Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-06
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)
In the world there are so many disease but all disease not have their accurate treatment or medicine.Therefore many medical research projects are funded by private companies so reserchers use that fund in technology and innovation so they can easily find best treatment for some disease.Government should also carried this medical research projects and helps researcher who involve in this project.
Firstly, from my opinion I think this type of research should be carried by both private companies and government that helps to find best treatment and medicine for disease.For example,disease like cancer have no proper medicine yet but research is going on.It also helps people to survive from this type of emergency.Private companies spent their budget to fund medical research project but some time this budget goes in wrong way because of researcher, they use that fund in not proper way.As a result this type of project can't get succes.
Secondly, government can support research by giving proper method or plan. It also hire profesional researcher and give them good budget to access great tecnology.As result people can face disease strongly. In this there no curroption like private companies so succes rate is high in this ca
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 task only partially. First, it is important to note that the length requirement is not met: the student's response contains 189 words, falling significantly short of the 250-word minimum, and nine words copied directly from the task prompt were not counted. While the writer manages to express a position that both private companies and the government should fund medical research, the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For example, the mention of cancer is introduced briefly without adequate extension or supporting examples. The conclusion also cuts off abruptly at the end of the final paragraph, preventing the response from achieving a fully developed position.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some basic organisation with the use of paragraph breaks and transition signals such as 'Firstly' and 'Secondly', but there is no clear overall progression of ideas. Cohesive devices are frequently inadequate, inaccurate, or repetitive, as seen with phrases like 'In this there no curroption' used to transition thoughts. Additionally, referencing is occasionally unclear, and the abrupt ending of the text shows a lack of logical closure. While paragraphing is attempted, the internal cohesion within paragraphs feels mechanical and fails to guide the reader smoothly through a well-structured argument.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The writer attempts some less common terms like 'innovation', 'emergency', and 'curroption', but noticeable errors in word choice, word form, and spelling frequently occur—for example, 'reserchers', 'profesonal', 'tecnology', and 'succes'. These lexical slips and inaccuracies cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a restricted range of vocabulary. Furthermore, repetition of basic terms such as 'disease', 'research', and 'fund' limits the lexical variety required for a higher level of performance.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The grammar demonstrates a very limited range of structures, relying mostly on simple sentences, while attempts at complex sentence forms are often faulty. There are frequent errors in verb forms, tenses, subject-verb agreement, and articles—such as 'disease like cancer have no proper medicine' and 'Government should also carried this medical research projects'. Punctuation and missing prepositions within grammatical patterns also pose challenges. These frequent errors can cause difficulty for the reader and indicate that control over basic and complex sentence structures is still developing.
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