Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-30

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people believe that international sports events, such as The Olympics or the Football World Cup, are a good way to bring countries together. Others say that these events create competition, not friendship, between countries.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

International sports events, such as The Olympica or the Football World Cup are held and oraginze by different countries through out the world. The main motive for hosting and organizing such events are to bring all the countries together. It is to create a friendship and maintain the healthy relationship among the nations. But some people, however, have a different opinion on such events.

In the begining, International sports events were initially held to bring all the players and athletes together after the long war. The first international sports event," The Olympics" was organized by Greece. The main intention behind it was to make sure people could take break from their work and can recover from post war disaster. As the time went by many countries have now shown active participation on such events. These events are obeserved as a sports festival and many local and international organization have shown support to organize such evnts. Many country feel pride to host such events as they can invite athelets and players from all around the world and welcome them with hospitality. In other words, such international sports have made world as a gloabl umbrella where sports have bring countries and people together and create a healthy riverly. Recently Football world cup competition was held were 45 countries were competing for the cup. The organizing nation held the competition and made sure to take care of venue, accomodation and transportation for the players. People also celebrated this event with great enthusiasum.

Despite all of these, some people tends to differ from the original idea. They have pointed that these events have increased competition rather than friendship between the countries. During the game, the supporters can be much more competitive and can involve in some dispute with the opponent team. This can create a sense of riverly and can sometime leads to haterat among the spectators. Worst carse senario, a conflict might break among the supporters which might lead to physical conforntation. While watching any game adrinalin rush can sometime make people more violent and more emotional as people tends to forget that they are watching a game.

Moreover, these international events help people to take a much needed break from their hectic busy life and can act as a refreshment. People might become more personal and can be sensative while watching the game ,but they should not forget that it is just a game where one side win and another side lost. They should enjoy the friendly riverly and keep supporting their team.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that international sports events unite countries and that they foster fierce competition—while also providing a personal opinion. The ideas are generally well developed, such as tracing the historical origins of the Olympics and explaining how spectator emotions can lead to disputes. However, there are minor inaccuracies in factual details, such as stating that 45 countries competed in the recent football world cup. The student's position is clear throughout, and the arguments are extended and supported, fitting the criteria for a Band 6.5 or solid 6.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The text presents a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing, moving logically from an introduction to historical context, counterarguments about competition, and a concluding reflection. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'In the begining', 'As the time went by', and 'Despite all of these', though some transitions feel slightly mechanical or awkward ('Worst carse senario'). Paragraphing is used appropriately to group related ideas, but referencing and logical flow occasionally falter, such as the sudden shift into the final paragraph.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting less common phrases such as 'active participation', 'hospitality', and 'adrenaline rush'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'Olympica', 'oraginze', 'through out', 'begining', 'riverly', 'haterat', 'carse senario', 'conforntation', 'adrinalin', and 'sensative'. These errors do not seriously impede overall communication, but their frequency prevents the score from reaching Band 7.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and conditional structures. However, grammatical errors are frequent throughout the response, particularly regarding subject-verb agreement ('many country feel pride', 'people tends', 'one side win and another side lost'), missing articles, and prepositions ('on such events' instead of 'in'). While these errors rarely completely obscure meaning, they occur frequently enough to impact readability, placing the grammar securely in the Band 5.5 to 6 range.

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