Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-29

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)

A clean environment is required for healthy life. Evey living thing has a role to make it clean.Basically it is a cycle that involves yeild, humans, animals,insects and plants. All these species togather make the environment. If any of the part escaped from the cycle environent become disturb and lead to the end of all the living things.

A plant species have very vicious role in the environment. It provide food to humans that contain vitamens. If its percentage get low the vitamin problem becom high in humans. It not only food source for humans but also for animals who eat green leafs. Its deficiency also an alram for decay of vegitarian animals. Rather than this, trees respiration system also control the dangerous gases like carbon and provide sufficient oxygen to the living things. Air pollution index are high in the areas where plant has less numbers. The main source of pollution is fossile gases.

Animals species also important for the environment. Their safty is very important to make the environment chain complete. Some animals are harbivors and some are carnivors. Carnivors mostly eat harbivors. Ice leopard specie is in danager because of low inhabitant. If he completely vanish then it initially effects to this environment and after that his food cycle that already disturbed will badly affect its attached cycle and so on.

Humans are more important environmental problems because his life style give harm to the environment. As he achived the technology he started to use the energy resources without protocols that badly disturb the environment.

Overall. we should save the rare species of all the living things so our envirnment remain clean.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the topic by explaining why species loss matters, with examples involving plants, food chains and the “Ice leopard,” and you also introduce the view that human lifestyles create environmental harm. However, the discussion is uneven: most of the response argues for protecting species, while the alternative view is only briefly mentioned and not compared with other major problems such as pollution or climate change. Your own position is suggested in the conclusion—“we should save the rare species”—but it does not clearly state how you weigh species loss against broader environmental problems. Develop both views with specific reasons and examples, then make your judgement explicit and consistent throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure: it moves from the environment generally to plants, animals, human activity and a conclusion. This gives the reader some organisation, and examples are usually placed with the relevant topic. However, the overall progression is not fully clear because the paragraph about humans does not explain how this view compares with species loss, and the conclusion does not resolve that comparison. Connections between ideas are sometimes abrupt, as in “Rather than this,” and the repeated use of “also” makes the linking mechanical. Improve cohesion by using clear topic sentences, linking each paragraph to the question’s two views, and explaining references such as “this environment” and “its attached cycle.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “species,” “food source,” “oxygen,” “pollution” and “energy resources,” so the subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make parts difficult to interpret. For example, “vicious role” does not express the intended importance, “trees respiration system” is unnatural, and “low inhabitant” is unclear in the discussion of the leopard. Spelling errors such as “envirnment,” “harbivors” and “fossile” are also noticeable. Build a more precise environmental vocabulary and check spelling and word forms; this will help you explain causes and consequences without relying on vague phrases such as “badly disturb.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both short statements and longer cause-and-effect sentences, for example, “If any of the part escaped from the cycle environent become disturb.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in agreement, articles, plurals and verb forms frequently make the meaning harder to follow. Examples include “A plant species have,” “It provide food,” and “Air pollution index are high.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in “clean.It” and “Overall.” followed by a lower-case continuation. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses using “because,” “if” and “which.” Check that subjects and verbs agree and that each sentence has a complete, clearly punctuated structure.

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