Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-16

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some societies, stress is now regarded as a major problem, and it is thought that people suffer from more stress than they did in the past. However, others feel that the amount of stress people have today is exaggerated. They say that previous generations were under more pressure, but the idea of suffering from stress did not exist.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Nowadays, people deivded between two trends on the same topic. Some people belive that stress now is a major problem individuals suffring from. While in the other hand many people think that stress in the present time is exaggerated. This essay will discuss both opinions.

People who think that the amount of stress comunity have nowadays is exaggerated, argue this idea by indicating that although the previous generation were under more presuure, they did not suffring from stress as the present generation, that is because they did not have the idea in their mindes.

In the other side, societies who argue the stress is a segnificant chalenge people they suffering from belive that the new lifestyle we live specificly in big cities, make several categories of comunity feel stressful all the time, because they are allways busy, an instance of that, many workers in present time working for more than eight hours daily. Moreover, the modern educational system is more hard than the previous ones, that make pupils under stress too in a early age.

In my opinion, i see that people suffer from more stress now than in past time. And this gonna be growth in the future as long as the lifestyle we live contenue to be faster. Furthermore, popullation has a negative effect too that make suffring from stress bigger.

In cocnlusion, the development on present time make life easier on many domain on our life, but there is new challenges people suffring from that people in past time did not meeting it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views on modern versus past stress and providing the writer's own opinion. A clear position is maintained throughout the essay, notably in sentences like 'In my opinion, i see that people suffer from more stress now than in past time.' However, the ideas are somewhat limited and under-developed, relying on brief assertions without deep exploration or robust supporting examples. For instance, the mention that 'many workers in present time working for more than eight hours daily' touches on relevant evidence but lacks elaboration. The arguments tend to generalise rather than being fully extended. Despite these limitations in development, the task has been adequately addressed to satisfy the requirements for a Band 5.5 to 6.0 level.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays a generally coherent overall arrangement with basic paragraphing applied, separating the introduction, two body viewpoints, the personal opinion, and the conclusion. However, the logical progression is frequently hindered by mechanical and faulty cohesive devices, such as 'While in the other hand' and 'In the other side'. Referencing and linking between sentences are often awkward, leading to choppy transitions that disrupt the flow of ideas. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal cohesion within paragraphs lacks sophistication and clarity. These structural and cohesive weaknesses place the response firmly at the Band 5.0 level.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate to communicate basic ideas about stress, lifestyle, and work, featuring terms such as 'generation', 'lifestyle', 'educational system', and 'population'. However, there is a limited and repetitive range of vocabulary combined with noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'deivded' instead of divided, 'belive' instead of believe, 'suffring' instead of suffering, 'comunity' instead of community, 'presuure' instead of pressure, 'mindes' instead of minds, 'segnificant' instead of significant, 'chalenge' instead of challenge, 'specificly' instead of specifically, 'allways' instead of always, 'popullation' instead of population, 'cocnlusion' instead of conclusion, and 'domain' instead of domains. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and restrict the lexical score to Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as subordinate clauses beginning with 'although' and 'as long as'. However, grammatical accuracy is very weak, with frequent errors occurring in almost every sentence. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('people deivded', 'many workers... working', 'popullation has'), tense errors ('people did not meeting it'), missing articles, and incorrect prepositions ('in past time' instead of in the past). Punctuation and capitalization are also erratic, with lowercase 'i' used for the pronoun 'I'. Because the frequency of errors is high and basic grammatical rules are repeatedly violated, the response earns a Band 4.5.

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