Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-08

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)

Many individuals say that in digital screen age, the cinemas are short period essential as the people can view all the entertainment program on online platform. While, other give their argue that theatre are still crucial for economically and culturally. As per my point of view follow the old traditions are still important because of many reason they give the lot's of benefits.

At the current times, some people say that cinemas are boring and old method to watch the different types of movie and other entertainment program because now a days numerous online platform are have a access to provide the thousands of movies, webseries, and telivision programs in only one app for example, netflix, amazon prime, hotstar. So this are the main point to many citizens are not interested in to go physically in cinemas and theatre.the others point also consider this type of apps have only one time subscription to purchase and you can use this and watch all movies and webseries for one year period of time so that way the many people not interested in to cinemas and one thing this can save their lot's of money.but other give the argue that theatre are still important because watching movies in cinemas give the another feelings. Moreover, this old method to watch a movies are important because they support to economically and also culturally.

In my opinion I also support to old traditions to watch the movie in to cinemas.

In conclusion, in past few decades there are changes in to watch movies many people have prefer to view movie physically in to theatre. But at the other side many prefer to watch on online platform.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You introduce both perspectives and state a preference for cinemas, so the response is relevant to the question. The online-entertainment view receives some explanation through subscriptions, convenience and the range of programmes available. However, the opposing view is mostly asserted: you say cinemas create “another feelings” and support the economy and culture, but do not explain how or give a specific example. Your own opinion is also brief and is not developed beyond supporting “old traditions.” As a result, the discussion only partially addresses the task and the position is not consistently supported. To strengthen the response, explain the economic and cultural benefits with examples, and give reasons for your preference in a developed concluding argument.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic overall shape: an introduction, a main paragraph discussing the views, a short statement of opinion and a conclusion. This gives the reader some sense of the topic’s progression. However, most of the discussion is crowded into one long paragraph, and the sequence of points is difficult to follow. Connectors such as “So,” “Moreover,” and “but” are repeated or used where the relationship between ideas is unclear; the shift from online platforms to cinema’s benefits is especially abrupt. The final paragraph also repeats the contrast rather than bringing the argument together. Use separate paragraphs for each view and your opinion, and link each point clearly to the one that follows.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “digital,” “online platform,” “subscription,” “economically” and “culturally,” which helps communicate the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning harder to follow. Examples include “short period essential,” “give their argue,” “old traditions” for cinema-going, and “another feelings.” There are also spelling and form errors such as “telivision” and “webseries.” Aim for precise, natural expressions rather than repeating broad terms such as “important” and “old method.” Learning collocations for entertainment, access, affordability and cultural value would make the discussion clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt some longer sentences to explain reasons and contrast viewpoints, but these structures are often faulty, and sentence boundaries are not consistently controlled. For example, “numerous online platform are have a access” combines incompatible verb forms and has agreement and article problems; “theatre are still important” also has subject–verb agreement errors. Several clauses run together, as in the long sentence beginning “So this are the main point,” which makes the relationships between ideas difficult to track. Simple sentence patterns are more successful, but there is little evidence of accurate control across a range of structures. Practise building clear sentences with one main clause and a correctly formed supporting clause, then check agreement, articles, plurals and punctuation.

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