Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-24
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people like to try new things, for example, places to visit and types of food. Other people prefer to keep doing things they are familiar with.
Discuss both these attitudes and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.5)
In this modern era, many individuals prefer traveling to refreshen their mind whereas, few masses are interested to explore new things such as voyaging and try variety of food while, some individuals like to stay on familiar things. In my opinion, masses like to explore world for new oppertunities and finding content for their social media but some folks do not want to take any kind of risks.
To commence with, folks interested in new things to explore world that will help them to achieve new oppertunities.To elaborate it, while traveling masses have chance to learn abot so many cultures,learn about the history of the specific place that will help them to enhance their general knowledge and also they can travel with their friend that will improve their friendship.As result, they can make their travel memories. Secondly, Folks also find trying new food help them to finding content for their social media.To explicate it, social media is a income source for so individuals while, posting content related to food help them to increse their viewers.Thus, it will help them to earn more money.For example, there are many food vlogging channels are available on social media platform who is earning money from vlogging.
On the other hand, many individuals like to follow traditional things because they do not want to take any kind of risk because they have a fear while trying new things , if they found it will does not work well they may disappointed fron it. so, they prefer to do job and simple life with family without any complications that many folks follow. For example many masses in countryside area follow to do familiar things such as farming.
To conclude, while traveling masses explore new oppertunities of their life but doing traditional things they spend more time withfamily. In my oppinion, trying new things is also generate new income source for them without any hardwork.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both attitudes towards trying new things versus keeping familiar habits, and provides a clear personal opinion. The ideas are generally relevant, covering travel, cultural learning, social media content creation, and the comfort of traditional routines. However, some ideas are a bit repetitive or under-developed, particularly in the body paragraphs where points about social media and friendship are introduced briefly without deep extension. There are also occasional over-generalisations. This performance aligns well with Band 6.0 descriptors, as all parts of the prompt are addressed with relevant, if sometimes limited, extension and a clear overall stance.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response is structured into distinct paragraphs with a clear introduction and conclusion. Cohesive devices such as 'To commence with', 'Secondly', and 'On the other hand' are employed to signpost the progression of ideas, though some transitional phrasing feels somewhat mechanical or repetitive (e.g., 'To elaborate it', 'To explicate it'). Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different perspectives. However, referencing and pronoun use are occasionally unclear, and logical flow is at times disrupted by run-on sentences and punctuation issues. Overall, the organization is coherent, fitting a Band 6.0 score.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The writer attempts a range of vocabulary suitable for the topic, including words and phrases like 'modern era', 'opportunities', 'vlogging channels', and 'traditional things'. However, there are numerous lexical and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'refreshen' instead of 'refresh', 'oppertunities' instead of 'opportunities', and 'abot' instead of 'about'. Word choice and collocation are occasionally awkward or imprecise, such as 'stay on familiar things' or 'do job and simple life'. Despite these inaccuracies, the vocabulary is adequate to convey the core message, placing this text firmly at Band 5.5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, using subordinating conjunctions like 'while', 'because', and 'if'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak. There are frequent errors in verb tense, article usage, preposition selection, and sentence boundary punctuation (e.g., run-on sentences like 'while traveling masses have chance to learn abot so many cultures,learn about the history...'). Subject-verb agreement errors also occur, such as 'channels are available... who is earning'. Because errors are frequent and occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader while still allowing the general meaning to come through, a Band 5.0 is appropriate.
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