Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-20

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)

Nowadays, several individulas believe that now is the best time in history to be living. I agree with this statement as nowadays everything is so convienent all around the world and also advacment technology helps number of people but in past time individuals have own benefits as maintaning their health and also live their life peacefully and I will discuss in upcoming paragraphs.

To begin with, there are several brenefits nowadays for people to live best life. Firstly, due to advancement in technology, several people coomunicate on phone. To expand it, nowadays several people move abroad through which people call or videocall to their family, friends to not feel isolated and also helps to maintain good relationship between with them as compared to in past time people send the letters and it take around a month to received to their family and friends. As a result, it helps in mainting good bond between relations. Secondly, due to online shopping applications, people can buy anything in reasonable price. For example, in several nations, today's era use online shopping applications to find the item in reasonable price and also have so many options to buy anything in a day without going outside. Thus, it saves the time and also money which helps in growth and develpoment of nation.

On the other hand, some people think that other time in history would be interesting to live as people have less stress and also live peacefully. To explain it, in past days, people work in their own fields and do work in their own way through which they do not have any pressure of work and live happy life. As a consquence, people feel peaceful and live the best life. Moreover, in past era, no traffic congestions are there. To expand it, in past era, there was less cars, less buses and also less croweded on the road through which there is no impact on envirnoment and also people fell the fresh air during that time. Hence, they lived for longtime by not having bad quality air.

In the conclusion, I belive that nowadays people live best life as individuals can do anything and also buy anything at home as compared to past time. But, in past era, people live peacefully and had less pollution at that times.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task, expressing an agreement that the present is the best time to live and discussing a past era (peaceful living with less stress and pollution) as an interesting alternative. The position is clear throughout the essay. However, the ideas are somewhat repetitive and lack deeper extension, particularly in the body paragraphs where points like technology and online shopping are generalized. While the content is relevant, the development remains basic, pulling the score toward Band 6. To reach higher bands, the student needs to provide more specific, fully elaborated examples rather than repeating similar justifications for convenience and peacefulness.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is coherent overall with a clear, recognizable structure featuring an introduction, two distinct body paragraphs focusing on the respective prompt questions, and a brief conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate ideas. However, cohesion is often mechanical and repetitive, relying heavily on transitional phrases like 'To begin with', 'To expand it', 'Secondly', and 'As a result'. Furthermore, referencing is occasionally imprecise, and logical progression within paragraphs is hindered by run-on sentences and repetitive sentence structures. This places the performance firmly in the Band 6 category, as the organizational framework is logical even though cohesive devices are applied mechanically.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range to communicate basic ideas related to technology, shopping, and historical living conditions. However, there are numerous spelling errors throughout the text, including 'individulas', 'convienent', 'advacment', 'maintaning', 'brenefits', 'coomunicate', 'develpoment', 'consquence', 'congestions', 'croweded', and 'envirnoment'. While these errors do not severely impede communication, their frequency prevents the score from rising above Band 5. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'advancement in technology' and 'traffic congestions', but the persistent spelling inaccuracies and limited lexical flexibility reflect a Band 5 descriptor profile.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, though the sentences are frequently overly long and grammatically tangled. For instance, the opening sentence is a massive run-on: 'I agree with this statement as nowadays everything is so convienent all around the world and also advacment technology helps number of people but in past time individuals have own benefits as maintaning their health and also live their life peacefully and I will discuss in upcoming paragraphs.' There are noticeable errors in verb tenses, articles, and prepositions throughout the text (e.g., 'in past time', 'take around a month to received', 'no traffic congestions are there'). Although the writer attempts complex structures, they are often faulty, and frequent errors cause some difficulty, justifying a Band 5 score.

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