Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

It is believed that as an individual grows olders his habits and opinions also change. I agree that with respect to time people habits and opinions also changes. Moreover, environment in which a person lives and the hardship he faces in his life plays a major role.

Environment in which individual lives impacts the way he thinks, proper education and continuous support from family changes both their habits and opinions. If proper family support is not given to childrens it may impact their ability to learn and explore new things. For instance, If a child goes to a school which encourages the students to read or join a chess club and family motivates them to make reading a routine which will eventually become a habit and all the knowledge they gain from reading will change their opinion.

People going through difficult time and hardhip can change their habits and opinions as they continue to learn from the experience. In difficult time people takes risk and its outcome changes how they preceive their situation. For example, a person who has been diagnosed with cancer which was result of smoking for 15 years will quit smoking and will change his habits to improve his health, and he would also adive smokers to quit smoking before its to late.

In conclusion, good environment for children is very important to build habits and alslo to change their opinion, which will eventually make them feel emphatic towards the society. Hardship also

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a clear position by stating, “I agree,” and give two relevant reasons: the influence of a person’s environment and the effect of hardship. The examples about a child developing a reading habit and a smoker changing after a cancer diagnosis help illustrate your points. However, the discussion focuses more on how habits and opinions are formed or changed than on how these changes commonly occur as people get older. The second body paragraph also develops habits more clearly than opinions, and the conclusion is unfinished (“Hardship also”), leaving your final view incomplete. The response is also four words below the required minimum. Develop the link between ageing and change more directly, explain both habits and opinions in each relevant point, and complete the conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph, and the ideas generally follow a sensible order. “Moreover” introduces an additional factor, while “For instance” and “For example” signal supporting illustrations. However, progression is weakened by unclear references such as “their habits” after discussing an individual, and some sentences contain several ideas without clear boundaries. The conclusion begins to summarise the argument but stops abruptly at “Hardship also,” so the essay does not reach a complete ending. Use clearer links between each reason and the question about ageing, make pronoun references consistent, and ensure the final paragraph fully summarises your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “family support,” “hardship,” “experience,” “routine,” and “diagnosed with cancer.” These choices help make the examples relevant and understandable. However, the range is limited and some wording is inaccurate or awkward, such as “grows olders,” “people habits,” and “preceive their situation.” Spelling errors, including “hardhip,” “adive,” and “alslo,” are noticeable and reduce the overall accuracy. Some phrases are also imprecise, for example “good environment for children” could be expressed more specifically. Build a wider set of accurate expressions for discussing ageing and personal change, and proofread spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If proper family support is not given…” and a relative clause in “a person who has been diagnosed with cancer.” These attempts show some range, but errors occur frequently and sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “people habits and opinions also changes” and “people takes risk,” as well as plural and article problems in “a child” followed by “childrens” and “in difficult time.” The opening also contains an incomplete or awkward construction: “I agree that with respect to time…” Use consistent subject–verb agreement, check singular and plural forms, and divide long sentences into clearer units while retaining some complex structures.

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