the countries or industries but the individuala working in the production, sale and farming of cigarettes will suffer the most. Because a legal prohibition will spike the inflation rate.

Another aspect is that the habitual smikers would become less productive in theri fields of working due to

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You take a position by agreeing that smoking is harmful while arguing that a complete ban could create economic problems. The discussion of health effects, passive smoking, and employment is relevant, but the response addresses the question only partially: it does not clearly explain whether the economic costs outweigh the health reasons for prohibition, and several points are asserted rather than supported. The final idea about habitual smokers is unfinished, leaving the argument without a conclusion. The response contains 190 words, so it is 60 words below the required minimum; this limits the space available to develop and support your position. Extend the reasoning with specific examples and state your final view clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from health effects to economic consequences, and signposts such as “Moreover” and “Meanwhile” help indicate relationships between points. However, the overall progression is incomplete: the final paragraph ends mid-sentence, and there is no concluding paragraph to bring the argument together. Some links are also unclear or mechanical. For example, “However” introduces the passive-smoking point even though it adds to the preceding health argument, while the connection between prohibition and inflation is not explained. Group related ideas more clearly, use linking words only when their meaning fits, and finish each paragraph with a developed point that leads logically to the next.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt topic-specific vocabulary, including “respiratory systems,” “passive smokers,” “GDP,” and “legal prohibition,” which helps communicate the subject. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or spelling errors make parts difficult to understand. For instance, “conferences” appears where the context calls for “consequences,” and “each mind of smoking” obscures your meaning. There are also repeated misspellings, including “ofte en,” “somkers,” and “smikers,” as well as imprecise phrases such as “most injurious product.” Aim for accurate collocations and proofread carefully. More precise terms for health effects and economic impacts would make the argument clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use some complex sentence forms, including contrast clauses with “However” and a relative clause in “countries where cigarette production plays a huge part in the GDP.” Nevertheless, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to affect clarity. In “smoking damages the respiratory systems and damage the lungs,” the verb forms do not agree; “passive smokers who are not consuming cigarettes had to suffer” shifts awkwardly between present and past forms. The sentence beginning “Because a legal prohibition…” is a fragment, and the final sentence is unfinished. Practise checking subject–verb agreement, maintaining consistent tense, and ensuring that each sentence has a complete main clause. Use complex structures, but keep them controlled.

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