Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

All university undergraduate courses should include a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work placement.

Do you think the advantages of this would outweigh the disadvantages?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Among all the basic needs one of the basic need is education. In today's era education is as much important as food for living. So, getting an graduate degree is a basic need to survive. But as fast as the time is passing the compition in education is getting higher and higher. Not just students even the universities are also in a quite compition with eachothers regarding there rankings. So, in this compition some universities take the initiative to offer their excellent student to "Study Abroad" even in a undergraduate course.

Todays circumstances are like this that all universities should take such steps so even a middle class student can have the opportunity to study in another country. Furthermore, the students are upcoming generation which is going to lead the country in future. So, when the leaders will have this much confidence that they can take a decision indivually the cuntry will lead towards the sucess. Studying abroad is not just about studying in another country. It is more about the the student can work alone in their field. Is is about the confidence that a particular person can deal with problems.

In my opinion, the universites should take such decisions not only for masters or Phd students but also for undergraduate sudents. So, they can also have the tendency to work with internationals , more confidence in their particular fields, a motivation to take their studies more seriously and can came to know more about the world.

Therefore, these kind of steps leads students to achive their dream of studying abroad and exploring more in their relevent feilds. Yes there are also disadvantages of this but I think the advantages overshadow them.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear overall preference for the advantages, especially by linking overseas study with independence, confidence and broader experience. These points are relevant to the question, but the response addresses the comparison only partially: it does not explain the disadvantages or show why the benefits outweigh them beyond the final statement that they “overshadow” the drawbacks. The discussion also shifts towards universities offering study abroad to selected students, rather than assessing whether every undergraduate course should include either study abroad or a work placement. Develop a few specific reasons, support them with an example, and address a realistic drawback such as cost or disruption to study before explaining why your position still holds.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph about the benefits, a paragraph stating your view, and a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “So,” and “Therefore” help signal relationships between ideas. However, progression is sometimes unclear because several points are repeated—confidence and working independently appear in more than one place—and the second paragraph moves from access for middle-class students to future national leadership without explaining the connection. The conclusion introduces no developed comparison. Organise the body around distinct arguments, use clear topic sentences, and connect each claim to its explanation or example. This would make the overall line of reasoning easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “undergraduate,” “rankings,” “initiative,” and “confidence,” and the reader can generally understand your main ideas. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems make the writing less clear or natural. Examples include “quite compition,” “work alone in their field,” and “the tendency to work with internationals”; these do not express the intended ideas precisely. Spelling errors such as “sucess,” “relevent,” and “feilds” are also noticeable. Build a more accurate set of phrases for discussing placements, costs, skills, and academic outcomes, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentences using clauses and connectors, for example, “Furthermore, the students are upcoming generation which is going to lead the country in future.” However, the range of sentence structures remains limited, and errors occur frequently in basic grammar as well as in more complex attempts. Examples include “one of the basic need is education,” “as much important as food,” and “all universities should take such steps so even a middle class student can have the opportunity.” Articles, agreement, verb forms, and sentence construction need more reliable control. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with subordinate clauses, checking that each sentence has a clear subject and correctly formed verb.

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