Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

This question is very interessting nowadays and in my opnion science always gonna be good to improve people's lives but with limits and patience.

I agree with this idea because in the last few years we hear a lot of good news related to medical progress and solutions. This is a huge improvement for people health, especially with diseases, but also to prevent some of them, and making people aware about. We also find solutions for people around the world with a lack of ressources, who can benefit from science. The nature is also an important aspect of science, people are starting growthing fruits and vegetables organic at home. In that way, they can cook with local products and use the science of internet to find recipes.

In opposite to the good ideas, I desagree about the technoly science. Nowadays, human start to be replaced by robots and articial intelligence. If we can count a big number of advantages, there is also a lot of disadvantages. First of all, children are going to be impacted by articifial intelligence and be less autonomous than in the past. The school teacher's doesn't give children any homework anymore, especially for teenagers since they have access to internet with AI who can replaced them and do all of the homework. In the two last decades, this porblem was already there with the access to internet and search engines, but it was more difficult to find the responses, only the methodology was available to support them. This is mean that children who are not focus on any school subject, they are not gonna make any progress.

To conclude, I think that science is really helpfull especially for medical or to help people in home duties and around the world, but it can also be an impact in the evolution of the next generation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is broadly clear: you support science improving lives, while qualifying this with concerns about technology and AI. The medical examples and discussion of children relying on AI are relevant to the question. However, the response only partly develops the central argument. The paragraph about growing organic food and using internet recipes is not clearly connected to how science improves lives, and the conclusion introduces “home duties” without explaining this point earlier. The contrast between beneficial science and harmful technology also needs a clearer distinction, since technology is itself a product of scientific progress. Explain your main reasons more fully and use specific examples to show how each supports your position.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure, with an introduction, two contrasting body paragraphs and a conclusion. Phrases such as “In opposite to” and “To conclude” signal the direction of the argument, and the medical discussion is grouped together. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the move from medical progress to resources, then organic food and internet recipes, feels like a list rather than a connected explanation. The second body paragraph also shifts between robots, children, teachers and search engines without clearly linking each point. Some references, such as “This problem,” are not fully precise. Use clearer topic sentences and explain the relationship between each example and your main claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “medical progress,” “diseases,” “robots” and “artificial intelligence,” so the reader can follow the general subject. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the writing less clear or natural. Examples include “interessting,” “ressources,” “technoly science,” and “articial intelligence.” Some phrases are also imprecise, such as “a huge improvement for people health” and “an impact in the evolution.” Aim for accurate topic-specific expressions and check spelling carefully. Replacing general wording with precise phrases—for example, describing a particular medical treatment or the effect of automation on employment—would make your argument more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a conditional structure in “If we can count a big number of advantages, there is also a lot of disadvantages.” However, complex sentences are often not controlled accurately, and errors sometimes make the intended meaning harder to follow. For example, “The school teacher's doesn't give children any homework” has problems with subject–verb agreement and sentence structure, while “children who are not focus” needs a correctly formed verb phrase. Other examples include “people are starting growthing” and “This is mean that.” Practise building accurate clauses with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement, verb forms, articles and plurals. More reliable sentence control will help you express your ideas without losing the reader.

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