Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-14

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)

Age changes humans in number of ways including their hobbies, their opinions, even there habits. I stronly agree to this point and it will be elaborated in this essay with examples.

Though people generally say that 'Age is just a number', but its not hundred percent correct. Getting old changed people in many ways. Thorughout the life they gain experience about social and even personal growth and this helped them to shape in the way they are now.

For example, a young person used to go tolay badminton on weekends soecially but as he grew he prefer to stay at home reading some books and relax.

There are many factors influencing this change like physical factors, personal factors or even social factors. Digitalisation is also effecting old people in a better way. They are learning to be independent. Their opinions changed drastically owing to the modern trends. For example, the6 were used to use modern techologies but now they are getting familiar with such devices and enjoying their retirement.

However their is also medical research that with age human brain changes its natural activity and as a result habits do change. Moreover, with pasasage of time , human evolves in better way and that results in their personality growth an maturity. They choose peace over enthusiam, relaxation over work and give their advices according to their experience.

In other worlds, various factors help the person to become a better and more dignified version of them making them beneficial for themselves and also the society.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses the prompt by clearly stating a position agreeing with the statement that people change their habits and opinions as they get older. Main ideas are presented, such as changes in hobbies, physical factors, and cognitive maturity. However, these ideas are somewhat limited and under-developed, relying on brief, simplistic examples like a person stopping badminton to read books. The body paragraphs tend to list factors rather than fully extending and exploring them with robust supporting arguments. This places the response comfortably at Band 6.0 according to the descriptors, as it addresses all parts of the task with relevant ideas, but some parts are under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a concluding remark. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct points, such as physical factors and medical research. However, cohesion is at times mechanical or faulty. For instance, the transition 'In other worlds' instead of 'In other words' demonstrates a minor slip, and referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'the6 were used to use modern techologies'). Paragraph transitions lack seamless progression, and cohesive devices are somewhat basic. These features align with a Band 6.0, where the response is generally coherent with a logical overall structure, but local cohesion shows mechanical errors.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully communicating everyday ideas and attempting some less common items such as 'digitalisation', 'dignified version', and 'cognitive maturity' (implied by brain changes). There are several noticeable spelling, word choice, and typographical errors throughout the text, including 'stronly' for strongly, 'thorughout' for throughout, 'tolay' for to play, 'soecially' for especially, and 'pasasage' for passage. Despite these inaccuracies, communication is rarely impeded, and the vocabulary is sufficient to convey the intended meaning, which reflects the Band 6.0 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating attempts at subordination and relative clauses, such as 'Thorughout the life they gain experience... and this helped them to shape...'. However, grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are numerous errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, including 'Age changes humans in number of ways', 'its not hundred percent correct', 'Getting old changed people' (instead of changes), and typo errors like 'the6 were used to use'. Punctuation is also occasionally shaky. Because simple sentences are generally controlled well while complex structures feature frequent errors that occasionally strain comprehension, a Band 5.0 is appropriate here.

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