Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-24
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)
According to some people recent time is great for the living in history and this is true according to my point of view. There are some other timezone would be interesting, too which will be described in the upcoming paragraphs.
First and the formost reason of my view is, it makes human work easy. To, elaborate this, current era is technological era because of this each and evry single work done by the technology. Such as, hand free vacuum machine, dish washer, ebooks and many more things which are not only make work easy but it aslo save individual time. Furthermore, it enhance knowledge about vivide culture or rituals. To explain this, nowadays in most of the companies hire diffrent employees from diffrent culture. Thus, everyone get a chance to work with these workers and they get opportunity to know about their way of life, festivals and all. These are some points which I feel this is the best time in history to be living.
However, during nineteen centuary history was very surprising as well as intresting. In that time people use to work in farms even that was the only source of the income. Additionally, woman made food without stove with the help of wood and in sicence it has huge benefits like, it gives you good amount of fiber,iron but the process was time cunsuming.
To sum up, according to me today life is time saving and smarter than past decade because in that time people do not have any technology and every work required lot of time such as cooking.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt: giving an opinion on whether the present is the best time in history to live, and selecting another interesting historical period, which in this case is the nineteenth century. The writer presents a clear position throughout the essay, supporting ideas with examples such as modern appliances like 'hand free vacuum machine' and 'dish washer', and contrasting them with nineteenth-century agricultural life. However, some ideas are somewhat basic or under-developed, particularly the explanation regarding the nineteenth century where the link between wood-stoves and fiber/iron benefits is slightly unclear. Overall, the task is adequately answered, fitting comfortably within the Band 6 descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct points, such as the advantages of the modern era versus the historical comparison. However, cohesion is at times mechanical or faulty, seen in transitions like 'First and the formost reason' and repetitive phrasing such as 'To elaborate this' and 'To explain this'. Referencing is generally clear, but the logical progression between sentences occasionally stumbles due to awkward phrasing and abrupt shifts, placing this criterion at Band 5.5.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the writer to express basic ideas about technology and daily life. There are attempts to use less common vocabulary, such as 'technological era', 'vivide culture', and 'rituals', but these are accompanied by noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including 'formost', 'evry', 'hand free', 'vivide', and 'diffrent'. While these errors do not severely impede communication, they restrict the lexical score. The range is minimally sufficient to convey the intended meaning, aligning with Band 5.0 descriptors.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and subordinate structures like 'because of this each and evry single work done by the technology'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in article usage, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, such as 'recent time is great for the living in history' and 'woman made food without stove'. Complex structures frequently contain errors, which can cause some difficulty for the reader, though the meaning usually remains retrievable, warranting a Band 5.0.
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