Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-11

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 5.0)

Nowadays, people are telling that this is the best time in hisotry for the living. Were everyone is agreed with this thought. Cause living with family and friend will help us to grow better in our future and they also help us to come out from our any type of struggle. It's goona be more gartefull for those people who choose to live in best time in this history.

On this hand, I will pefer to say that this time is best history for to be living. Cause they got freedom and support from thier family and they will enjoyed thier life a lot with family, friend, and with closed one. In this histroy every people has solution for any of the questions they have and also they expirenace a lot in thier past life so will definantlity give us good, better and different solutions.

On the other hand, I also agree with the other time of hisotry were they teach thier child to do everything in limit and also set the boundaries for thier parents respects. Cause this time histroy will do whatever they want to do withour any embarassing feeling and they don't even think once about there parents. They are using social media a lot of time. Not take theire future serious. Doing timepass by passing useing phones, social media and makeing trips with friends. On other time of histroy they have to set a boundaries like after 10 Pm you van't go outside cause it's not safe and I really agree with that time. Cause we also hear lot's of new about the girl rapist. Government was also not support to this type of new they give bail to the rapist person who have punishment of being rapist. So, I totally agree with the other time history but they don't have freedom so that's why i choose to being in this best time of history.

To conclude, I gonna be support to this best time of the history cause they have lot's of good memory and also have freedom, support of thier whole family, haveing a best future and business of the family.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear preference for living in the present, especially in the final sentence, and you offer reasons such as family support, freedom, and access to solutions. You also discuss an earlier period, focusing on stricter boundaries and safety. However, the response only partially fulfils the task: the “other time in history” is not identified as a specific period, and the discussion shifts between past and present without explaining when these conditions existed. Several claims, such as that people in the past respected parents more, are asserted rather than supported with a relevant example. Develop both parts with a precise comparison and explain why the alternative period would be interesting to experience.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, separate discussion paragraphs, and a conclusion, so the reader can recognise its broad structure. You also use signposts such as “On the other hand” and “To conclude.” However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear: the discussion moves from family support to freedom, social media, safety, and government decisions without showing how these points connect. Some linking phrases are inaccurate or repetitive, including “On this hand” and repeated use of “Cause.” References such as “this time” and “other time” do not clearly identify which period you mean. Organise each paragraph around one main idea, use transitions that express the actual relationship between ideas, and make references specific.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “freedom,” “boundaries,” “social media,” and “government,” and you try to express ideas about safety and family relationships. However, the range is limited and several phrases are repeated, while frequent spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to understand. Examples include “best history,” “closed one,” “doing timepass,” and “new about the girl rapist”; these are not natural or precise expressions in this context. Spelling errors such as “hisotry,” “thier,” and “definantlity” also reduce clarity. Build a more accurate set of phrases for comparing historical periods and describing social change, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, including clauses beginning with “who” and “so,” but the range of structures is limited and complex attempts are often faulty. Errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “Were everyone is agreed with this thought” does not form a correct sentence, and “It's goona be more gartefull” has an incorrect verb pattern. In “they will enjoyed thier life,” the modal is followed by the wrong verb form; “Not take theire future serious” is also an incomplete sentence. These errors sometimes make your meaning hard to follow. Practise complete sentence patterns, subject–verb agreement, and the verb forms used after modals, then proofread each sentence.

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