Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-08

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people spend most of their lives living close to where they were born.

What might be the reasons for this?

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Majority of people spend more than half of their life in their hometown. There are plethora of reasons for spending time in home city. Numerous pros and cons of this thing that i will discuss in further paragraphs.

First and foremost reason is emotional bond. Most people are addicted with their rooms, specific food, and attached with their families and friends. They spend a most of time in a day with them, share their joys and sorrows with each others. So they do not want to leave them. Second one is comfort zone. Since in a home town, they are feel facilitate. Many beneficial things like traditional food, local markets, status in a residential places. They don not want to loose this type of comfort. So, people enjoy to live in their home cities.

There a many benefits to live with parents and relatives. Main one is dividing house responsibilities. For example, most of parents are working now a days, their children are totally depend on grandparents, because they retaired from their jobs and spend most of time at home , they are happy to took a responsibility for their grandchildren. But parents love to dividing responsibiliities with trusted people rather than unknown. Despite of numerous advantages , there are few cons of tis also. Major one is lack of opportunities. Some people are live in small town, where is limited resources of education and job sector. If they do not have a exploring nature, they can not grow and earn good income. Better education is a neccessary for their development.

To conclude this, People should explore new places for better future and learning skills. They can change their life style according to modern world. With the devel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the prompt, covering reasons, advantages, and disadvantages. However, the development of ideas is somewhat superficial. For instance, the discussion on 'comfort zone' and 'emotional bond' is repetitive, and the section on advantages relies heavily on a specific example about grandparents rather than exploring broader societal or economic benefits. The conclusion is incomplete, cutting off mid-sentence, which prevents a full summary of the position. To reach a higher band, you should aim to expand on your points with more depth and ensure the essay is fully completed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is organized into paragraphs, and there is a clear attempt to use cohesive devices such as 'First and foremost', 'Second one', and 'To conclude'. However, the flow is occasionally hindered by awkward phrasing and mechanical transitions. Some sentences lack logical connection, such as the sudden shift to discussing grandparents in the third paragraph. Additionally, the referencing is sometimes unclear, and the abrupt ending of the text negatively impacts the overall coherence of the response.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, but it lacks the precision and variety required for a higher band. There are several instances of unnatural word choices or incorrect collocations, such as 'they are feel facilitate' and 'they are happy to took a responsibility'. Spelling errors like 'retaired', 'neccessary', and 'tis' also occur. While the meaning is generally clear, the range of vocabulary is limited to common, everyday language, and there is little evidence of less common lexical items or idiomatic expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors throughout. Issues include subject-verb agreement ('most of parents are working'), incorrect verb forms ('happy to took'), and missing articles or prepositions ('in a home town', 'is limited resources'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with comma usage and spacing. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to be noticeable and suggest a lack of control over more complex grammatical structures.

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