Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-19

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)

In recent decades,agricultural production has increased dramitically due to modern technology, but still all over the world faces hunger and it becomes a major global problems. This essay will discuss about the paradox or about the solutions of this problem.

On the one hand, it is clear that there are several reasons that are lead to this dangerous problem.Firstly, clear distribution is the main fact that lead to hunger in this many developed countries are wastes the food that are not reached to under developed countries. And bad road network also effected for this.

Secondly, poverty are also effect the agriculture departnment, countries like North Africa or the few countries of Asia are affected by poverty in this food are available in market but it solds on high price and not every person afford it easily.The last reason is climate change that disrupts farming, while floods and droughts, which are becoming more common, ruin crops.

However, several measures can be tackle these issues. Goverenment should invest on better infrastructure like cold storages or best road network that will help to preserve food or the easily distribution of food from one place to another.International organizations also step up are handle the food price or maintain the smoothly distribution of food.And there are also made the advertisements or compaigns that aware individuals to the importance of the food. Thirdly, long term solutions to climate change or political instability that also help to secure the food production.

In conclusion,hunger persists not because we do not produce enough food, but because of poor distribution, poverty or the instability . By improving infrastructure or reducing waste and supporting farmers, the world can ensure that advancing in technology are very essential or helpful for agriculture development .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, explaining reasons for ongoing world hunger and proposing solutions. The student provides relevant ideas, such as poor food distribution, poverty, climate change, infrastructure development, and international cooperation. However, some ideas remain slightly under-developed or briefly stated, such as when mentioning 'countries like North Africa or the few countries of Asia' without further elaboration. The position is clear throughout, and the main tenets of the prompt are successfully covered, fitting the standard of Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing, separating the introduction, reasons, solutions, and conclusion. Cohesive devices are used to signal transitions, such as 'On the one hand', 'Secondly', and 'However'. Nevertheless, referencing and cohesion are sometimes faulty or mechanical, as seen in awkward phrases like 'are lead to this dangerous problem' and punctuation/spacing errors. Paragraphing is adequate, but logical progression within paragraphs is occasionally disrupted by grammatical clunkiness.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting less common lexical items such as 'paradox', 'disrupts farming', and 'international organizations'. However, there are noticeable word-choice and collocation errors, as well as spelling mistakes ('dramitically', 'effected for this', 'solds', 'compaigns'). Despite these inaccuracies, communication is not seriously impeded, which aligns with the descriptor for Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some ambition in sentence structures. However, frequent grammatical errors occur throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('poverty are also effect', 'Goverenment should invest'), incorrect prepositions, and awkward passive/active constructions ('that are lead to', 'can be tackle these issues'). While these errors do not completely obscure the meaning, they are frequent enough to restrict the score to Band 5.0.

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