Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-03

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 6.0)

Some individuals are always willing to explore new places and innovative food options, while others remain stick to their comfortable rotiune. Both approaches has their own advantages, but I believe that trying new things bring value to personal growth and enjoyment.

On the one hand, exploring new things aids people to educate. When an individual visit new places they get to learn many new things which migh help them in their career. For example, a person who visit different museum get to learn more about ancient lifestyle and modern history. As a result, they get a chance to discover new things which help in growth of their career. Not only people gather more information, but they also enjoy eating new dishes. Moreover, people overcome the barrier of communication. A person gets a chance to engage with different cultural people at new places which amkes them evident to understand the languauge of other countries. Thus, people would involve in less conflicts, as they will understand emotions and feelings of other person.

On the other hand, doing same activties makes a person expert in one particular field. People puts their full concentration to a activity they do on regualr basis. Therfore, they learn from their mistakes and eventually become professional in that particular activity. For instance, an individual playing football if continues performing same activity than he might become a well known sports person someday. Furthermore, people feel more secure when they do familar things. As an example, a person who is visiting to other country for business purpose book same hotel at every visit provide them a sense of security. This is beacuse they are already familiar about the price, food and facilities provided by a hotel.

To conclude, undoubtdely both attitudes has their own benfits which help people to live comfortably. However, I favour exploring things and trying various food options because it provides information to public and satisfy inner of an individual. Besides this, a person becomes confident about their conversation with other people.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address both attitudes and state a clear preference for trying new things in the introduction and conclusion. The discussion is relevant: you link travel with learning and cultural understanding, and familiar activities with expertise and security. The examples of museums, football and returning to the same hotel help illustrate these points. This meets the task well, though some ideas are more fully explained than others. For instance, the claim that cultural understanding leads to fewer conflicts is asserted rather than clearly connected to the example, and the career benefit of visiting museums is not fully explained. To strengthen the response, develop each main point with a clearer cause-and-effect explanation and make the final reason for your preference more specific.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for each attitude, and a conclusion that restates your view. Signposting such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “To conclude” makes the progression easy to follow. You also use examples to support the paragraph topics. However, some links between ideas feel mechanical, particularly the repeated use of “Moreover,” “Furthermore,” and “As a result.” In the first body paragraph, the move from learning through travel to enjoying new dishes and then to communication is understandable but not fully developed as a connected sequence. Some references, such as “they” after “a person,” are also not always precise. Use fewer formulaic transitions and make the relationship between each supporting point explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of vocabulary for the topic, including “personal growth,” “concentration,” “professional,” “secure,” and “familiar.” These choices help communicate the main ideas, and you attempt some less common expressions. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, as in “aids people to educate,” “makes them evident to understand,” and “satisfy inner of an individual.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “rotiune,” “migh,” “amkes,” “languauge,” and “undoubtdely.” These do not usually prevent understanding, but they reduce precision and fluency. Build accuracy by learning common word partnerships and checking spelling; for example, say that travel “broadens people’s knowledge” rather than that it “aids people to educate.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses beginning with “When,” “because,” and “as.” This gives the response some structural variety, and the main meaning is generally clear. However, errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction occur across the response. Examples include “Both approaches has,” “When an individual visit,” “People puts,” and “a activity.” The sentence about booking the same hotel is also difficult to control: “book same hotel at every visit provide them a sense of security.” Some conditional and relative structures are awkward, as in “if continues performing same activity than he might become.” Review subject–verb agreement and article use, and practise building complex sentences with a clear subject and verb. Proofreading these patterns would improve accuracy.

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