Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-09-26
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)
In the modern era, it is argued that, the most crusial aim of science should be to enhance individuals lives. I agree with the notion for three main reason.
One of the reason why I agree is standard of living has improve, with the help of science sevreal technology introduce by scientist which are beneficial for day to day life for people. There are sevreal iteams which are introdce by science such as mobile phone, vehicals this are very useful and time saving. Nowadays people use mobile phone for their study as well as for their work. Many student who are lived in countyside where education infrastructure is not well so with help of mobile phone they can easily styudy. also nowaday work from home was significantly increase so using mobile phone they complate their task at home.
Another main reason is healthcare infrastructure being enhance with the help of technology healthcare sectore will significantly improved with the help of new and advance equipment many lifes saved by doctor. nowadays many individauls have blood pressure machine at their home so they can easily check their blood pressure at home without going clinic or hospital.
The final reason is agriculture, with the help of sicence our countries agriculture sector also improved nowadays many farmes use new advance machinary for farming insted of relaying on tredittonal method. many farmer use machine for harvesting their crop that was very benifical and time shaving method for farmer
To conclude, not only increase individuals standard of life, health care sectore but also increase agriculture sectore. Therefore, i agree for the most important aim of science shoul be to improve people's lives.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The candidate addresses all parts of the task by taking a clear position that the primary aim of science should be to improve people's lives and supports this with three main reasons. Ideas regarding standard of living, healthcare, and agriculture are presented. However, the development of these ideas tends to be limited and somewhat repetitive due to lexical constraints and lack of specific, well-developed examples. For instance, mentioning mobile phones and blood pressure machines touches on relevant themes, but the arguments remain rather general and lack depth. There is a tendency to over-generalise without sufficient extension, placing this response firmly in the band 6 category according to the descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction and conclusion, and body paragraphs are structured around distinct points (standard of living, healthcare, and agriculture). However, referencing and cohesion are often faulty or mechanical. For instance, the transition "One of the reason why I agree is standard of living has improve" exhibits grammatical errors in linking, and cohesive devices are generally basic or inadequate. Paragraphing is attempted, but sentences within paragraphs sometimes lack smooth logical progression and referencing is not always clear, which aligns well with the band 5 descriptors for cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, touching on everyday and familiar topics related to science, technology, and agriculture. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as "crusial" instead of crucial, "sevreal", "iteams", "introdce", "vehicals", "sectore", "farmes", "insted", "tredittonal", and "benifical". These errors do not completely impede communication, but they are noticeable and demonstrate a limited control of word forms and spelling, making a band 5 score appropriate.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is weak. There are frequent grammatical and punctuation errors, such as run-on sentences and comma splices (e.g., "There are sevreal iteams which are introdce by science such as mobile phone, vehicals this are very useful..."). Subject-verb agreement and tense consistency are problematic throughout the text, as seen in phrases like "standard of living has improve" and "work from home was significantly increase". While simple sentences are generally understandable, attempts at complex structures frequently result in errors that cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the band 5 criteria.
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