Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-14

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 5.5)

Noone will purchase newspaper and books in the future because people will be able to read everything they want in online for free. I completely agree that in future people prefer online for reading. This is because in internet we can find everything in one page an it consume less time to read.

Firstly, I believe that in online we can read news in one page and it is even easy to read through it. In internet we just have to search sometime that we want to read or listen then it will appear in our mobile phones or laptop. For instance, older people or someone who do not have sufficient time to read newspaper or book they just have to search in online and can get the knowledge which save there time.

In addition to this, reading in online is cheaper than purchasing books or newspaper. Because we have to pay our internet bill and then we can read it from online which is quite cheaper than purchasing. For example, when we buy newspaper or books from local market it cost around RS 1000 but in online when we pay our internet bill it will be free for us to read every news or any kind of books.

In conclusion, in later year people do not have enough time to read books or newspaper because it takes a lot of time and it is even harder to read. People are concern about their money and they think spending money on newspaper and book is unnecessary.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

Your position is clear from the opening: “I completely agree,” and both body paragraphs give relevant reasons, focusing on convenience and lower cost. The examples about searching on a phone and comparing online reading with buying print materials help illustrate these points. However, the reasons are only briefly developed, and the claim that an internet bill makes all online reading free is not fully explained or qualified. The conclusion introduces lack of time and concern about money rather than drawing together the two main arguments. The response also contains 248 words, so it is two words below the required minimum; the eight words copied from the task prompt are not counted. Develop each reason more fully and ensure the response meets the minimum.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present separate reasons, and a conclusion closes the essay. “Firstly” and “In addition to this” make the progression easy to follow, and the examples are placed alongside the points they support. However, some links are mechanical, and the conclusion does not clearly refer back to the two body-paragraph arguments. Within paragraphs, the relationship between ideas can also be unclear—for example, the sentence about older people and those without time combines two groups without explaining how the example supports the point. Use clearer references to connect each example to its main idea, and make the conclusion summarise the argument already presented.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main ideas, including “newspaper,” “books,” “internet,” “search,” and “purchasing.” Some phrases also show an attempt to express the topic in different ways, such as “get the knowledge” and “local market.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations sound unnatural or imprecise, including “in online,” “search sometime,” and “read through it.” There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, such as “Noone,” “there time,” and “concern” where “concerned” is needed. Build a wider set of natural expressions for online access, cost, and printed media, and check spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including a conditional structure in “when we buy newspaper or books from local market it cost around RS 1000.” The overall meaning is generally understandable, but the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors recur in agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “it consume less time” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “older people or someone who do not have” does not maintain agreement between the subject and verb. The sentence beginning “Because we have to pay our internet bill” is also a fragment in this context. Practise building accurate complex sentences and check articles, plural forms, and agreement, while keeping punctuation clear.

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