Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-13

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Write about the following topic:

In many countries, family members work together in their family business.

Do you think family businesses have more advantages than disadvantages?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In many countries, family members work together in family owned business. Although these businesses has many advantages, it also create numerous challenges. In my opinion advantages overweigh disadvantages due to trust between relatives. This essay will elaborate on positive side with my opinion in the following paragraphs.

To start with, one of the biggest flex of working with relative is level of trust. Some people choose to work together because it is very easy to trust their cousines and borthers. Moreover, family owned business has flexibility of work.They can work on their time and able to take days off in emergency as they have other relatives to take care. For example, two brothers working together for factory. one need to take day off in emergency than he just need to call his bother and his brother can take care in his absense. It is not possible in job or in other's business.

Every coin has two side. There are few disadvantages related to family business. Sometimes a person can not hire skill employees if require due to shared decisions. They all have to agree to make certain decision which can affect negatively on business. Furthermore, people may have misunderstanding due to some business related issue and it can pass in personal relation as well. For instance, due to different opinions in business, two brothers avoid talking in personal as a result their family get affect.

To conculd, Although misunderstanding and different point of view affect negatively on personal realtion, working with our loved ones is great choice. They can grow together from the same business and able to progress for the future generation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both advantages and disadvantages of family businesses and presents a clear personal position that advantages outweigh disadvantages. The ideas are relevant and supported with explanations and examples, such as the example of two brothers working in a factory. However, some arguments remain somewhat limited and under-developed, falling short of the depth required for Band 7. For instance, the discussion on hiring skilled employees is brief. Nevertheless, a clear position is maintained throughout the response, satisfying the requirements for Band 6.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay has a clear overall arrangement and is divided into appropriate paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. There is a discernible progression of ideas, moving from advantages to disadvantages, and finally to a concluding summary. However, cohesion is at times faulty and mechanical. For example, transitional phrases like 'To start with' and 'To conculd' are somewhat basic, and referencing is not always completely clear, such as 'it can pass in personal relation as well'. Paragraphing is used sufficiently, but overall cohesive devices can be repetitive and occasionally awkward, placing this response firmly in Band 6.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The writer demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'flex', 'misunderstanding', and 'progress for the future generation'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'overweigh' instead of 'outweigh', 'cousines' instead of 'cousins', 'borthers' instead of 'brothers', 'conculd' instead of 'conclude', and 'realtion' instead of 'relation'. Despite these errors, meaning is generally clear and communication is not significantly impeded, which is characteristic of Band 6 vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional and concessive clauses ('Although these businesses has many advantages, it also create numerous challenges'). There are, however, frequent grammatical errors, particularly regarding subject-verb agreement ('businesses has', 'it also create', 'family get affect') and singular/plural nouns ('skill employees'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but structural errors occur regularly. Because the student attempts complex structures alongside basic sentences with errors that rarely impede overall communication, a Band 5.5 or 6.0 is appropriate, leaning towards 6.0 due to the successful communication of ideas.

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