Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-11-03

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some countries today, there is an attitude that 'anyone can do it' in the arts - music, literature, acting, art, etc. As a result, people with no talent become rich and famous and genuine talent is not valued or appreciated.

Do you agree or disagree?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The attitude that anyone can do it in the arts is not true. This field requires talent, confidence, skills, right approach, right guidance and aim to achieve in it. In fact, every field requires the above mentioned qualities. We cannot say that anyone can do it. There are some people with great ideas but they are less confident to translate those ideas in reality. There are also some people who want to become artist or musician but they are not very confident to do this. Some people are confident, energetic and creative but they don't have the right guidance.

We cannot say that every person who wants to build his career is able to do so. There are so many hurdles in his way. These hurdles can be in the form of confidence, guidance, investment, energy and skills. It is not appropriate to say that people with no talent become rich, because talent is very important to achieve something. We do have a capacity to recognize genuine talent and we appreciate others in this journey.

I think people should stop spreading negativity about others and what they have done in their career journey. We cannot achieve everything without talent or skills. We should keep in mind that success requires hard work and patience. Those people who become rich in the field of arts have a history of ups and downs and failures as well. Their failures are their support in achieving this position. Nobody will tell you about his whole journey and what he has lost in his way.

We can take examples of artists who had started their career as an ordinary men and today whole world recognize them as a hero. These examples are a source of positivity for others.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you reject the claim that anyone can succeed in the arts without talent, and you argue that success also depends on confidence, guidance, skills and persistence. The discussion of obstacles and the reference to artists who began as ordinary people are relevant. However, the response only partly addresses the prompt’s specific concern that people without talent become rich and famous while genuine talent is undervalued. You assert that talent matters and that people can recognise genuine talent, but do not explain or support these points with a concrete example. The final reference to successful artists is also general. Develop both sides of the claim more directly and use a specific example to show how fame or recognition relates to talent.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: it introduces your position, develops reasons and obstacles, and ends with an example-based conclusion. Ideas are generally understandable, and phrases such as “In fact” and “We can take examples” help signal connections. However, progression is limited because several points repeat the same claim that success requires talent, skills or hard work. The links between ideas are sometimes unclear; for example, “We do have a capacity to recognize genuine talent” is not developed into an explanation of how this relates to the prompt’s concern about undervaluation. Paragraphing is present, but the final paragraph is too brief to provide a developed conclusion. Group related points and use clearer links to show how each reason supports your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “guidance,” “hurdles,” “creative,” “failures” and “career journey.” These choices are relevant to the topic, and the reader can generally follow your meaning. However, the range is limited by repeated general terms such as “people,” “success,” “talent” and “achieve,” while some expressions are imprecise or unnatural. For instance, “right approach, right guidance and aim to achieve in it” is vague, and “a source of positivity” is less natural than a more precise phrase about inspiring others. Aim to use topic-specific language for artistic recognition, public attention and professional achievement, and vary repeated wording. More precise collocations would make your argument clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate your main points using mostly straightforward sentences, and you attempt some longer structures, such as “There are some people with great ideas but they are less confident to translate those ideas in reality.” However, sentence patterns are repetitive, and control becomes less reliable in longer or more complex sentences. For example, “Those people who become rich in the field of arts have a history of ups and downs and failures as well” is understandable but awkwardly constructed, while “today whole world recognize them” has an article and subject–verb agreement error. “As an ordinary men” also contains an article–plural mismatch. Practise varying sentence structures and check articles, agreement and singular/plural forms. These corrections will help your ideas read more smoothly.

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