Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-01

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 6.5)

According to few members of the society, today's period is the best time to live in. I agree with the statement due to increasing technological advancement into the payment method in nowadays. A decade ago, when the infrastructral development was in it peak level, was also to be considered the facinating era to be lived in.

One key reason, why few individuals are considered nowadays as the best time is the increasing technological advancement into the payment method. Few years ago, society were using the cash as their payment mode. As a result, many of the big theft events happened, and people of the nation were more willing not to pay the taxes. For that reasons, people were afraid to loosing their hardcore money. Also, country's growth was affected as well, due to less taxes was collected. In recent times, the online payment methods is introduced, such as paypal, google pay, and paytm. Due to advancement into the payment method, individuals do not need to carry cash with them to purchase a product. Considering this, people feel safe while they are going out for the shopping. Furthermore, government is now able to track the incomes and outcomes of their money source. So, less corruption in the tax collection is seeing. For example, a research conducted in the India shows 70 percent of the theft event decreased and 50 percent more tax is collected, due to people are more using the online method for purchasing the product rather than using cash.

When the society saw the infrastructual boom 10 years ago, they considered it as the good time to live as well. Govenement launched so many policies regarding the increment of the airports and the railway station, highway increment projects, intercity trams, in the country. Those policies helped individuals to travel into the cities, into the country and international travel easy, fast and cheaper. Furthermore, Due to the advancement into the tranportational infrastructure, more worldwide tourist have been showed interest to travel their country. It helped the tourism sector of the nation as well because of the easy, safe and cheap travel, developed the interest of the visiting different places into the mmbers of the society. For instance, after developed many transportational infrastructures, 40 percent of people in the country were more interested to visit the different places and explore the beauty world as well as their own nation.

In conclusion, The best era of living will be changing for the society based on the positive development they will see in the future.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: the opinion on the current era and an alternative historical period. However, the development is somewhat uneven. The focus on digital payments is relevant but narrow, and the second body paragraph regarding the 'infrastructural boom' is slightly confusing as it frames a decade ago as a distinct era. The position is clear, but the supporting arguments could be more sophisticated. The conclusion is brief and does not fully synthesize the points made. To improve, ensure that the historical period chosen is distinct and that the arguments are more clearly linked to the prompt's requirement for a broader perspective on 'history'.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The essay is organized into logical paragraphs, and there is a clear progression of ideas. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Furthermore', 'For instance', and 'In conclusion', though some are used mechanically or with slight errors (e.g., 'For that reasons'). Paragraphing is appropriate, with each section focusing on a specific theme. However, the referencing is occasionally unclear, and the flow between sentences could be smoother. The use of linking words is generally effective, but the essay would benefit from a wider variety of cohesive devices to improve the overall flow and connectivity between ideas.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.5

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, allowing the student to express ideas clearly. There are attempts to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'infrastructural development', 'technological advancement', and 'corruption'. However, there are several instances of awkward word choice and collocation errors, such as 'hardcore money', 'beauty world', and 'incomes and outcomes of their money source'. Spelling errors like 'infrastructral', 'facinating', 'Govenement', and 'tranportational' also occur. To reach a higher band, the student should focus on more precise word choices and ensure correct spelling of academic and technical terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While the meaning is generally clear, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with articles ('the India', 'the society'), subject-verb agreement ('society were using', 'less corruption... is seeing'), and prepositional usage. Some sentences are clunky, such as 'A decade ago, when the infrastructral development was in it peak level, was also to be considered the facinating era'. These errors do not typically impede communication, but they are frequent enough to prevent a higher score. Increasing the variety of error-free complex structures would significantly improve the score.

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