Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-11

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)

In modern world, where we can track an Individual habits and opinions, So we can notice change in persons opinions and some habits over the time. Change in personal thoughts and which leads to make people change in their habit is very common but, there is still some deep orthodox opionions and habits which is very hard to change.

Some habits and beliefs can be changed very easily in an person after getting awareness on that certain topic which changes the whole belief of mind.Apart from that activities is performed by a person on daily basis can be changed after an major incident or age. For example a one college boy who was playing sports everyday for fun and not serious in career, rarely spend time with his family but, one day his father was suffering from heart attack and admit in hospital at that time he have to take care of his fathers business and stuck there for whole day and go to hospital in the night that incident changed his life and make him thinking differntly he start to take life seroiulsy and spending time with family.

On the other hand some habits and beliefs are not easy to change like a drug addict think differently and his habit of taking drug is not easy to quit.

Conclusion, It depends on the habit of the person some of them can be changed easily but other needs a major incident to make change in person's thinking and which leads to make change in habit.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address the question and give a qualified position: habits and opinions can change, although some are difficult to alter. The example of the college student changing his priorities after his father’s heart attack is relevant and gives a clear reason for change. However, the response develops habits more fully than opinions, and the claim that awareness can change beliefs is not supported with a specific example. The drug-addiction point usefully acknowledges resistance to change, but it is brief and does not explain why this habit is difficult to quit. To strengthen the response, make your degree of agreement explicit in the introduction and develop both sides with more balanced, specific support.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph explaining how change can happen, a contrasting point, and a conclusion. The example also follows a broadly logical sequence from the father’s illness to the student’s changed priorities. However, the second paragraph contains several ideas in one long sentence, making the progression difficult to follow. Connectors such as “Apart from that” and “On the other hand” signal relationships, but some links are mechanical or do not clearly connect the ideas. References such as “that incident” are understandable, though the conclusion repeats the main point rather than drawing the discussion together. Use clearer sentence boundaries and organise each paragraph around one main idea.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to discuss habits, beliefs, and personal change, including phrases such as “major incident,” “take care of,” and “not easy to quit.” Some attempts at more specific expression are useful, but word choice and spelling are often inaccurate, which makes parts of the account less natural. Examples include “orthodox opinions” for beliefs that are difficult to change, “thinking differently” in the student example, and “seroiulsy.” There is also repetition of “change,” “habit,” and “person.” Build a more precise range of collocations and check spelling; this would make your meaning clearer and reduce the effort required from the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including a cause-and-effect example and a contrast introduced by “On the other hand.” However, control is uneven, particularly in longer sentences, and errors sometimes make relationships between events unclear. For example, “activities is performed” has an agreement problem, while “he have to take care” and “he start” use incorrect verb forms. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “after getting awareness on that certain topic which changes…” and the run-on account of the student’s day. Practise keeping each sentence focused, maintaining consistent past tense in examples, and checking subject–verb agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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