Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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)

Many argue that in the near future no one will buy printed newspapers as well as books because everything required for reading will be available online without paying a single cent. I do not agree with this opinion as physical books have ownership but you can not own what is not in your hand.

First and foremost, printed books and papers are better than the material available online because you now-a-days, you need to pay for a subscription rather than paying a one time price. Take IELTS as an example. A year ago you only needed to buy books from stores and practice. Now they have converted everything to online. So if you need to practice for computer based IELTS. You need to pay subscription on a website to practice which was before a one time payment for the books.

In addition, everything online is not your property. Even if you paid for it. The company can ban you from using their e books or remove the material at anytime without telling you because you do not own any rights to it. For instance, a person who bought an e-book whose physically copy is not being produced. The seller can put a monthly subscription and if he decided to remove the book or stop giving the access to it. We can not stop him because we do not have any rights to that book.

In conclusion, physical books and newspapers are very needed to continue because if everything start to become available on the internet rather than having physical copies. The time is not far when we will not have any rights to the things we bought online.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction: you disagree because printed material gives readers ownership, while online access can be withdrawn. Both body paragraphs develop relevant reasons, and the IELTS practice example helps illustrate the cost argument. This meets the task well, but the discussion is not equally developed across all aspects of the prompt. In particular, the claim that everything will be available online for free is not examined directly; your first paragraph instead argues that online services may require subscriptions. The ownership point is more fully explained, though the example about a seller changing access is somewhat hypothetical. To strengthen the response, address the possibility of free online reading explicitly and explain why printed formats would still be preferred despite it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present separate reasons, and a conclusion returns to your position. Sequencing phrases such as “First and foremost,” “In addition,” and “In conclusion” make the progression easy to follow. The organisation is coherent, although some links and references are not fully clear. For example, “they have converted everything to online” does not identify who “they” are, and the example beginning “For instance, a person who bought an e-book” is not smoothly connected to the preceding general claim. The conclusion also repeats the ownership argument rather than drawing together both reasons. Use more precise references and make the relationship between each example and its main point explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main ideas, including “subscription,” “computer based IELTS,” “e-books,” and “physical copies.” There are also attempts at more precise expressions such as “one time price” and “ownership.” However, several word choices and collocations are noticeably awkward or imprecise, which limits the naturalness of the argument. For example, “everything required for reading” is vague, “papers” is not the usual term for newspapers in this context, and “everything start to become available” is an unnatural phrase. Spelling and form issues such as “now-a-days” and “e book” also affect accuracy. Build a more consistent range of expressions for print and digital publishing, and check collocations and compound-word spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “Even if you paid for it” and a reason clause explaining why online material may be removed. The main ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur and occasionally make relationships between ideas harder to follow. For example, “because you now-a-days, you need to pay” has a faulty clause structure, while “if he decided to remove the book or stop giving the access” shifts tense and has an unnecessary article. There are also agreement and verb-form problems in “if everything start to become available.” Review subject–verb agreement, tense consistency, articles, and sentence boundaries. More accurate control of these patterns would make your complex sentences clearer.

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