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)

With the advancement of technology, there will be less use in printed materials such as newspapers and books and they will be replaced with free online materials. I strongly agree with this statement.

Although, many people prefer to read physical books, now it becaoming a burden with the economic crisis in most countries. More people can not afford their money for a book or a news paper. Because the proce of these reading materials go high and people have no enough money to buy these things after they purchase the basic living things. With the technological advancement, there are lots of e-books available on the internet. Readers can download them from google and also there are numerous sites for reading purpose. So, the people can read the same high priced physical book in free or very low prices from the internet.

Furthermore, using electronic books ease the lives. Because people do not need to carry heavy books from one place to another. They can just bring their smart phone or the laptop that contains huge amount of e-books. This will improve the enviranment pollution as well. While reading e-books no need to use papers. So, people do not throw the papers away after reading books. Moreover, there are storage problems with physical books. Because nowadays most people live in the small apartments. Therefore, they have not enough space to make a library to store books physically. By using electronic reading materials, they can store them within their small smart phone, laptop or the tab.

In conclusion, printed newspapers and the books will replaced by online reading materials. Because they are cost effective and environment friendly. Therefore, I strongly agree with the dominance of e-books in the future.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction, where you say, “I strongly agree,” and it remains consistent in the conclusion. You address the prediction about printed materials by explaining affordability, convenience, environmental benefits and limited storage space. These are relevant reasons, and the examples of carrying a phone instead of heavy books and storing books digitally help support your view. However, the response focuses mainly on e-books and gives less attention to newspapers, despite both being named in the task. Some claims, such as online materials being free and printed books becoming unaffordable, are asserted broadly rather than qualified or supported. To strengthen the response, discuss newspapers explicitly and develop the reasons with more precise explanation or examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting reasons, and a conclusion that restates your position. The progression from cost to convenience, environmental impact and storage is generally easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “Moreover” and “Therefore” help signal relationships. This clear organisation is a strength. At times, however, cohesion becomes mechanical, particularly through repeated sentence openings with “Because” and repeated references to “people” and “books.” Some connections are also abrupt: the environmental point follows the convenience point without much explanation of the relationship. Use a wider range of linking structures and clearer referencing, and combine closely related ideas so the argument flows more naturally.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “technological advancement,” “economic crisis,” “environmental pollution,” “storage problems” and “cost effective.” This gives you enough language to communicate the main ideas, but several word-choice, spelling and collocation problems make the expression less natural and limit precision. Examples include “the proce of these reading materials go high,” “for reading purpose,” and “improve the enviranment pollution”; the intended meanings are understandable, but the phrasing is inaccurate. There is also repetition of basic terms such as “books,” “people” and “things.” Build a more precise range of topic vocabulary and check spelling and common word combinations, especially when describing prices, access and environmental effects.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “Although,” “Because” and “Therefore,” and the overall meaning is usually clear. However, some sentence structures and verb forms are inaccurate. For example, “Although, many people prefer…” is not correctly punctuated as a subordinate opening, while “it becaoming a burden” has an incorrect verb form. In “the books will replaced,” the passive construction is incomplete; it should be “will be replaced.” There are also errors in patterns such as “people can not afford their money for a book” and “they have not enough space.” These issues do not generally prevent understanding, but they reduce accuracy. Practise complete clause structures, passive forms and consistent article and verb patterns.

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