Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-17

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries these days, the number of people continuing their education after school has increased, and the range of courses available at universities and colleges has also increased.

Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Due to the shift of perception, now people are well aware of benefits of higher education. Now a days people are countinuing their education, and appearing in universties and colleges for higher education. Universties are providing cources wide range of subjects that give students a chance to persue their feild interest. I strongly agree believe that this is a positive develpment.

To commence with the point that persuing higher education and appear at university is a positive development, In past few decate the thinking of people change regarding education and higher studies, now more and more preople are considering the higher education, this give them a chance to learn and grow in their relevant feilds. During their degree they talk to professionals, give presentations and test their knowledge, these all expierence build their social circle and develop their social skill as well. They not only grow as professional,but as a person too. For Example, When i was in university, i used to face diffcuilty in public speaking but university presentation gave the boost in my confidence, which i needed the most.

Now a days universities are offering more cources, this not only provide the students to study their field of interest, but also opening new paths for exceling in specific carriers, by training professional for specific domains. I believe in the fact that people enjoy the thing they are interested in more. The student with interest in subject not only enjoy studing it during class, but try to get as much as knolowdge related to subgect he can. And providing more cources in university also provide very domain specific professionals for certain fields that will fulfill the nead of market. There is a saying, The jack of all traits, master of none"

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses the prompt directly by taking a clear and well-supported position that the increase in higher education and available courses is a positive development. The writer introduces relevant ideas regarding personal growth, professional skill acquisition, and how a wider selection of courses meets specific market demands. While the reasoning is logical and supported with a personal example about overcoming public speaking difficulties, some of the ideas are slightly repetitive and under-developed, particularly in the final paragraph. The conclusion is incomplete, abruptly cutting off mid-sentence with a famous idiom. Consequently, the task is addressed adequately, but the lack of full development across all arguments prevents a higher score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay displays a generally coherent overall arrangement with a clear stance stated in the introduction. Paragraphing is attempted, though the division between paragraphs could be managed more effectively, and the essay lacks a proper concluding paragraph. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'To commence with' and 'For Example,' but some referencing and linking are mechanical or faulty. For instance, transitional phrases between sentences occasionally feel abrupt, and punctuation errors around conjunctions disrupt the natural flow of ideas. While the reader can follow the main train of thought without severe difficulty, the organizational progression suffers from the unfinished ending and minor structural weaknesses.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting some less common lexical items such as 'professional', 'domain', and 'exceling'. However, there are frequent spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'countinuing', 'universties', 'cources', 'persue', 'feild', 'decate', 'preople', 'diffcuilty', 'studing', 'knolowdge', 'subgect', and 'nead'. While these numerous spelling inaccuracies do not completely impede communication, they are distracting and demonstrate limited control over word formation and orthography. The misuse of phrases like 'jack of all traits' instead of 'jack of all trades' further limits the lexical score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and introductory subordinate clauses. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors including comma splices, run-on sentences, and incorrect verb forms. For example, the sentence 'In past few decate the thinking of people change regarding education...' contains multiple tense and article errors. Subject-verb agreement issues also appear, such as 'these all expierence build'. Punctuation is frequently misused, especially with commas separating independent clauses improperly. These persistent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher band descriptor.

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