Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-08-13
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
In many parts of the world girls and boys are educated together in co-educational or mixed schools. Some people think that girls and boys benefit from being educated separately in single-sex schools. To what extent do you agree with this view?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.
Student answer (Band 5.5)
Task -> 2
Nowadays, in many parts of the world both girls and boys are educated together under one roof. While, a few individual believe that girls and boys benefit from being educated separately in single sex schools. In my opinion, both girls and boys should study in same school that builds confident to interact with opposite gender and can learn more about each other. In this essay, I will completely disagree with this statement.
To embark with, students studing both girls and boys studing in mixed schools builds confident to interact opposite gender. As having opposite gender friends leads to mentally and emotionally support. Also after the end you will have to marry with opposite gender and studing in mixed school builds confident to start a conversation. Moreover, studing in co-educational schools improves your social skills and you become better in social life.
Furthermore, students gets more realistic environment as in real life opposite gender people live together and have same facilities and life goals wheat whether you are boy or a girl. Howerer, to make family there is need for opposite gender and interaction between opposite gender is very important and studing in mixed schools builds this interaction.
In conclusion, it is quite important to study both girls and boys in mixed schools to build confidend and become more better in social skills. As in real life interaction betweeen boys and girls is strongly important to make family in future. as scientifically it is imposible to and interaction between opposite gender is normal and scientifically.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The essay addresses the prompt and maintains a clear position throughout. However, the development of ideas is somewhat repetitive and lacks depth. For instance, the argument regarding 'social skills' and 'interaction' is mentioned in every paragraph without introducing new dimensions or specific examples. The ideas are relevant but remain at a surface level, which limits the potential for a higher score. To improve, you should focus on expanding your arguments with more varied reasoning or concrete examples, rather than restating the same point in different ways.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is organized into clear paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the structure. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or repetitive (e.g., 'To embark with', 'Furthermore', 'Moreover'). There are also issues with referencing and logical flow; for example, the final paragraph contains fragmented sentences and unclear connections, such as 'as scientifically it is imposible to and interaction between opposite gender is normal and scientifically'. This makes the progression of ideas feel disjointed in the conclusion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task but lacks the range and precision required for higher bands. There is significant repetition of basic terms like 'opposite gender', 'mixed schools', and 'confident'. Some word choices are inaccurate, such as 'confidend' (spelling error) and 'more better' (grammatical error). The essay relies on a limited set of functional words, and there is little evidence of less common lexical items or sophisticated collocations that would demonstrate a higher level of language proficiency.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but accuracy is inconsistent. There are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation that occasionally impede clarity, such as 'students gets more realistic environment' (subject-verb agreement) and 'wheat whether you are boy or a girl' (repetition/typo). Additionally, the final sentence is grammatically incomplete and confusing. While the meaning is generally understandable, the high frequency of errors in basic sentence construction prevents the essay from reaching a higher band score.
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