Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-17

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 5.0)

In this contemporary era , Most of the people have very extraordinary habits and hobbies . Its very common when person get older they change their habits and opinions .I am agree with the statement In the forthcoming paragraphs I will discuss the reasons.

First and foremost thing is age matters a lot . when a person is young and have less maturity level they want to try everything as some of them have good habits and bad as well . According to their opinion both of them are good habit but with time and when they become mature they able to distinguish between which things are good and bad for instance vaping or electronic smoking is very common in teenagers which they think it not bad for there health but later their opinion change when they see someone having asthma because of smoking .

Physical health play crucial role in changing the habits of the person. when they are fits they makes habits to do everything on their own as Women's love to organize there house according to there needs .Doing gardening in there free time lifting ,digging the plants etcetera . On the other side men's love to do mechanical and electrical works on there on and try to fix everything in there surrounding but when they reached at particular age there habits are change because of physical limitations.

In the light of the evidence its crystal clear that with the time and age people's opinions changed because there maturity level and experience increased .Also due to physical limitations they often changed their habits as well.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses the prompt directly by discussing how people change habits and opinions as they age, presenting a clear position that you agree with the statement. Ideas are introduced, such as the impact of maturity on decision-making and physical limitations altering daily habits. However, these ideas are somewhat limited and under-developed, particularly in the body paragraphs where examples like vaping or gender-specific household tasks lack sufficient extension. The explanation tends to generalise rather than fully elaborate on the core arguments. According to the band descriptors, this performance aligns best with a Band 5.5, as it addresses all parts of the task but lacks deeper elaboration and full development of supporting arguments.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays a basic overall structure with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is attempted, though the transitions between paragraphs and sentences feel somewhat mechanical and abrupt, such as starting paragraphs with 'First and foremost thing is' and 'Physical health play crucial role'. Cohesive devices are used, but referencing is occasionally unclear (for instance, the use of pronouns like 'they' and 'their' becomes confusing when tracking multiple referents). Progression is discernible, but the logical flow is hampered by weak transitional linking. This performance corresponds to a Band 5.0 in coherence and cohesion due to the repetitive and occasionally inaccurate use of cohesive devices and lack of smooth progression.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for communicating basic ideas, such as 'contemporary era', 'maturity level', and 'physical limitations'. However, the range is limited, and there are noticeable word choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'I am agree' instead of 'I agree', 'when person get older' missing articles, and 'Women's love' instead of 'women love'. Less common lexical items are attempted ('vaping', 'mechanical and electrical works'), but inaccuracies in spelling and form ('there' instead of 'their', 'fits' instead of 'fit') constrain the precision of the writing. These features place the lexical resource firmly at a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay relies heavily on simple sentences alongside a few attempts at complex structures, which are frequently faulty. There are persistent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('Physical health play'), missing articles, incorrect pluralisations ('Women\'s', 'men\'s'), and numerous punctuation and capitalization slips, such as spaces before commas and missing capitals at the beginning of sentences. Although the meaning remains mostly clear despite these errors, the high frequency of inaccurate complex structures prevents the score from reaching Band 6.0. Therefore, a band score of 5.0 is appropriate.

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