Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals. Others say that there are more important environmental problems.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Ther are two types of people one who believe that some plants, species and animals are lossing day by day, another types of people say there are more environmental problems that need to be solve fast. I think we should take care our environment by protect those plants and animales.

One part of people are very carefull about those animales and trees becouse in this world we need all types of species to maintain the environmental balence and the cycle of food. If we are not very serious about this that may couse lossing different plants or animals frequently. At the result this is hardly maintain the enveronmental chain for the world. That may couse the damage our food cycle too.

On the other hand, some people who believe that we have still have couple of issues that need to solve to protect the enveronment. That should be taken care of our wastages, taken care of our rivers well as the seas, all this kind of polution we need tho fixed for beter environmental cycle and for better life style.

In my point of view, I believe that if we have fixed or control our wastages we can maintain a good nature. If we are not controlling this, that may couse lossing some plants and animales from our nature.

In conclution, it is easy to say that if we change oure havit and stop cut down trees we may can save our environment beauty as well as the lossing species of plants and animals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both views: the second paragraph explains why species loss matters, while the third mentions pollution and waste as wider environmental concerns. Your opinion is also present, especially in the fourth paragraph, where you argue that controlling waste can help protect nature. However, the discussion is only partial because the ideas are brief and often unclear. For example, the food-chain point is repeated without a specific example or explanation of its consequences, and the wider-problems view lists rivers, seas and pollution without showing which problems are most serious or why. The conclusion introduces cutting down trees but does not clearly bring together the two sides. Develop each view with a clear reason and a relevant example, and state your position consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, your opinion, and a conclusion. Phrases such as “On the other hand” and “In my point of view” help signal shifts in focus, so the reader can generally follow the discussion. However, connections between ideas are sometimes mechanical or unclear. In the second paragraph, “At the result” does not clearly show how species loss affects the environmental chain, and the repeated use of “That may cause” makes the explanation feel circular. The final paragraph also adds tree cutting without linking it clearly to the preceding argument. Use clearer references and connect each supporting sentence directly to the paragraph’s main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “species,” “food cycle,” “pollution,” “rivers,” and “seas,” which makes the subject clear. There are also attempts to express environmental concepts such as maintaining a “balance” and protecting the “environmental chain.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning difficult to follow. For instance, “wastages” is not the natural term here, “lossing” is not the correct form, and “environmental balence” is misspelled. “Better environmental cycle” is also vague. Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check spelling and collocations; this will help you explain environmental effects more clearly rather than relying on repeated general words such as “good” and “better.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If we are not controlling this, that may cause…” and a relative clause beginning “people who believe.” This shows an effort to connect causes and consequences. However, the range remains limited, and errors in sentence construction and verb forms are frequent enough to make some ideas difficult to understand. Examples include “one who believe,” “need to be solve,” “we need tho fixed,” and “we may can save,” where agreement, verb patterns or modal forms are not controlled. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “take care our environment.” Practise accurate basic patterns first, then use a few controlled complex sentences, such as “If waste is reduced, habitats can be protected.”

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