Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

It is very common for people to change both their habits and their opinions as they get older.

Do you agree or disagree?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Nowadays, people getting older can change their views and daily activities which is very common to be seen. I strongly agree with the statement because older people are more mature enough to change their lookings based on their experience and other duties in their life.

The main reason behind it is they can see positive and negative impacts of thier habits and opinions. They keep every step with knowing what they are doing and what would be the outcome. For example, my friend is now 55 year old and he has one bad habit that he talks too much. Hence his children started to tell him about not speaking too much and he stopped because it was making problems. This minor changing habits can lead to better results. Another reason is the power to take decisions accurately. for instance, my father has strong decision power and he never opts anything without doing any research on it. He is very proficient in that case and take it wisely because he knows that this opinion can have 100% results.

Apart from that, older people are very sharp to copy the habits from others and change accordingly. Surrounding atmosphere can also lead to change in many things in our life and I believe society can teach you alot in every sence of your working style. For example, one of my friends father was sitting on the bench and he was watching one adult who was throuwing his garbage into the bin and he left something on road. He saw one anothe adult came beside the bin and trown that residue in the bin. He suddenly changed his thoughts about keeping cleanliness and keep stuffs organized.

In my opinion, elder people are more knowledgeable and experienced well enough to take wise decisons and work on it accordingly. This reason can give them an opportunity to change in every perspectives if it is habits related or opinions related. They can learn from childrens or adults and with having approximate outcomes they change their own belongings.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction: you strongly agree that people change their habits and opinions as they age. You give relevant reasons, including learning from the consequences of behaviour, making decisions through experience, and being influenced by society. The examples about your friend and father help illustrate these points. This meets the task well, but the support is uneven: the decision-making example explains your father’s careful research more than how age changed his opinions or habits, and the cleanliness story is difficult to follow. To develop the response further, explain more explicitly how each example demonstrates change over time and connect the reasons more directly to both habits and opinions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph, and the ideas generally progress from experience to social influence. Linking phrases such as “The main reason,” “Apart from that” and “In my opinion” help signal the stages of the argument. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Another reason is the power to take decisions accurately” does not clearly link decision-making to changing with age, while the sequence in the garbage-bin example is hard to track. The conclusion also repeats earlier claims rather than drawing the reasons together. Use clearer topic sentences, make references such as “he” and “that residue” unambiguous, and build each paragraph around one fully explained point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including terms such as “impacts,” “outcome,” “decision power,” “surrounding atmosphere” and “experienced.” There are also attempts to express abstract ideas about maturity and social influence. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear: “more mature enough,” “change their lookings,” “take decisions accurately” and “change in every perspectives” are examples. Spelling errors such as “thier,” “sence” and “decisons” also reduce accuracy. Aim for natural combinations and check word forms and spelling; for instance, use “make informed decisions” and “change their perspectives.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “because,” “which” and “if,” and the overall meaning is usually understandable. However, there are some recurring errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and verb forms. For example, “my friend is now 55 year old” needs a plural noun, and “he … take it wisely” does not maintain subject–verb agreement. In “This reason can give them an opportunity to change in every perspectives,” the sentence pattern and plural form are not controlled. Capitalisation after full stops is also inconsistent, as in “for instance.” Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and verb, correct agreement, and complete clause structure while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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