Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-11

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)

Few people stated, these days people have many options to choose in their life. I strongly agree that nowdays human have many alternative weather it was on their carrer field or academic life they can use any kinds of methods without relying on a specific, to make their life easier and better.

On the one hand, revolutionized world and AI has made peoples life more sophisticated by providing different skills in digital platforms so that, individuals were able to allocate their skills by choosing a right one. For instance, AI ( Artificial Intelligence) has already made a considerable changes in terms of jobs opportunities and academic purpose. People are nowdays using AI for learning new things and skills with a reliable price and some are free of cost also which is allowing human to explore their creativity and helps them to learning new skill therefore people are generating new ideas and concept to help their pursuit of happiness.

On the other hand, even having so many advantages of digital devices and AI tools there are some other aspect that are affecting human civilization from means of uses. People are depending on AI without aknowledging their intellactual knowledge is more important than relying on something. This is one of the main reason why human dependency has rising rapidly from the past few years. It is neccessity to understand for people that, having many choices is not the main advantages but to know the right one is consider a best way to reach our goals.

In conclusion, AI is gradually becoming stronger day to day and encompasses a vast range of knowledge with variety of choices which people can learn from different perspective. It depends on human nature to choose wisely or be a burden of choices.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear overall position in the opening, saying “I strongly agree,” and you discuss both the benefits and risks of having many choices, particularly through AI and digital tools. These points are relevant, but the response only partially develops the question: it focuses mainly on AI rather than explaining more broadly why people may face too many choices or how this affects everyday decisions. The drawbacks paragraph raises dependence on AI, but does not clearly show how an abundance of options creates that problem. The conclusion also shifts towards advising people to choose wisely rather than directly reinforcing the extent of your agreement. Develop each main reason with a specific explanation or example and keep the argument centred on “too many choices.”

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting contrasting points, and a conclusion. “On the one hand” and “On the other hand” help signal the change in direction, and the ideas are generally grouped by topic. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow. In the first body paragraph, the links between AI, job opportunities, learning, creativity and happiness are asserted quickly rather than clearly explained. Connectors such as “therefore” and “so that” do not always show a precise relationship, and the conclusion introduces a new contrast about becoming “a burden of choices.” Use clearer topic sentences, develop one central idea at a time, and make each sentence’s connection to the argument explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “digital platforms,” “considerable changes,” “human dependency” and “pursuit of happiness.” This gives you some means of discussing technology and choice, but inaccurate word choice, collocation and spelling are noticeable and sometimes make the meaning less clear. For example, “many alternative” and “jobs opportunities” are not natural forms, while “a burden of choices” does not express the intended idea clearly. There are also repeated basic terms such as “people,” “choices” and “AI.” Aim for accurate, natural combinations and vary repeated wording; for instance, distinguish between “options,” “alternatives” and “decisions” according to meaning. Proofreading spelling and word forms would also improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including clauses introduced by “so that,” “which” and “without.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some passages difficult to read. Examples include “human have many alternative,” “AI … has already made a considerable changes,” and “why human dependency has rising,” which show problems with agreement, plurals and verb forms. Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention: the opening sentence joins several ideas without clear control, and commas sometimes interrupt the grammatical structure. Practise building accurate subject–verb patterns and checking articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries before adding further clauses. Clearer, shorter sentences will help you express your ideas reliably.

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