Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-02

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 true that change always play a crucial role in an individual's life for future sceurity and get to know about new technology.I completely agree with that as per increasing age everyone has to change the way of thinking or life decisions plus routine basis activities, to stay healthy and live long life, usually people have some health issues as they getting old.

To start with the one positive side of this statement is healthy lifestyle, as per medical study a person has to do some modification in their daily activities such as walking, running, and some basic exercises, to reduce the count of medicine after 60 years old. Also, people needs to listen their children or other family members, they are worried about their parents,even they are more familiar, what would be more beneficial for them because they are also well- educated. For instance, a person is getting old, needs to change their eatinh habits, to avoid junk food such street food, which can cause health problem such as asthma, obesity, ectertera, which is only possible if we would be changes our prefernces as per time.

The another supporting point is joint or big families,which is only possible, when people would change their opnions and habits, they have to give some family burden to their offspring so that can manage whole house expenses as per their income, which would be more helpful for whole family they can live together under a common roof. Hence, it enhances the family relations and bond among each others.

To conclude, it can be said that an individual can live beautiful life, if they would change their habits and opnions as per the age.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that people change their habits and opinions as they age. You give relevant reasons, especially adapting routines for health and adjusting family roles, and the examples about exercise, diet and shared household responsibilities help address the question. However, the discussion of opinions is less fully developed than the discussion of habits, and some claims need clearer explanation. For example, the link between changing food preferences and avoiding asthma is not explained, while the point about children’s advice could be connected more directly to changing opinions. To strengthen the response, explain how age or experience leads people to reconsider specific beliefs, and develop each example with a clear cause-and-effect link.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, two supporting paragraphs and a conclusion. The ideas generally progress from personal health changes to changes within the family, and signposts such as “To start with,” “The another supporting point” and “To conclude” help show the stages of the argument. At times, however, connections are mechanical or unclear. The first body paragraph moves from exercise to listening to children and then to diet without clearly linking these examples, and the long sentence beginning “For instance” is difficult to follow. Use clearer topic sentences and divide complex explanations into shorter units. More precise referencing would also help readers see how each example supports the central claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “healthy lifestyle,” “daily activities,” “family burden” and “family relations,” and you attempt some less common expressions. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “future sceurity,” “reduce the count of medicine,” “give some family burden” and “live beautiful life.” Spelling errors such as “eatinh,” “prefernces” and “opnions” also affect clarity. Aim to learn common word partnerships and check spelling carefully. Choosing precise, natural phrases will make your ideas easier to understand and help you express the health and family examples more effectively.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “as,” “because” and “so that,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction remain. For example, “change always play” needs subject–verb agreement, “people needs” should agree with the plural subject, and “as they getting old” is missing a verb form. The construction “if we would be changes” is also faulty, and several sentences run together or use commas where clearer sentence boundaries are needed. Practise forming accurate conditional sentences and checking each clause for a subject and correctly conjugated verb. This will make your complex ideas clearer without limiting your range.

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