Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-05
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 5.5)
In this era, there is huge difference between living standard of people. Though, supporter of this opinion says that current time is best for living then past some decades. In my perspective, I believe that living style of this generation is far more better due to technology and new invention. In upcoming time ,Living life will become more joyful and more comfortable, When the crime in the country will finish.This essay will explain about living experience below.
To commence with, Technology has taken over the world and it provides comfort and saves a lot of time. To elaborate, before farmers was doing the farming with hard work with the help of buffalows. Which consumes huge amount of time, but machinery like tractor or farming equipments made it easy. Moreover, they had to spent number of hours to cover few kilometers, however now they can commute to one place to another within few minutes with the help of buses,cars, bikes, etc. Thus living in current time is more beneficial than past.
I believe in future, life will be more best and joyful to live in future when the crime will be finish. to explict this, Althiugh, life is more easy due to technology, but the crime rate is at its peak and people live in fear. Nowadays, people tries to make money in short time so they attempt to rob bank or individuals ,In addition, many drug addicteds snatch or steal money and they sometimes try to attack on peoples, when someone try to stop them. Higher authorities should take strict action on it. This will take Huge time to clear the crime from the country. Then individuals can live happily together and spend their life comfortably.
To concclude, Present time is much more better than past to live due to avaiblity of new technology . Neverthless, I believe future will become more best then today when the government will finish the crime by taking initial mecessary steps.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses both parts of the prompt: the opinion on the current era and the interest in a future time. However, the development is somewhat uneven. While the benefits of technology are discussed, the second part of the prompt—which asks about a different time in history—is misinterpreted as a request to discuss the 'future'. This is a significant misunderstanding of the task requirements. The position is clear, but the ideas are often repetitive, particularly regarding crime and technology, which limits the depth of the argument. To improve, ensure you carefully distinguish between 'history' (the past) and the 'future' when prompted.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The essay is organized into paragraphs, but the flow is often mechanical. While cohesive devices like 'To commence with' and 'To conclude' are used, they are sometimes applied incorrectly or awkwardly, such as 'to explict this'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the transition between ideas within paragraphs is sometimes abrupt. The logical progression is hindered by the repetitive nature of the arguments. Improving the variety of linking words and ensuring that each paragraph has a clear, singular focus would help the essay flow more naturally and improve the overall structure.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task but lacks precision and variety. There are several instances of word-choice errors and non-standard collocations, such as 'living style of this generation is far more better' (should be 'much better') and 'drug addicteds' (should be 'drug addicts'). The range is somewhat limited, relying on basic descriptors like 'huge' and 'joyful'. To reach a higher band, you should focus on using more sophisticated vocabulary and ensuring that words are used in their correct grammatical form and context.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but accuracy is inconsistent. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement ('people tries', 'farmers was doing'), article usage, and punctuation. Additionally, there are issues with sentence fragments and run-on sentences, such as 'In upcoming time ,Living life will become more joyful and more comfortable, When the crime in the country will finish.' These errors are noticeable and occasionally cause the reader to pause, though they do not completely impede communication. Focusing on basic grammatical accuracy and proofreading for sentence boundaries would significantly improve the score.
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