Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Some individuals think that we have a lot of options these days. I think they are right and i completely agree with them.

In the past time, people had to gone their offices or any workplaces where they had to performed their tasks. And there were specific timing of the work places. There were no any other options so they could their tasks on their home or at their desired time. People were felt bound with office hours.

Nowsdays, we have many facilities due to the new technologies or the modernisations in earliest inventions. Like today, i can do my task by sitting on my own bed in my house. And i can complete it in office if i want to. Because i have an option of freelancing. This means, i can grab a client through my social media handles who can be local or foreign. today's people just want their tasks complete on their desire time and they have no concern if you do it in any office or your own home.

By getting my client from different platforms i am able to get enough money. So, we have more options like we can do our work in office or in our own place. If you are an employe of any company you should not be woory about working place or time. Because some companies offer hybrid work.

In conclusion, I can say there is not that difficult to do any job or own work with your education. We have more ways to manage our work or anyting else.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear from the introduction: you “completely agree” that people have too many options. You also give relevant examples, especially the contrast between fixed office hours in the past and freelancing or hybrid work today. However, the response addresses the question only partially because it mainly discusses choices about where and when to work, without considering other kinds of choices or explaining why having too many options is beneficial or problematic. The final paragraph shifts to the difficulty of doing a job, which does not clearly develop your argument about the number of choices. To strengthen the response, explain the effects of this abundance of options and support your view with a more specific example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure, with an introduction, a comparison of past and present, and a conclusion. The past-to-present contrast gives the reader a general direction, and phrases such as “In the past time” and “Nowsdays” signal the intended sequence. However, progression is not consistently clear: the discussion moves from office work to freelancing, then income, and finally to education and “anyting else,” without showing how each point supports the central claim. Connectors such as “And” and “Because” are sometimes used mechanically, and the final paragraph does not effectively summarise the reasons given. Group related ideas more clearly and use linking phrases to show cause, contrast, and consequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to modern work, including “freelancing,” “social media handles,” and “hybrid work,” which helps communicate your examples. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “specific timing of the work places,” “grab a client,” and “modernisations in earliest inventions.” Spelling errors, including “Nowsdays,” “employe,” and “woory,” also reduce accuracy. Repetition of general words such as “options,” “work,” and “tasks” makes the argument less precise. Build a wider set of topic-specific expressions and check collocations and spelling; for example, describe flexible working arrangements and the advantages or drawbacks they create.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “If you are an employe of any company…” and a relative clause in “a client … who can be local or foreign.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently in verb forms, sentence construction, and punctuation. Examples include “people had to gone,” “they had to performed,” and “People were felt bound,” where the verb patterns are incorrect. There are also incomplete or awkwardly joined sentences, such as “Because i have an option of freelancing,” and inconsistent capitalisation of “I.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships harder to follow. Practise accurate past-tense and modal patterns, and combine ideas into complete sentences.

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