Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-16

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)

Now-a-days running a busniess is not an easy task. It takes a lot, to run a profitbable business. Families running their own business are in a better shape as they have more people to look after the work and they all work with thier full dedication and earn good for themselves.

To start with having a work in which the people involved are your own family members is really a positive thing. You don't have to focus on each and every detail by yourself. Your family member with whom you are living from a very long year consider it as his own job and give his all to get the work done in its best manner. Moreover there is very less chance of malfunctioning as the people living together, earning together, growing together would never do such task that will affect their own pocket. One of my friend who just finished his college has started helping his father in thier clothing busniess. With this the work load from his dad got divided into two. Now both father and son are earning well and fullfillng the needs of their family.

On the other hand there are some drawbacks as well of having a joint busniess. For example separation of two brothers living and working together. In this scnerio it becomes difficult for them to divide the business which they use to run together. Who will take what creates a big chaos within the family.

In my opinion if you have good understanding in the family and everyone work assuming that their job will be beneficial for all of them, then it is way better to run a business with the family members rather than bringing people and working with them who you don't even know.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses the prompt by discussing both the advantages and disadvantages of family businesses and presents a clear personal opinion in the conclusion. The ideas are relevant and supported with an example, such as the friend helping his father in the clothing business, and the counter-argument regarding potential conflicts between brothers. However, the development of ideas tends to be a bit general and could be extended further with more detailed explanations or additional examples to reach a higher band. Overall, all parts of the task are addressed, earning a solid Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs addressing both sides of the issue, and a concluding opinion. Cohesive devices such as 'To start with', 'Moreover', and 'On the other hand' are used to structure the text, though referencing and paragraphing can sometimes feel mechanical. For instance, the transition between sentences within the body paragraphs occasionally lacks smoothness, as seen in the sudden introduction of the friend's example. Paragraphing is adequate, but the logical progression could be tighter. This corresponds to Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common phrases like 'full dedication', 'work load', and 'big chaos'. However, there are noticeable spelling errors throughout the response, such as 'busniess' instead of business, 'profitbable', 'thier', and 'scnerio'. Furthermore, some word choices are slightly unnatural, such as 'malfunctioning' used in the context of family members cheating each other. While communication is not impeded, these frequent spelling and lexical inaccuracies keep the score at Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some control over grammar with sentences like 'In my opinion if you have good understanding in the family and everyone work assuming that their job will be beneficial for all of them, then it is way better...' However, there are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('everyone work' instead of works), missing articles, and awkward prepositions ('living from a very long year'). Punctuation errors also occur, such as missing commas in conditional structures. These errors do not impede communication, placing the response at Band 5.5.

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