Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-12
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)
Nowadays in each every feild is getting modern and more technologies,the new ways of working ,new ways of funding and research are going in today's era
Mainly the most significant things are medical research and health process Today era there are many types of disease are carring out which are not know by anyone whichb are totally to new for every one ,so many medical research lab and projects are running for finding the cure for the diseases. But when project's are run to find the cure for disease it was very costly and time seeking.But some time this was funded by the private company also which on high level of medical research. projects which are funded by the private
company and the research will also gets the private and pattended to their company and indirectly this will effect the resisdent beacuse the cure gets more costly if it was funded by the private companies.
However, If the medical reasearch projects only fund by the goverment this will give a direct impact to resisdent the cure gets cheaper and medicine also gets cheaper in another way it gets more easy to research and implement.But because of corruption today many private company funds the medical research projects and only think for their own profit but they don't think for the local people who are not able to afford it .
In my opinion the goverment has to take some steps againts the private organiszation and also take a aye on them for their working and goverment also funds the medical research projects because the health and medical this are very sensitive things for each and every one
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by discussing whether medical research should be funded by private companies or the government, presenting a clear personal opinion. However, the development of ideas is limited and somewhat repetitive. For instance, the student states that private companies fund research only for their own profit and make cures costly for local people, but this point is not fully extended with concrete examples or deeper analysis. The conclusion attempts to present a nuanced view by suggesting government oversight and funding, but overall the task response remains at a basic level of elaboration. Therefore, this performance aligns closely with the Band 5 descriptors, as the ideas are under-developed and the position, while discernible, lacks thorough support.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text shows some overall organisation with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, but paragraphing and logical progression are frequently hindered by mechanical or missing transitions. Sentences often run together without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions, as seen in 'Nowadays in each every feild is getting modern and more technologies,the new ways of working...'. Furthermore, cohesive devices are used inadequately or repetitively (e.g., the frequent use of 'But' and 'and' to link clauses). Referencing is sometimes unclear, making it difficult to follow the logical flow between ideas. These features match the Band 5 descriptors for Coherence and Cohesion, where organisation is present but overall progression lacks clarity due to faulty cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The lexical resource is limited and barely adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'modern and more technologies', 'pattended' (patented), and 'organiszation', but these attempts are frequently marred by spelling and word-choice errors. There are numerous basic vocabulary and spelling inaccuracies, such as 'feild', 'carring', 'know' (known), 'time seeking' (time-consuming), and 'resisdent' (residents). While the reader can generally decipher the intended meaning, the high frequency of lexical errors and restricted range prevent the response from reaching a higher band. This performance corresponds to a Band 5, featuring a limited range and noticeable errors that cause some difficulty.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5
The grammatical range is severely restricted, consisting mainly of simple and error-ridden complex sentence attempts. There is a lack of control over basic sentence boundaries, leading to run-on sentences and comma splices, such as 'Today era there are many types of disease are carring out which are not know by anyone whichb are totally to new for every one...'. Frequent errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles, and prepositions are present throughout the text (e.g., 'research should be carried by', 'project's are run', 'the cure gets cheaper'). These persistent grammatical errors frequently impede readability and reflect the characteristics of Band 4, where errors are very frequent and structures are extremely limited, though occasional correct simple sentences push it to a weak 4.5.
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