Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-09-22

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 5.0)

Science plays an essential role to upgrade the living standard for not just the human but for all the creature in the universe . In the 20 century science would be the crucial factor which brought a revolution in the various industries .

Science can be applied to make human life easier in any era . In the ancient times people used to write books with the hands and afterward typewriter . It would be a time consuming proces to write multiple books but after the invention of printer human can print the copy of books at any time saving their thousand minutes.You had to write letters to communicate from any foreign citizen and transportation required months for the delivery . Transformation from letter to email reduces the time from months to minutes sent the mail from ongoing time .

It have some drawbacks such as your dependency increases on the machines which can be hack or misused by any one . It is the demand of the modern era to be carefull link with your personal data . As of now A

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 250 words, finishing prematurely at 183 words and trailing off mid-sentence ("As of now A..."). While the student attempts to address the prompt by discussing how science improves people's lives through communication and printing, the ideas are under-developed and the position is not fully explored. Furthermore, the scope of the prompt—which asks if this should be the *most important* aim—is only partially tackled. Because the word count requirement is explicitly not met and the essay is incomplete, the score is severely limited under the task response descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays some logical organisation with a basic introduction and body paragraphs attempting to contrast past and present technologies. However, paragraphing is underdeveloped, and the abrupt ending disrupts any overall progression. Cohesive devices are sometimes inaccurate or awkward, such as "afterward typewriter" and "from ongoing time". Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the lack of a proper conclusion or fully formed body paragraphs means that the structural integrity of the essay remains quite weak throughout the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and repetitive, featuring basic terms such as "essential role," "upgrade," and "make human life easier." There are noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as "upgrade the living standard for not just the human but for all the creature" and "proces" (spelling). The student attempts less common vocabulary like "revolution" and "dependency," but these are undermined by frequent inaccuracies and the incomplete nature of the response, restricting the lexical score to a modest band level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The text contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is inconsistent. There are numerous grammatical errors, such as tense and modal verb confusion ("In the 20 century science would be the crucial factor"), missing articles, and pluralisation issues ("all the creature"). Punctuation and preposition usage are also faulty in places, such as "communicate from any foreign citizen" and "sent the mail." Because errors occur frequently and the essay breaks off abruptly, communication is noticeably hindered towards the end.

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