Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-22

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)

It is argued History is most important school subject meanwhile some people argue that Science and technology are more important in today's world than History. From my perspective, science and technology related subjects are the demand of modern era. These subjects give many benefits in students lives in the future such as more earning opportinities and knowledge of digital sources. whereas history is important to give knowledge about past and culture to the childern.

Science and technology subjects are important in today's world, students learn many digital platforms of earning and learning through them. Nowadays AI become famous and replace humans by it's advancment. Institues focus on the learning of digital sources. Students make money by using AI and learning technological subjects. For example, Every school in developed countries have a subject with advance software from primary level for the sake of world's demand. Hence, childern should be able to earn by digital platforms and support their countrie's economy.

However, history is important in some extent because this subject make students fimiliar with their past and culture. Furthermore, it gives knowledge about country history, wars, economical structure and the cltural values.This subject may be develop a feeling of attachment in the students with their country, in adition, it should focus on general overview of past whether learning about dates and days. For instance, the subject become interseting by trips which arrange by schools to the historical monuments. As a result, childern become more fimiliar and remember easily.

In conclusion, although history had importance in past but today's digital world demand science and technology subjects. It is important to learn history in general not in depth, it is better to focus more on technology AI related subjects. These subjects should benefical to become successful in future modern world.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the view that history is essential and the view that science and technology are more important in the modern world, while also providing a clear personal opinion. The position is maintained throughout the essay. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive. For instance, the discussion on science and technology heavily relies on earning opportunities and AI without expanding deeply into broader societal or cognitive benefits. Similarly, the arguments for history covering culture, wars, and school trips are stated rather than fully extended. This places the response comfortably at Band 6, where all parts are addressed with relevant ideas, though some parts and arguments remain under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction and conclusion, and each body paragraph focuses on a distinct theme. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the two views. However, cohesion is at times faulty and mechanical. There are noticeable issues with referencing and transitional phrases, such as starting a sentence with 'whereas history is important' as a fragment, or using abrupt shifts like 'Furthermore' and 'In addition'. Pronoun referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as 'replace humans by it's advancment'. These mechanical features and occasional lapses in logical progression prevent the essay from reaching Band 7, fitting the Band 6 descriptor where cohesion can be faulty or mechanical.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating subject-specific terms such as 'digital platforms', 'technological subjects', 'historical monuments', and 'economical structure'. There are attempts to use less common vocabulary, but these are frequently marred by word choice and spelling errors, such as 'opportinities' for opportunities, 'fimiliar' for familiar, 'childern' for children, 'countrie's' for country's, 'cltural' for cultural, and 'interseting' for interesting. While these errors do not seriously impede communication because the context is clear, their frequency prevents the score from rising to Band 7. The lexical range is sufficient to communicate the main points but lacks the precision required for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and conditional-like structures, as seen in 'Students make money by using AI and learning technological subjects.' However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors such as subject-verb agreement issues ('AI become famous', 'Every school... have', 'subject become interseting'), article omission ('is argued History is', 'in past'), and preposition misuse ('important in some extent'). Punctuation and capitalization errors also appear throughout the text. Despite these persistent errors, communication is rarely completely impeded as the intended meaning generally shines through. This profile aligns well with the Band 5 descriptor, where frequent errors in grammar occur and attempts at complex sentences are often faulty.

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