Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-15
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some say that the most important thing about being rich is that one has the opportunity to help others. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Student answer (Band 5.0)
Some people believe that the greatest advantage is being rich having a ablity to help people financially. I largely agree with this view, beacuse sufficient wealth allows them to create several opportunities to support indivitual and communities.Nevertheless, wealth also provides other personal benefits like, financial freedom, security and higher standard of living.
Rich people have more resources to help those who are les fortunate. They messively participate in donations, charity work, provide food and education to the poor communities. On the other hand,they can help better in natural disasters and other emergencies. However, wealty people can also create support long term opportunities on a socity level. They offer scholarships to students who belong from low income families.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The student attempts to address the prompt regarding whether the most important thing about being rich is helping others, stating a clear position of partial agreement. However, the response is severely underdeveloped due to the extremely short length of only 117 words, falling well below the 250-word minimum requirement. Because of this, ideas are introduced briefly in two short paragraphs without sufficient expansion, examples, or thorough exploration. While the writer touches on donations, natural disasters, and scholarships, these points remain superficial. Consequently, Task Achievement is heavily penalised for under-length and limited task completion, corresponding to a Band 4.0 descriptor level.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text shows an attempt at logical organisation, opening with a clear introduction that states the writer's stance, followed by a body paragraph discussing charitable acts. Cohesive devices such as 'On the other hand' and 'However' are used, though their deployment is somewhat mechanical and repetitive (e.g., using 'However' and 'On the other hand' back-to-back in the second paragraph). Paragraphing is attempted, but the second paragraph combines multiple distinct ideas without adequate transitions. While the overall progression is discernible, the lack of depth and structural weakness constrain the score. This performance aligns with the Band 5.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited but minimally adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'financial freedom', 'sufficient wealth', and 'scholarships'. However, there are numerous noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including 'ablity' instead of ability, 'beacuse', 'indivitual' instead of individuals, 'les' instead of less, 'messively', 'wealty', and 'socity'. These lexical errors and awkward collocations like 'provide food and education to the poor communities' cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a vocabulary range typical of a Band 5.0 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses ('students who belong from low income families'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors such as article omissions ('being rich having a ablity'), preposition misuse ('belong from' instead of belong to), and flawed clause structures ('Some people believe that the greatest advantage is being rich having a ablity'). These errors frequently impede clarity and demonstrate poor control over complex forms. This corresponds to a Band 4.0 or 5.0; given some successful simple structures, a Band 4.5 is appropriate, rounded to 5.0.
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