Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-21

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 6.0)

In the modernised era of edge-cutting technology, visiting theatres and cinemas might be considered as an overly ambitious journey to just watch a movie. The availability of resources and the comfort of watching the movie at home may make it seem as the better choice. However, the activity at home can not replicate the pleasure and the rush of excitement of watching the same entertainment at a theatre or cinema. It is an honest expense of comfort with pleasure. I strongly believe that the comfort should never be exhanged for social experience at the theatre.

Watching entertainment is never only about the entertainment, it constitutes all the elements of reaching to that place with friends/family, getting delicious snacks and sharing every moment of your laughter with them. It is about sharing your laughs and mourns with a hundred people and feeling every emotion with another high. Visiting to watch is an experience rather than just simply watching the movie, it is a beautiful moment spent with your loved ones and also promotes theatres and cinemas to help economy thrive. They are a part of being human, no body likes to laugh in a locked up room, we are humans and we were built to sustain and live in harmony and that truly comes out in experiences like these.

On the other hand, people might argue that visitng a theatre is not needed in todays day and age when all the facilities can be achieved online. The comfort of being in home and part of an entertaining watch at the same time is nothing but a dream come true.

While both views are valid, I encourage us to take out the time and embrace human connections and visit theatres and cinemas to fund the entertainment industry.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You give a clear opinion in the opening and conclusion: you favour the social experience of attending venues, and you acknowledge the convenience of online entertainment. The discussion of cinemas’ cultural and social value is relevant, with examples such as sharing reactions with friends and other viewers. However, the two views are not developed equally. The online argument is mostly limited to comfort and access, while the task’s economic point is only briefly mentioned in “promotes theatres and cinemas to help economy thrive.” Explain more specifically how venues support jobs, local businesses or the wider entertainment industry, and develop the benefits and limitations of home viewing. This would make the response more balanced and its supporting ideas clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph supporting cinema attendance, a paragraph presenting the online-viewing perspective, and a conclusion. The contrast marker “On the other hand” helps signal the shift between views, and “While both views are valid” introduces your final position. However, the second body paragraph is much shorter and less developed, so the progression between the two sides feels uneven. Some ideas also repeat, particularly the emphasis on sharing laughter and emotions. Build each body paragraph around a distinct main point, then explain it with a reason or example. Clearer links between sentences would also help; for instance, explain how shared viewing connects to the cultural importance of theatres rather than moving directly to broad claims about human nature.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of expressive vocabulary, including “rush of excitement,” “harmony,” and “embrace human connections,” and the general meaning is usually clear. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this topic, which limits precision: “edge-cutting technology” is not the usual expression, “honest expense of comfort with pleasure” is unclear, and “sharing your laughs and mourns” is an awkward pairing. There are also spelling errors such as “exhanged” and “visitng,” alongside informal wording such as “no body.” Choose familiar, precise collocations over elaborate phrases, and check spelling carefully. For example, describe cinema as a “shared social experience” and say that venues “contribute to the local economy.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “While both views are valid” and the relative clause “the same entertainment at a theatre or cinema.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions reduce control. For example, “may make it seem as the better choice” needs a different structure (“may make it seem like the better choice”), while “Visiting to watch is an experience” has an unclear grammatical pattern. In “no body likes to laugh in a locked up room,” the subject and verb are understandable, but the sentence runs into a broad explanation without clear punctuation. Aim for more consistently controlled clauses, and proofread articles, prepositions and sentence boundaries.

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