Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-27

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals. Others say that there are more important environmental problems. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Some people believe that loss of particular species of plants and animals are main problem for our environment. But others think that climate change and pollution are major problem in today. Actually, in my opinion, the loss species of plants and animals can major concern, problem include pollution and climate change are equally important.

On the one hand, the loss of particular species of plants and animals can serious consequence for the environment. Every living orgranism plays an important role in natural balance. For instance, bees can help to growth the plants, while animals can help to overcome the population of other species. If these species disappear, it impact on the world and nature could be disturbed. Thus, deforestation and hunting causing animal's species are loss natural habitats. Therefore, government should prevent the illegal cutting inn the forest and protect to forest and species.

On the other hand, the climate change and pollution is also serious issue in our environment. One of the major issue is air pollution, it mainly caused by vehicles, burning fossil fuel or factories release harmful gases. It can damage the atmosphere, caused by drought or it can lead to breathing problem. Another concern is climate change, which causing by rising temperature, flood and famine. It also impact on the crops field and can be shortage the food.

We should keep clean our enviroment and use reduce the plaste. Government should introduce strict laws so that species and forest to protect. We should grow plant and create organize to keep enviroment clean. That is why people can safe by diseases.

In the conclusion, the loss of plant and animal species is a serious problem for enviroment only but climate change, air pollution and plastic waste is also huge problem for the world. I believe that government and individuals must work together for protect the environment and keep their surrounding clean that it can reduce danagerious diseases.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both views and give a position: the opening says species loss is a major concern, while pollution and climate change are equally important. The two main body paragraphs are relevant, with examples such as bees supporting plant growth and pollution from vehicles and factories. However, the discussion is unevenly developed. The effects of species loss are explained through ecological balance, whereas the points about climate change and pollution are mostly listed, with limited explanation or specific examples. Your conclusion restates the position and calls for joint action, but the response would be stronger if it explained more clearly how the environmental problems compare and developed the supporting examples further. The task’s length requirement is met; 17 words copied from the prompt were not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, a paragraph on action, and a conclusion. Linking phrases such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “In the conclusion” help readers follow the discussion. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical, and connections between ideas are not always clear. For example, the paragraph beginning “We should keep clean our environment” shifts from discussing environmental problems to recommendations without a clear transition. Some references are also vague, as in “It also impact on the crops field,” where the reader must infer what “it” refers to. Grouping recommendations with the relevant discussion and using clearer links between cause and effect would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant environmental vocabulary, including “natural balance,” “deforestation,” “illegal cutting,” “air pollution,” and “fossil fuel,” so the topic is generally clear. There are also attempts to express specific impacts, such as “breathing problem” and “shortage the food.” However, the range and control of vocabulary are limited, and noticeable word-choice, collocation, word-form, and spelling errors sometimes make the meaning less clear. Examples include “loss species,” “help to growth the plants,” “use reduce the plaste,” and “danagerious diseases.” Some key terms are repeated, particularly “problem” and “environment.” More accurate environmental collocations and careful proofreading would improve precision and make your ideas easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a conditional sentence (“If these species disappear…”) and a relative clause (“climate change, which causing…”). This shows some range, and the main ideas can usually be followed. However, some errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation remain. For example, “loss … are main problem” has agreement and article problems, while “deforestation and hunting causing” lacks a correctly formed verb. The sentence “One of the major issue is air pollution, it mainly caused…” also joins clauses incorrectly and has agreement and verb-form errors. Practise building accurate sentences with subordinate clauses and checking subject–verb agreement and verb forms; this would make the complex ideas more reliable.

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