Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that now is the best time in history to be living.

What is your opinion about this?

What other time in history would be interesting to live in?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Due to technological advancements, life has become easier as compared to the past. There are many facilities available such as vehicles and electronic gadgets. Therefore, a growing number of people believe that this is the best time in history to live. From my perspective, i also agree with this thought of school, even though future can be more interesting.

To begin with, science has made a great progress in recent years, this fact can not be denied. Owing to this, people can make a friends from anywhere in the world. For example, social media gives individuals to connect with different people, who belongs to distinct regions. Hence, by interacting with each other, they get a chance to enhance their knowledge about various things such as job opportunities and they can improve their quality of life through migration. Moreover, individuals can get everything while sitting on the chair at home. For instance, they may do not only online shopping but also order the food. As a result, they can save their time, which can be used for other tasks such as domestic chores.

I think the 1990s would be an interesting time to live in because life was simpler and people spent more time with their families. Moreover, there was less dependence on technology and social media. people had stronger face-to-face connections.

In conclusion, every period has its own importance. Although, in the past people had better relationships with each other, now they have numerous services to live a better life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that the present is a good time to live, while identifying the 1990s as another interesting period. You support your view with relevant examples, including social media connections, online shopping and food delivery, and you address both questions. However, the present-day benefits receive much fuller explanation than your choice of the 1990s. The claim that people had stronger face-to-face connections is relevant, but it would be more convincing with a specific example or explanation of what made family life simpler. Also clarify the phrase “agree with this thought of school,” which makes your position momentarily unclear. Developing both parts more evenly would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph explaining advantages of modern life, a paragraph about the 1990s, and a conclusion. Ideas generally progress logically, and linking expressions such as “For example,” “Moreover,” and “As a result” help show relationships between points. This meets the lower-band expectations and shows some features of stronger organisation. However, the paragraph about the 1990s is very brief compared with the first body paragraph, so the discussion feels unbalanced. Some links are also mechanical, and “Although” in the conclusion is not correctly connected to the rest of its sentence. Expand the historical example and use transitions that express the precise relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary to discuss technology and daily life, including “technological advancements,” “migration,” “quality of life,” and “face-to-face connections.” These choices make the main ideas clear, and you attempt some topic-specific language. There are, however, several inaccurate or awkward expressions that limit precision, such as “facilities” for everyday conveniences, “make a friends,” and “gives individuals to connect.” “Thought of school” is also unclear in context. Some wording is repetitive, particularly the references to people and technology. Aim for more natural collocations and precise verbs, and check word forms and spelling, including the capitalisation of “People” at the start of a sentence.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “even though,” “because,” and “which.” Most sentences communicate their meaning, and the examples are generally easy to follow. Some grammatical errors remain, however: “i” should be capitalised, “science has made a great progress” needs an article adjustment, and “people can make a friends” has an incorrect plural construction. In “social media gives individuals to connect,” the verb pattern is incomplete; use “allows individuals to connect.” The sentence beginning “Although” in the conclusion is also a fragment because the concessive clause is not properly joined to a main clause. Review articles, agreement, verb patterns, and sentence boundaries while retaining your range of structures.

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