Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-03

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)

Nowadays alots of modern techniques have been made in agriculture, inspite of these development many people in the world does not meet there food requirements because of the inavalibality of proper resources, financial problems and seeds for crops.It can achieve through advanced farming equipments,develop varieties with hufe productions, different awearness programes and susidize seeds by government.

Most of the people did not get the required amount of food because of poor education of the farmerrs in the latest methods of cultivating different crops on their fields, they do not know about the insectisides and pestisides used against different types of diseases and insects and the farmers have insufficent information about the new methodoligies the ploughing, sowing and harvesting the crops. Most of the time every farming stage invovles man labour which leads to alots of loses because most of farmers are poor and they can not afford latest methods.Like in Aferica most of countries (Gauna and Uganda) are poor and they can not afford modern machinaries for farming.

This can resolve by bringing modern technologies to the farming. Insteade of using labour for cutting the crops, farmers can use a harvester for harvesting so it well minimize the loses. On the other hand to meet the food requirements of world different varieties should be developed to increase the food and also different awearness programmes should be organized to education the faarmers about the use of insectisides and pesticides for cure different types of diseases. Governments should sucidize the seeds for major crops to have some relief for farmers and increase food production.

It is concluded, that farmers must educated about the modern day technologies and susudize seeds must by go

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both questions: you explain that farmers may lack education, information about crop protection, and access to modern machinery, then suggest training, improved crop varieties, harvesters, and subsidised seeds. These are relevant responses, and the examples of Ghana and Uganda help illustrate the resource problem. However, some causes and solutions are asserted rather than explained. For instance, the opening mentions financial problems and seed availability, but the essay does not clearly show how these lead to hunger; the proposed crop varieties are also not developed with an example or explanation of their likely impact. The conclusion is incomplete, so it does not fully reinforce your answer. Develop the links between each cause, food shortages, and the proposed remedy.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a concluding attempt. This makes the main direction easy to follow, and transitions such as “On the other hand” and “It is concluded” signal relationships between ideas. However, several sentences contain many points joined together, especially the paragraph about farmers’ knowledge and farming stages, so the progression within them is not always clear. Some linking is mechanical, and references such as “This” in “This can resolve” do not identify the problem precisely. The final sentence also stops before completing its idea. Use shorter, more clearly focused sentences and make each paragraph’s central point explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “agriculture,” “cultivating,” “harvesting,” “pesticides,” and “food production,” which helps communicate the subject. There are also attempts at more specific terms such as “modern technologies” and “crop varieties.” However, the range is limited and many spelling errors make the writing less fluent to read: examples include “inavalibality,” “machinaries,” and “sucidize.” Some word choices or forms are also inaccurate, such as “hufe productions” and “education the farmers.” Aim to learn accurate forms of key agricultural terms and use natural collocations, for example “increase crop yields” rather than “increase the food.” Proofreading for spelling and word form would make your meaning clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including explanations with “because” and a contrast introduced by “On the other hand.” The main ideas can generally be understood, but errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction recur. For example, “many people … does not meet” should use a plural verb, while “farmers must educated” needs a passive form such as “farmers must be educated.” The long sentence beginning “Most of the people did not get” combines several clauses without clear control, and the conclusion is unfinished. Practise checking subject–verb agreement and building complex sentences around one clear main clause; accurate punctuation will also help separate related points.

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