Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

The most important aim of science should be to improve people’s lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The most fundamental goal of science should be to improve individuals livelihood. I completely agree with this because science has made our day to day life easier.

One of the main reasons is science is very advanced in current times and it has given many inventions.In the past, it was very hard to communicate to people who lived faraway.For example, people used to communicate with letters which can takes days or month to deliver and it may even not deliver due to circumstances. However, With the science involving, scientist have develop internet and mobile phone with that people can communicate with their relatives and friends in real time even if they live different country. For example, students who study abroad can now talk to their parents with a simple phone call.

Furthermore, In the medical field many improvements have made with the help of science. In old times, medical field lacked technologies to cure a disease whereas, now with the help of science and technologies most of the disease are curable. For example, there was horrific incident in Europe where so many lives were lost because there was no solution for plague However, researcher did their research with the help of science to cure plague. As a result, the plague is now curable and it is not threatenable as it used to be.

In conclusion, The aim so science is to improve people's lives. I completely agree with this because in the field of medical and our day to day life science has made our life easier. For instance, people can now communicate with others without any delay and most of the disease is curable.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response6.0
Coherence and Cohesion6.0
Lexical Resource5.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy5.5
Overall6.0

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction—“I completely agree”—and remains consistent in the conclusion. You support the view with two relevant areas: communication and medicine, including examples of students abroad keeping in touch with parents and research into plague treatment. This addresses the task and gives the reader a clear rationale. However, the discussion is not equally developed: the communication example is explained more concretely, while the medical paragraph makes broad claims such as “most of the disease are curable” without clarifying the specific scientific advances or their impact. To strengthen the response, explain each example more precisely and acknowledge, if relevant, that science can have aims beyond immediate improvements to daily life.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs organised around separate reasons, and a conclusion that restates your position. Transitions such as “Furthermore” and “In conclusion” help signal this progression, and the examples generally follow the claims they support. Cohesion is sometimes mechanical, however, because several sentences rely on “For example” or “However,” and the contrast in the plague paragraph is not fully clear. Some references are also vague, as in “it may even not deliver” and “the plague,” where the reader has to infer the intended meaning. Use a wider range of linking and referencing, and make the relationship between each claim and example explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main points, including “communicate,” “medical field,” “technologies,” and “curable.” There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “fundamental goal” and “as a result.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, including “individuals livelihood,” “science involving,” “threatenable,” and “made our day to day life easier.” These choices sometimes make the intended meaning less precise, even though the overall argument remains understandable. Aim to learn vocabulary in natural combinations and check word forms and spelling. More precise terms for scientific advances and medical treatment would also help you explain your examples with greater clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple sentences and some longer structures, including clauses introduced by “because,” “which,” and “whereas.” This gives the response some variety, and the main ideas are generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries. For example, “it can takes days” should use the base form after “can,” while “researcher did their research” needs a plural subject or an appropriate singular form. In “most of the disease are curable,” the noun and verb do not agree. Capitalisation after commas and full stops is also inconsistent. Review these patterns and punctuate longer sentences carefully to improve accuracy while retaining complex structures.

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