Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-30

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)

Now a days many people are facing depression and anxiety but this depression is not just for this new generation mellinials also suffered from these problems.

Today is the era of social media.More you social more you feel depressed. Modren life is very fast and competetion is increasing day by day so this is the major cause of stress.People are trying very hard to meet their expectations, standard of education is totally changed,inflation is uncontrolable so people face difficulty to meet their daily life expenses.All these issues accumulatively are the major reason behind this depression.If a person is not able to manage his household and expenses he faces financial crisis which leads toward panic condition.People are doing extra jobs and long hours shifts to overcome their problems and due to lack of enough sleep they get depressed.

Although in past people also faced many serious difficulties.Regarding their health,finances,education,wars and many other facilities.Like in past their was no concept of technology people were very hardworking they do all their work by theirself which was very tiring.People in earlies do not get enough food so the also faced health issue. Facility of hospitals and good doctors were not available to them so all these issues were major cause of stress.They have no idea that how to overcome and release the stress so due to persistant anxiety and depression people diagnosed with severe diseases like hypertension and heart failure.

Although people in the past faced many difficulties, but i believe that modern life has created more sources of stress.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that modern life has more stress and that previous generations suffered equally if not more—and provides a clear personal opinion in the conclusion. Ideas are relevant, touching on modern issues such as inflation, social media, and long working hours, as well as historical hardships like hard physical labor and lack of medical facilities. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive, with brief unsupported assertions rather than fully elaborated arguments. For instance, the mention that 'previous generations were under more pressure' is supported by general statements about hard work rather than specific examples. This places the response comfortably in Band 6, as it addresses the prompt adequately but lacks the deeper extension and rigorous support characteristic of a Band 7.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The essay has a recognizable overall structure with an introduction, body paragraphs discussing both views, and a concluding opinion. However, the internal coherence and paragraphing are weak. The second paragraph groups multiple distinct ideas—social media, modern pace, inflation, financial crisis, and lack of sleep—into a single block without clear transitions, making it feel disjointed. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes inaccurate, such as starting sentences abruptly without logical links, and referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'they' or 'these issues' used without precise antecedents). Furthermore, paragraph breaks are poorly utilized, leading to an unbalanced structure. These cohesion and paragraphing issues prevent the essay from achieving a Band 6, placing it firmly at Band 5.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for communicating basic ideas, featuring topical terms like 'depression', 'anxiety', 'inflation', and 'financial crisis'. However, there are numerous word choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'mellinials' (spelling), 'Modren' (spelling), 'More you social' (grammatical misuse of adjective as a verb), 'uncontrolable' (spelling), 'by theirself' (incorrect reflexive pronoun), and 'persistant' (spelling). The student attempts some less common vocabulary, but frequent inaccuracies in spelling and word formation restrict the range and occasionally impede the reader's understanding. Overall, the lexical control aligns best with the Band 5 descriptors due to noticeable spelling and lexical errors that cause some difficulty.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting structures like conditional and concessive clauses (e.g., 'If a person is not able to manage...', 'Although in past people also faced...'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in punctuation, subject-verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries (run-on sentences and comma splices, such as 'Today is the era of social media.More you social more you feel depressed.'). Errors such as 'in earlies do not get enough food so the also faced' and missing plural markers frequently disrupt the flow. Because errors are persistent and affect basic sentence mechanics, the response corresponds to a Band 5 for grammatical range and accuracy.

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