Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In the future nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In upcoming years people will stop to buy newspapers and paper books as they prefer to read it on online websites which is free of cost for them. I fully agree with this observation, beacuse it would save time, and environment friendly. This essay will discuss various benefits of it.

Firstly, it will give time convinience to reader. They can read it anywhere. For example, some books are to costly so people can only read them while sitting in the library. Moreover, they have to rent a book for some specific days, hence a pressure to complete it in that particular time is always is in theirs mind. Therefore, if online website are providing news and book 24 hours a day without any cost everyone will go for that luxury. In addition, these websites would be very beneficial for students by providing them their course books to collect data from several resources. In contrast, previously students have to wait long to get a couse book to clear their concepts about a topic. Consequently, this would help them to perform better in their exams.

Secondly, this is overal good for our environment. Paper is made from woods and hence it was a cause of deforestation. For example, a survey team in India published in their story that it took thousands of trees cutting to make children subject books from nursery to 12th grade. As a result, India is facing climate change issues like high temperature in summer along with floods due to heavy rainfall in rainy days.

In conclusion, I would say this online reading system would be good for both human and ecosystem by providing students with multipe options to study and environment by saving humans from climate change.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: “I fully agree,” and the conclusion maintains that online reading benefits people and the environment. You address both the convenience of free access and the environmental impact of paper production, with examples about library books, students, and tree use. This is relevant coverage of the task. However, some ideas are more fully addressed than others: the convenience and student benefits receive several explanations, while the claim that nobody will buy printed books or newspapers is not examined in depth. The environmental example also moves quickly from tree cutting to climate impacts without clearly showing the connection. Develop the reasons and acknowledge a possible limitation, such as readers who still prefer print.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs signposted by “Firstly” and “Secondly,” and a conclusion. Ideas generally progress from convenience and student access to environmental effects, and examples help explain the main points. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent arrangement and shows some of the stronger progression expected at the next level. However, linking is sometimes mechanical, with repeated “For example,” “Moreover,” and “As a result,” and some connections are not fully clear. For instance, the move from deforestation to India’s floods needs an explicit explanation. Improve cohesion by making cause-and-effect links precise and using pronouns or transitions that clearly refer to the relevant idea.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including topic-related terms such as “deforestation,” “ecosystem,” “resources,” and “climate change.” There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “course books” and “clear their concepts.” However, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision and sometimes make the phrasing unnatural: “time convinience,” “overal,” “multipe,” and “free of cost” are examples. Some collocations are also awkward, including “a pressure to complete it” and “trees cutting.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the overall argument, but a more accurate and varied choice of common academic collocations would strengthen the response. Proofread spelling and check phrases in context.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “as,” “so,” and “hence,” and most of the argument remains understandable. Some sentences are controlled, such as “They can read it anywhere.” However, errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction recur. For example, “if online website are providing” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “previously students have to wait” shifts awkwardly between past and present. The sentence about pressure to finish a rented book is also structurally unclear, and “it would save time, and environment friendly” lacks a complete parallel construction. Review agreement and tense consistency, and revise complex sentences to ensure each clause is complete and clearly connected.

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