Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-21

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)

According to many people, the most significant goal of science must be to improve the lives of human beings only. As per my knowledge and experience, I strongly agree with this point of view due to the sharp increase in usage of new technologies, gadgets, and different machines in our daily lives in recent years but it also has made life miserable of few people as well.

Comparing scientific advancements of past few years, decades or even centuries, there is a drastic increase in scientific products that are being used in our daily lives, and have made our lives way more comfortable and easier than our ancestors. For instance, the basic necessity of life, food, has become not only widely available around the world but also has become easier to grow, harvest, and transport too. Another example can be the significant improvement in general life-style of commoners as well, as there are more and more people living in urban centres than in rural areas compared to the past few years, which proves that the availability of basic necessities is reachable and practical.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

Your position is clear: you strongly agree that science should improve people’s lives, and you give relevant examples involving food production and access to basic necessities. However, the response addresses the task only partially because the ideas are brief and the argument is not fully developed. The opening also introduces a counterpoint—that technology has made life miserable for some people—but this is not explained or reconciled with your strong agreement. The claim about more people living in urban centres does not clearly prove that necessities are more accessible. The response is 182 words, below the required 250. Develop the counterpoint, explain how each example supports your position, and add a concluding judgement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction states your view, followed by a paragraph giving examples of scientific progress. Linking expressions such as “For instance” and “Another example” help readers follow the examples. However, the progression is limited because the response ends without a conclusion, and the opening’s point about science making life miserable is not carried into the body. Some connections are also unclear: the move from improved food production to urbanisation does not explain how one supports the other. To strengthen organisation, give each paragraph a clear purpose, explain the relationship between claims and examples, and use a final paragraph to summarise your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “scientific advancements,” “basic necessities,” “harvest,” and “transport.” These choices make the main ideas understandable, and you attempt some less common expressions. At times, however, word choice and collocation are awkward, as in “the most significant goal of science must be to improve the lives of human beings only” and “made life miserable of few people.” “Scientific products” is also imprecise when you appear to mean technologies or innovations. These inaccuracies do not prevent understanding, but they reduce naturalness and precision. Prefer concise, conventional phrasing, and choose terms that accurately describe the scientific developments you discuss.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a long opening sentence with a contrast and a sentence beginning “Comparing scientific advancements…”. Most of the meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors and punctuation issues are present. For example, the opening sentence joins contrasting ideas with “but” without a clear sentence boundary, and “there is a drastic increase … and have made our lives” has an unclear subject–verb relationship. The phrase “there are more and more people living…” is structurally understandable, though the sentence becomes difficult to follow as it continues. Aim to control long sentences by separating claims, checking that each verb has a clear subject, and punctuating contrasts carefully.

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