Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-01

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 5.5)

Nowadays, there are some people who think that international sports events are the better way to create a good relationships between nations. While, other think that these kind of events sometime create a competition feeling and conflicts between the countries. I am agree with the former view and in upcoming paragraphs will explain both views in detail.

International sports are becoming most popular in these days. This is the good way to build good relationships between countries and players get a chance to represent themselves on international level. firstly, whenever, any events like, olympics or other world cup are organised in any country, competitiors from various countries get a chance to show their level of competitive skills and chance a winning. this could help countries to build a strong relationships. For instance, Olympics in Milano 2026 give many nations a chance to build a healthy bond. Secondly, Good players could represents themselves on international level, and might be win gold or silver medals.

On the other hand, some folks believe that international sports events could be the reason of conflicts and create a competitive thought amond players. furthetmore, when one country win the world cup or other events, this could sometimes create a thought of unfairness in the events and will result a week relationaships amond countries. secondly overcompetitive feeling among players sometimes become the reason of conflicts between nations.

In conclusion, international sports events become the right way of increase the realtionships among countries and I am agree with this view, while sometimes, this worldwide sports events could become the chance of conflicts among countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both sides of the question and state a clear preference for the view that sports events bring nations together. The first body paragraph gives relevant reasons, including opportunities for athletes to represent their countries and build relationships; the second recognises that perceived unfairness and excessive competitiveness can cause tension. However, these ideas are mostly asserted rather than explained, and the example of the Milano 2026 Olympics is not developed to show how it would create a stronger bond. The opposing view is also treated briefly, with little explanation of how competition might turn into conflict between countries. To strengthen the response, explain the mechanisms behind each view and support them with a specific, relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion. This makes the discussion easy to follow at a basic level, and signposts such as “On the other hand” and “In conclusion” help identify the shifts. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes mechanical, particularly through repeated “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “For instance,” and some links between ideas are unclear. For example, the point about players representing themselves does not clearly connect to the claim that relationships between countries improve. The conclusion also repeats the introduction rather than drawing the discussion together. Use fewer formulaic transitions and make the relationship between each reason, explanation, and example explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “international sports events,” “competitive skills,” “unfairness,” and “conflicts.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems make parts of the response less natural or occasionally difficult to interpret. Examples include “a competition feeling,” “chance a winning,” “a week relationships,” and “overcompetitive feeling”; “amond,” “furthetmore,” and “relationaships” are also misspelled. Repetition of “good relationships” and “countries” further limits precision. Build a bank of natural phrases for this topic, such as “foster international ties” and “heighten national rivalry,” and check spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast in the opening and a conditional idea in “when one country win … this could sometimes create a thought of unfairness.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or difficult to follow. For example, “I am agree” has an incorrect verb form, “other think” lacks agreement, and “players get a chance” shifts awkwardly from the surrounding past or general statements. Articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “a good relationships” and the lower-case sentence beginning “this could help.” Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and complete sentence patterns before adding more complex clauses.

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