Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Nowadays many large international companies offer their staff the opportunity to spend a period of time living and working in another country.

Why might this opportunity be good for employees?

What advantages does this development have for companies?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Well, many firms have multiple branches across the globe. Many multinational companies offer their employees the opportunity to spend a period of time living and working in abroad.

This opportunity would be beneficial for workers. To begin with, employee could get exposure as moving to a different country for a project. To elaborate, they can learn multiple cultures and traditions. Even they can learn new languages. Furthermore, employees could earn hadsomely. For instance, employee who works at Google in India and would have an opportunity to go to the USA for a year which means he can earn in dollars instead of rupees. Apart from this, employee could save a lot of money because shelter is provided by the company with no extra charges. On top of it, some companies ask their employees to move with their family in the other country which could improve their children education too.

To be honest, this development brings number of pros to the companies. First of all, companies do not have to hire any new employee as their existing employee can move to other part of the world. Because hiring a new employee is a stressful job. In addition, they do not have to give training from the begining such as safety and first aid. Apart from this, if employee is just tranfer from one location to another, company is not worried about background check and criminal records check.

Overall, migration of employees for a period of time to other countries is beneficial for both employees as well as companies.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response6.0
Coherence and Cohesion6.0
Lexical Resource5.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy5.5
Overall6.0

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both questions and maintain a clear overall view that the arrangement benefits employees and companies. The employee section gives several relevant reasons—cultural and language learning, higher earnings, accommodation, and children’s education—and the company section explains continuity and reduced recruitment and training needs. However, some points are more fully explained than others: the example of moving from India to the USA illustrates pay, while the claims about children’s education and background checks receive little support. The response is also five words below the required 250-word minimum; the 12 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. Develop the less-supported points with a brief explanation or example to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for employee and company benefits, and a concluding summary. The sequence within each main paragraph is generally easy to follow, and signposts such as “To begin with,” “Furthermore,” and “Apart from this” help show how points relate. However, these transitions are somewhat mechanical and repetitive, and the opening repeats the idea that multinational firms have branches and offer overseas opportunities. Some links between claims could be clearer—for example, the move from employee savings to children’s education. Use more varied, precise connections and make each paragraph progress from a main point to its explanation and example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “multinational companies,” “traditions,” “background check,” and “criminal records check.” There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “shelter is provided by the company.” However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “moving to a different country for a project” is an unclear way to describe gaining experience, “earn hadsomely” is misspelled and unnatural, and “begining” and “tranfer” contain spelling errors. “Pros” is also informal for this essay. Aim for accurate collocations and a more consistently formal register, such as “gain international experience,” “earn a higher salary,” and “advantages.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple sentences and some longer structures, including a reason clause with “because” and a relative clause in “employee who works at Google in India.” Most ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors occur in sentence construction, articles, agreement, and verb forms. For example, “employee could get exposure” needs an article or plural subject, while “employee who works … and would have an opportunity” shifts awkwardly between present and conditional forms. The opening phrase “working in abroad” also has an incorrect preposition pattern. Practise checking articles and subject–verb agreement, and make the tense and structure consistent within each sentence. More accurate complex sentences would strengthen control.

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