Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-03

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people believe that professionals, such as doctors and engineers, should be required to work in the country where they did their training. Others believe they should be free to work in another country if they wish.

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 5.0)

When you achieve a skills like doctor, and engineering most of people have different perspective to those skills that you should work in the country where did their traning country but on another hand there are some people whose believe that they are completly free to work in another country if they want so.

First i will discuss about the first view where some people have their opinion that we should work in the country where we trained .To some point i will believed that we should give our home nation a advantage we should give our country their rights like we should start a certain amount of free work to homeless or to the needie person. For example doctors should charged less amount of fees from needie person and engineeres work on government industrial area on less charge for their country

Now on the other perspective i will discuss that should work ina nother country if they want i believed that people whose want to work in other country is completely their choice but i will said that they should give a certain amount of consentration to the countrie For example if they want to work in another countrie they should spend a year or two in their country

In my perspective if someone want to work in another country they should completly do in another country but give a certain amount of time to their countrie

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both views and state a position: you support giving something back to the home country while allowing professionals to work abroad. However, the discussion is only partial and the position is not fully clear, since the final paragraph says they should work abroad but also give time to their country without explaining how this balances the two views. The examples about reduced fees and working in government industrial areas are relevant, but they are brief and do not explain why these arrangements should be required or how they would benefit the country. The response is also 20 words below the 250-word minimum; the eight words copied from the task prompt are not included in the count. Develop each view with clearer reasoning and fuller examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph for each view, and a concluding opinion. Phrases such as “First” and “Now on the other perspective” help signal the change in focus. However, progression within paragraphs is limited, and the repeated framing (“I will discuss”) makes the organisation feel mechanical rather than developing the argument. Some links between ideas are unclear: the suggestion that professionals should work abroad is followed by the requirement to spend “a year or two” at home, but the relationship between these points is not explained. Use topic sentences that state each paragraph’s main claim, then connect reasons and examples explicitly. A more developed conclusion should summarise the balance you support.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “professionals,” “free to work,” “government,” and “another country,” so the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors make the writing less clear or natural. For example, “achieve a skills” and “give our country their rights” do not express the intended ideas accurately, while “needie” and “traning” are misspelled. Repetition of “country,” “work,” and “certain amount” also limits precision. Build a wider set of expressions for discussing obligations, migration, and public benefit, and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish voluntary service from compulsory work.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including clauses beginning “where” and “if,” but the range is limited and complex attempts are often faulty. Errors in sentence structure and verb forms appear throughout, as in “most of people have different perspective” and “where did their traning country.” Other examples include “doctors should charged” and “people whose want,” where the grammatical relationships are difficult to follow. Articles, agreement, and punctuation also need attention; several sentences run together or have inconsistent spacing around full stops. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then add subordinate clauses with correct word order and verb forms. Clearer sentence boundaries will make your argument easier to understand.

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