Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-19
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 5.0)
explore new work with new culture, language, knowlede another country, new oppourties
best talent find out among nation top eductgar hire
There is no shadow of doubt that nowadays, people got oppourtunities to work all around the world and many international companies offer their staff to spend a period of time living and working in their country. Considering this, many people hold this viewpoint that Is this a good opportunity for employees who work in large international companies due to explore new culture, language and also, attain knowledge. And also, about the merits of this development for companies such as find best talent, highly educated. Both things are discussed in upcoming paragraphs with detail as well as relevant examples.
To begin with there are a lot of reasons that state that being a employee of international companies and living in anonther country is good opportunity for them. The first an
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The student attempts to address the prompt by introducing notes and a brief outline, but the response is incomplete, cutting off abruptly at the start of the second body paragraph ("The first an"). Furthermore, the response is severely under-length, containing only 150 words compared to the required 250-word minimum. This significantly restricts the development of ideas for both the benefits to employees and the advantages for companies. While the introduction acknowledges the core themes of exploring new cultures and finding top talent, the lack of completion and sufficient length means the task is only partially addressed, aligning with Band 4.0 descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text begins with disjointed bullet points before attempting a traditional essay structure. Within the essay introduction and the brief opening of the first body paragraph, there is some attempt at logical organization and cohesive devices, such as "To begin with" and "There is no shadow of doubt that". However, the sudden termination of the text makes it impossible to evaluate overall progression and paragraphing effectively. References are sometimes unclear, and the mechanical transition from notes to prose creates a disjointed structure. Overall, the organizational elements fit the Band 5.0 description.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is a mix of basic and attempted higher-level terms, hampered by frequent spelling and word-choice errors. Examples of errors include "oppourties" for opportunities, "knowlede" for knowledge, and "eductgar" for educator. The student attempts less common vocabulary such as "international companies" and "attain knowledge", but inaccuracy in form and spelling is noticeable and distracts the reader. Because the vocabulary is repetitive in places and contains errors that cause some difficulty, the response corresponds to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The grammatical range is limited, featuring basic sentence structures alongside an attempt at a complex sentence in the introduction ("Is this a good opportunity for employees..."), which contains a grammatical error in direct phrasing. There are frequent punctuation and syntactic errors, such as missing articles and awkward phrasing ("being a employee"). While the meaning of the initial clauses can generally be understood, errors in grammar and word forms are frequent. The limited range of structures and frequent errors place this text firmly at Band 5.0.
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