Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that in the digital age, theatres and cinemas are no longer important as people can watch all the entertainment they want online. Others argue that theatres and cinemas are still important both economically and culturally.

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)

Some users are highly believer of staying at home and watch movie with the whole family instead of going to theaters or cinema. I believe that we should understand this by age cateriories. I will always prefer to go to theater rather than watching movie at home but parents will never ever going to choose cinema for watching a 2 to 3 hours of movie. Both the discission is fair to all. But I feel cinema experience is really great which a individual should have. Recently i watched Ramayan in theater, the experience was so damn good, but after 3 days i watch the same movie at my home with my family but the visuals were not that clear also the sound effect was very average. Also i watched 1920 london a horror film when i was a kid at home with my mother and sister, it was scary visuals were good but i havent watch that movie in cinema that's why i thought the visuals were good but after sometimes i went to watch the same movie in cinema, the experience was much more fascinated. I've also asked my parents to come join me but they have no interest to watch the same movie in cinema once again. I feel some people are enough busy in their life and because of that they don't get enough time to go at cinema and watch movie with family or friends. Also in their prime age they have been watched so many movies in cinema that they do not prefer to go now.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a personal view in favour of the cinema experience and support it with examples from watching Ramayan and 1920 London. These details make your preference clear and relevant. However, the task asks you to discuss both views, including the economic and cultural importance of theatres and cinemas. Your response mainly compares watching films at home with going to the cinema, and does not explain the economic or cultural arguments. The opposing view is represented mostly through assumptions about parents, busy people and age, rather than developed reasons. To strengthen the response, explain why online entertainment is attractive, then discuss how cinemas support jobs or shared cultural experiences, before stating your opinion clearly in a conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a recognisable line of thought: you introduce a difference in preferences, give personal examples, and then suggest why some people choose not to visit cinemas. However, it is presented as one long paragraph, so the discussion lacks clear stages and the reader has to infer how the examples relate to the two views in the question. Linking words such as “Also” and “because of that” are repeated, while “Both the discission is fair to all” does not clearly connect to the surrounding ideas. Use separate paragraphs for the online-view argument, the continuing value of cinemas, and your opinion. Clear topic sentences and more precise references would make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate your main ideas and include some relevant expressions, such as “cinema experience,” “visuals,” and “sound effect.” The examples also give you opportunities to describe differences between home viewing and a theatre. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, including “highly believer,” “age cateriories,” “discission,” and “fascinated” where you mean that the experience was impressive or enjoyable. Repetition of “movie,” “watch,” and “good” also limits precision. Build a wider set of topic vocabulary for convenience, cost, shared viewing, employment and cultural events, and check spelling and collocations when editing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentences using contrast and reason, for example, “I feel some people are enough busy in their life and because of that they don't get enough time…”. This shows an effort to connect ideas, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, sentence structures are limited and errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction. Examples include “parents will never ever going to choose,” “a individual,” and “after 3 days i watch the same movie.” Several sentences run together, particularly the account of watching Ramayan, making punctuation and clause boundaries difficult to follow. Practise accurate past-tense narration and build longer sentences from correctly formed clauses, using full stops to separate distinct points.

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