Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-23

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)

There is a debate running in the society about the best time of living. Some people are mentioning that now is the best time in history to be living because of the technology and availability of services such as health care, protection from authorities. In my opinion, I believe it is the best time to live because of facilities. Apart from this i am intrested to live when the India is ruled by the mughal empire.

Major of people are believe present generation are the best time in the perodic history to live. The services which we are getting is more helpful. One of the main reason is budget health care. A person get high level of treatment if any emergency happens and there is a cure for most of the dieases compare to ancient times. Hence, reciving high level of treatment with low cost. So, people can stay happy with their family members. Secondaly, The technology makes people to live comfortably. If a person need an item they can book it on online and arrive in an hour. It made person to be stressfree when there is an emergency product.

There is a period called mughal empire, some people state that those times are best time to live. Especially, the food which they consume is unfetilized products which make them to stay healthy and fit. As a result, It made people to stay active and healthy for long period of time.

In conclusion, Althouh people are eating unfetilized food and stayed fit and healthy n mughal empire period. In my opinion, current people are living their best time in the history because of Services and technology available.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you state that the present is the best time to live and identify the Mughal Empire as another period you would find interesting. Your reasons—health care and convenient technology today, and food in the Mughal period—are relevant, but they are not developed equally. The present-day examples are clearer, although the claim that online delivery helps in an emergency needs explanation. The Mughal discussion focuses on supposedly unfertilized food and health, rather than explaining why you personally would find that historical period interesting; this also needs support or qualification. The conclusion repeats your position but does not resolve these gaps. Develop each reason with a specific example and explain the personal appeal of the other era.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the present and the Mughal period, and a conclusion. This makes the main line of argument reasonably easy to follow. You also use signposts such as “One of the main reason,” “Secondaly,” and “In conclusion” to indicate stages in the discussion. However, some links are mechanical, and the relationship between ideas is not always clear: “Hence, reciving high level of treatment with low cost” is a fragment, while “So, people can stay happy” does not fully explain the preceding point. The final paragraph repeats earlier claims rather than drawing them together. Use complete sentences and clearer cause-and-effect links, and connect the historical example more directly to the question.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “health care,” “treatment,” “technology,” and “Mughal empire.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “high level of treatment” and “emergency product.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear, which sometimes makes the reader pause. Examples include “best time of living,” “budget health care,” and “unfertilized products”; the intended meanings could be expressed more naturally and precisely. Spelling errors such as “intrested,” “dieases,” and “Secondaly” are also noticeable. Build a wider set of accurate phrases for discussing historical periods, medical access, and convenience, and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a conditional structure in “If a person need an item they can book it on online” and a contrast in the conclusion. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction occur frequently enough to affect clarity. For example, “Major of people are believe” has an incorrect verb pattern, while “The services which we are getting is more helpful” has a subject–verb agreement problem. “Hence, reciving high level of treatment with low cost” is not a complete sentence. Practise forming complete clauses, matching verbs to their subjects, and using articles and prepositions accurately. Proofreading each sentence for these patterns would make your ideas easier to understand.

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