Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Nowadays, many medical research projects are funded by private companies. In your opinion, do you think that research should be carried by private companies, individuals or government?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Private companies has been funded many medical research projects nowadays. In my opinion if the research is for the general public, it should be funded by government and if it carries some promotion interest then private companies should fund for it.

The governemnt should fund for the general public reserach as it would help the people to get cure from the virus or a diseas they suffer from. For instance, in 2019 when Covid spread all over the world the goverment funded for the research to save their people. In resulting, the people got their free vaccinaton and save thier lives.

The private Companies must fund the projects which can be benefiacial for thier promotion or comercial, as it would allow the company to tag their name and get credit for the research progress. For example, Gourmet company invested in the cancer cure medicine research. In a result, People strated buying their products as they were investing for the people's heslth.

In conclusion, both private and goverment companies should fund the medical projects for the general public. As it would help people to get cure in low budget and also it would help companies to increase thier sales from the promotions.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear general position: government should support research for public health, while private companies may fund projects that serve commercial or promotional interests. The Covid example is relevant, and the company example attempts to show a commercial benefit. However, the response only partially develops the task: it does not discuss individuals as a possible source of funding, and the reasons for choosing each funder are brief. The claim that government-funded research provided free vaccination needs clearer, accurate explanation, while the “Gourmet company” example is not sufficiently explained to make its relevance convincing. The response is also 49 words below the required minimum, limiting the space available to develop and support the ideas. Explain the funding roles more fully and address all options in the question.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for government and private funding, and a conclusion. This helps the reader identify your main points. However, progression is limited: each body paragraph gives one main claim and a short example, without further explanation of how the example supports the claim. Some linking phrases are awkward or repetitive, including “For instance,” “In resulting,” and “In a result.” The conclusion also repeats the two funding benefits rather than drawing the argument together, and its opening “As it would…” is not smoothly connected to the preceding sentence. Develop each paragraph through a claim, explanation, and relevant example, and use linking expressions accurately and less mechanically.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, such as “medical research projects,” “virus,” “cancer cure,” and “promotion,” so the reader can follow the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning harder to understand. Examples include “promotion interest,” “fund for,” “tag their name,” and “research progress”; more natural phrasing would be “commercial interests,” “fund,” “associate their name with,” and “research advances.” Spelling errors such as “goveremnt,” “reserach,” “benefiacial,” and “heslth” are also noticeable. Build a more precise set of topic-specific expressions and proofread spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer clauses, for example, “if the research is for the general public, it should be funded by government.” This shows an effort to express conditions and reasons. However, the range is limited, and frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction sometimes make the writing difficult to read. “Private companies has been funded” has incorrect agreement and passive construction; “the people got their free vaccination and save their lives” shifts verb form; and “The government should fund for the general public research” has an incorrect grammatical pattern. The final “As it would help…” is a sentence fragment. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, complete sentences, and controlled complex clauses, then check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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