Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say History is one of the most important school subjects. Other people think that in today’s world subjects like Science and technology are more important than History.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example form your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Some people believe that History is the most important school subject. While others think that science and technology subjects are much important than history. I believe that we have to consider the both subjects important and give equal importance.

Firstly, people who think history most important subject in school are thinking that our children have to know about the history. How their ancestors live their lives and also take part in the wars. They have to know the local and also others culture and history. This can help them to understand better about the past. It also tells about some particular culture or society about how they live their lifes and what they have do for earnings and how they fight against their enemies.

But only learning about history is not make children more understandable and make their future more secure. They also have to learn the new technology and developments to understand the new technologies of the world. The history subjects give the knowledge about the past but new sciences subjects tell about the new technology and developments of nowdays. This will help to wider understanding of new products and machines that used to build a better future.

In conclusion, i would suggest that the history and todays subjects like science and technology are also important beacuase history tell about the past life and their cultures and societies. But new sciences subjects and technology gives the knowledge about the developments of sciences in different departments. We have to learn and understand both subjects becuase they play important role in our lifes and also we use both to make a better future in any department of life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You discuss both perspectives and state a clear overall view: “we have to consider the both subjects important and give equal importance.” The explanation of History’s value—learning about ancestors, cultures and the past—is relevant, as is your point that science and technology help students understand modern developments. However, the discussion is only partly developed. The History paragraph gives several related examples but does not explain in much depth how this knowledge benefits students today; the science paragraph makes a similar general claim without a specific example. Your opinion is clear, but the conclusion mostly repeats earlier points. To strengthen the response, explain the practical value of each subject and support at least one point with a concrete example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph for each view, and a conclusion. “Firstly” and “But” help signal the movement between ideas, and the reader can follow the broad contrast between learning about the past and preparing for the future. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. The opening “Some people believe… While others think…” separates a dependent clause from the main sentence, and the repeated use of “They” makes it unclear whether you mean children, ancestors, or people in a society. Several ideas within the History paragraph are also joined in a long sequence rather than clearly prioritised. Use clearer references and organise each body paragraph around one main claim followed by explanation and an example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “ancestors,” “culture,” “developments,” “technology,” and “society.” These terms show awareness of the subject, but the range is limited and several phrases are repetitive or imprecise, such as “new technology and developments” and “new sciences subjects.” Some word choices and forms make the meaning less natural, including “more understandable” and “for earnings”; spelling errors such as “nowdays,” “beacuase,” and “becuase” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise collocations and vary repeated terms. For example, describe science as helping students understand “current innovations” or “scientific advances,” and use “ways of earning a living” rather than “for earnings.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses beginning with “While” and “because,” and the overall meaning is generally recoverable. However, control is inconsistent, and errors occur in basic sentence construction as well as longer sentences. For example, “While others think…” is a fragment, “history most important subject” is missing necessary grammatical elements, and “history subjects give” has a subject–verb agreement problem. Other examples include “is not make children” and “what they have do,” where verb forms are incorrect. Articles and plurals are also sometimes inaccurate, as in “the both subjects.” Practise complete sentence structures and check verb forms, agreement, and articles, especially when combining several ideas in one sentence.

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