Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills.

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Education is the act of learning which involves many areas of life.

Many people are of the opinion that learning from primary school to tertiary institution takes a lot of time. I strongly agree with them .

The process of education involved from primary school to the universities of a truth takes to much time ' This process tend to cover a lot in the curriculum, this makes it to take more than sixteen years to graduate from the university. Primary school takes six years, secondary takes six years, while the university varies between five to eight years to accomplish.

Half of the time put into theoritical llearning , if ploughed into practical learning will bring better output in handing crafts and employment to the populace.Six years apprenticeship programme for many will flood the market with greater employment and food on the table

The resources put in theoritical learning if converted to craft will empower a bigger multitude. The money used to train twenty people in theoritical learning can support one hundred people to acquire practical knowledge.

The capital involved in capacity building for theoritical learning is far more than that for practical learning

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

Your position is clear: “I strongly agree,” and you give relevant reasons about the time devoted to theoretical study, employment, and the cost of education. However, the response addresses the issue only partially. The prompt asks whether too much time is spent learning facts and too little on practical skills, but much of your discussion instead argues that education takes too many years and that practical training is cheaper. The claims about apprenticeship and resources are not explained with a specific example or enough reasoning to show how they support your position. The response is also below the required 250 words. Develop the comparison between factual learning and practical skills directly, and support each reason with a concrete example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some basic organisation: it begins with a position, then presents separate paragraphs about the duration of education, employment, and costs. This gives the reader a general sense of the points you want to make. However, the overall progression is not consistently clear: the first body paragraph focuses on how long education lasts, while later paragraphs shift to employment and funding without showing how these points connect to the question about facts versus practical skills. Connections between ideas are also limited, and the final paragraph repeats the cost argument rather than drawing the discussion together. Use a clearer sequence of reasons, link each paragraph explicitly to your position, and add a concluding sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “curriculum,” “theoretical learning,” “practical learning,” “apprenticeship programme,” and “capacity building.” These terms show an attempt to discuss education and employment beyond very basic language. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear, such as “better output in handing crafts,” “flood the market with greater employment,” and “theoretical learning” where you appear to mean academic or classroom-based study. Spelling errors such as “theoritical” and “llearning” also reduce accuracy. Choose more precise expressions and check spelling; for example, explain that practical training can develop job-ready skills or improve employment prospects.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You communicate your main position and several supporting points, but the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to affect clarity. For example, “The process of education involved from primary school to the universities of a truth takes to much time” has an unclear structure and faulty verb construction. In “This process tend to cover,” the subject and verb do not agree, while “if ploughed into practical learning will bring” lacks a clear grammatical subject. Punctuation and spacing are also inconsistent, including the space before the full stop in “them .” and the misplaced apostrophe after “time.” Practise building complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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