Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In spite of the advances made in agriculture, many people around the world still go hungry.

Why is this the case?

What can be done about this problem?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The agricaltural industry has went through many advancements over the past few decades. However, many people in the earth still starvs. This is a common scenario in many countries, specially in developing ones.

In past few decade, agriculture sector has grew remarkbly. Invention of fertilizers, low water consuming rice and corn, hybrid grains has made agriculture production very high. The scientists are continuing with their research to make the production process more efficient as the number of people is rising rapidly. Inspite of that, many people have nothing to eat, they have no food security. It is true that the production is much higer now comapred to a century ago, but the world population also skyrocketed. Alongside of that the cultivable land is also shrinking. In additon to that many exrteme weather events like droughts, flash floods, ecxessive rain harms the production.

To solve this problems, the government and the non-government organizations, should work hand in hand. They should asses the problems of the farmer, and take effective measures. The farmers should get loans with no interest, they should get free irrigation and subsidy on the farming equipments as well as fertilizers to keep the production running. Other than that, the scientist and researchers should innovate new tecqnique of farming that takes less space such as vertical tube farming and green house farming. Moreover, the price of food product should fall under the purchasing power of people.

Efective maintainace of land, easy farming process, regulating the price of food strongly can prevent the people to go hungry, These effective measures should be taken by the public and private organiztion. Its everyones responsibilty to ensure the food security of all people of the earth.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions and maintain a relevant focus on hunger. For causes, you mention population growth, shrinking cultivable land and extreme weather; for solutions, you propose support for farmers, new farming methods and more affordable food. These are pertinent ideas, but some are asserted rather than explained. For example, the link between population growth and hunger could be clarified by explaining how demand outpaces access to food, while the proposals for loans and subsidies need a clearer account of how they would improve availability or affordability. The response therefore covers the task, but its ideas are not consistently developed or supported with specific examples. Explain the causes and effects more fully and show how each proposed measure addresses them.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions and a concluding statement. This makes the main progression easy to follow. You also use linking expressions such as “However,” “In addition to that” and “Moreover” to connect points. At times, though, the links feel mechanical or the relationship between ideas is not fully clear. The causes paragraph moves from agricultural advances to population, land and weather without showing how these factors combine to leave people hungry. The final paragraph also repeats the proposed solutions rather than drawing them together. Group related causes and solutions, and use clearer references to show how each point connects to the central argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “food security,” “cultivable land,” “droughts,” “subsidy” and “vertical tube farming,” which helps communicate the subject. There is also some attempt to use more specific language about agricultural production and support for farmers. However, spelling errors and inaccurate word forms are noticeable, as in “agricaltural,” “remarkbly,” “exrteme” and “maintainace.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “low water consuming rice” and “the price of food product should fall under the purchasing power.” These issues sometimes make the reader pause, even though the intended meaning is generally recoverable. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations, for example “water-efficient crops” and “prices should be affordable to consumers.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a relative clause in “measures that takes less space” and a sentence beginning “Although” is not used, but you do connect several ideas within longer sentences. However, control of verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence boundaries is inconsistent. Examples include “has went through,” “many people … still starvs,” “agriculture sector has grew,” and “the scientist and researchers should innovate.” The sentence “Inspite of that, many people have nothing to eat, they have no food security” joins two independent clauses with only a comma. These errors can make some sentences difficult to process. Practise accurate past and present forms, subject–verb agreement and punctuation, then proofread each sentence for a complete grammatical structure.

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