Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-15
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)
Nowadays' its very common for individuals to change habits and opinions as they get old. I strogly agree with the statement and want to shed some light on it here.
Every individual having different lifestyle and needs and in this past pacing world its very tough to maintain routine life or daily habbits along with work and family. For instance, many individual thinks that work from home is privilledge to them because they can work from their comfort zone and faced less human intractions in daily life. However after spending some time indoors at some point they feels that they are limiting themselves behind the doors and loosing more opportunities.
Similarly, individuals changed their habits and opinions based on different factors such as work life balance, study, growth. As they grow up they realize that they need to accept new things in life to survive and polished themselves. For example, students find smoking cool and its become their habit. Although, When they get older they see smoking as a bad habit and they want to quiet.
In conclusion, Habits and opinions often depends on several factors such as maturity and education. I strongly beleive that its bring more awareness in society and directly contribute in invdividulas growth.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student presents a clear position and addresses the prompt by discussing how habits and opinions change with age, supporting this with personal and general examples regarding remote work and smoking. However, the response falls significantly short of the 250-word minimum, containing only 207 words. This under-length issue prevents the full development of ideas and results in a penalty to the Task Achievement score, aligning the response with Band 5 descriptors where ideas remain somewhat limited and under-developed due to the restrictive word count.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The essay is divided into four paragraphs, showing a clear overall structure with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Cohesive devices such as 'For instance', 'However', and 'In conclusion' are utilized to connect ideas. However, paragraphing and referencing can be somewhat mechanical, and logical progression is occasionally hindered by abrupt transitions and underdeveloped arguments. Cohesion is adequate for an overall flow, but referencing is not always completely clear, justifying a Band 6 rating.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting some less common words and phrases such as 'privilledge', 'intractions', and 'work life balance'. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including 'strogly', 'pacing' instead of 'paced', 'loosing', and 'quiet' instead of 'quit'. These errors do not completely impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to Band 5, as the range is limited and mistakes cause occasional reading difficulty.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as concessive clauses using 'Although'. However, there is a high frequency of grammatical and punctuation errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('Every individual having different', 'many individual thinks', 'individuals changed') and missing articles. These errors occur in a large proportion of sentences, which places the grammar performance squarely at Band 5, where frequent errors persist and structures are often faulty.
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