Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-30

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 5.5)

Some individual believe that in this modern era, theaters and cinemas are not quiet significant because people can access all the entertainment through internet. While other believe that in term of economy and culyure they are still important. Although

all entertainment can be access online there are some benifits of theaters.

In this digital era most of young generation enjoy all kind of entertainment online. They can enjoy dramas, films, seasons, reality shows whie staying in home. They donot have any need to spent money on ticket to watch a movie. For example, nowadays every kind of entertainment is available on Netflix. You just have to subscibe a package and then enjoy movies according to your comfort, as it is not time bounded like cinemas. In cinemas or theaters specific drama or film is shown in specific time. So most of todays generation prefer to watch Netflix at home.

On the other hand, some people think that cinemas and theaters should be promoted because of their signifance in economy and culture. Many people work in theater and cinemas, consequently providing jobs to many people. Foe example people working in cinemas and theatres may lose their jobs if this industy collapse. Similarly cinimas and thearters have cultural importance. The dramas performed on thearter are not available in Netflix. These dramas are important in cultural aspects. These plays showcase the cultural heritage of a nation. So it is important that we promote them so that our young generation become aware of their culture.

To conclude, importance of theatres and cinemas cannot be neglected in term of economy and culture despite the internet being more cheap and convinent source of entertainment.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The student addresses all parts of the prompt by discussing both views—the decline of theatres due to online streaming and their ongoing economic and cultural importance—while also providing a clear personal opinion. The main ideas are extended with relevant examples, such as comparing Netflix subscriptions to cinema ticket costs and mentioning job creation and cultural heritage. However, there is a tendency to over-generalise slightly, and the conclusion is somewhat brief, which places this response comfortably at Band 6.5 to 7.0. The ideas are relevant and well-supported, but deeper extension could have pushed the score higher.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear paragraph structure. There is a logical progression of ideas moving from the introduction to online entertainment, then to the economic and cultural counter-arguments, and finally to a conclusion. The student uses standard cohesive devices such as 'In this digital era', 'On the other hand', and 'To conclude'. However, referencing and cohesion are sometimes faulty or mechanical, and occasional errors in paragraph transitions prevent the response from achieving a higher band. Overall, the logical flow is easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'cultural heritage', 'significance', and 'convenient'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'culyure' instead of 'culture', 'benifits' instead of 'benefits', 'whie' instead of 'while', 'subscibe' instead of 'subscribe', 'industy' instead of 'industry', and 'cinimas' instead of 'cinemas'. While these errors do not seriously impede communication, their frequency prevents the lexical score from reaching Band 7.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating attempts at subordination and conditional phrasing. There are, however, frequent errors in grammar, articles, and punctuation. Examples include 'Some individual believe' (subject-verb agreement), 'access through internet' (missing article), 'donot have any need to spent' (missing apostrophe and incorrect verb form), 'time bounded' (word form), and 'more cheap' (comparative form). Although these errors rarely impede overall communication, they occur with enough frequency to pull the grammar score down to a Band 6.0.

See this exact question answered at other band scores. The same prompt compared across bands.

Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.