Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-14

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 5.5)

Having more skills is an advantage nowadays in this world, every individual have their own skills and they have mastered their own way of their specialty. However, humans have their opinion that every different step of schooling includes so much of time of an person only on learning about some facts which make them hard to focus on practical skills from daily life. Whereas as far as I can see i believe, that this is really a true statement which I will be describing in the following passages.

To begin with, there are various levels of studies, every one goes to school and always keep on learning the facts that are written in the books while those things only some times got used in real life. Initially, students studies about the wide group of studies then after they finishes their high school they more to colleges or huge courses where they studies little narrow in number of subjects but very deeply. Which somehow improve their knowledge but they still lacks when it comes to practical things. For example, in schools a child learn about different formulas whereas if they use those same method in real life to cut some piece of wood, piece of sheet to make cone they will not understand until they use that formulas themself.

further more, students learn about rules in different sports but they cannot implement and will not be able to understand those rules and regulations in particular game till the till students will not play the sports. along with this having too much of scoring good marks in the schools, children are forgetting to learn practical skills and indulge with their parents in daily life routine.

to conclude, doing too much studies even in schools or in universities children are loosing the chance of learning some daily life required skills which can benefit them to make their life more easier. All in all I agree with this statement.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that education gives too much attention to facts and not enough to practical skills. You address the issue across schooling, and the examples about applying mathematical formulas to making objects and learning sports rules through playing are relevant. These examples help explain why practical experience matters. However, some points are more fully developed than others: the discussion of sports and parents’ daily routines is brief, and the essay does not explain in detail how schools or universities could provide more practical learning. To strengthen the response, extend each main idea with a specific consequence or example, and make the link between factual study and limited practical ability explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction states your view, the body gives examples, and the conclusion restates your agreement. Phrases such as “To begin with,” “For example,” and “to conclude” help signal the stages of the argument. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. The sports point begins with “further more” but is not clearly linked to the preceding example, while “along with this” introduces another idea without explaining its relationship to the argument. Several long sentences also combine multiple points, making progression harder to follow. Use separate paragraphs for distinct reasons, and connect each example directly to the claim it supports. Clearer referencing would also help readers follow who “they” refers to.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main ideas, including “practical skills,” “formulas,” “rules and regulations,” and “daily life.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “narrow in number of subjects,” although this phrasing is not natural. Repetition of general words such as “skills,” “things,” and “learn” limits precision, and several word-choice or spelling errors make parts less fluent, for example “specialty,” “loosing,” and “more easier.” Aim to use accurate collocations and vary repeated terms: for instance, describe “hands-on experience” or “real-world applications.” Proofreading spelling and choosing natural phrases will make your meaning easier to grasp.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “whereas” and “whereas if,” and the overall meaning is usually understandable. However, some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction remain. For example, “every individual have” should be “every individual has,” and “students studies” should be “students study.” In “they finishes their high school,” the subject and verb do not agree, while “a person” needs the correct article in the opening paragraph. Some sentences are also joined in ways that obscure their structure, particularly the sentence beginning “Initially, students studies…”. Practise building shorter, complete sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking subject–verb agreement and punctuation.

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