Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-01

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)

In this morden era, where practical skills are vital. There is an argument that schools and universities invest time on for books knowledge on studens of all grads rather than practical skills. I totally agree to this statement and this essar will justifed my opinion with suitable explaintion and example.

Supporting the argument given to this notion. Provide information facts to learner will not helpful for the future career. This is because, for successful career studens needs knowledge of practical skills to get higer pay rate job. If thay learn only facts , ther will be problem in getting better job for career. To cite an example, as per the survey held by Government of Canada more than 20,000 people are facinf issue in getting better job,because of not having practical knowledge.

Explaining some another supporting point, their might be changes of providing wrong facts to the learner. Because, many time facts printed on studey books not fully correct,due to which, students of all grads are learning wrong information. For example, in 2018, students of class10 got failed in History. When government did investigation thay found that many chapers of History content wrong information as a result government had passed the all students by providing gracing. As it was the foult did by thegovernment publications.

In conculsion, providing inform of facts in all levels of education rather than teaching useful skills. I believe that better career and having wrong information which mentioned in paragraphs are strongly supporting my view point.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you state that you totally agree, and both body paragraphs relate to education and practical learning. The examples about employment and inaccurate history textbooks are relevant attempts to support your view. However, the response only partially develops the argument. The first paragraph makes a broad claim that practical skills lead to better jobs, but does not explain which skills schools should teach or how they improve employment prospects. The second paragraph shifts towards incorrect facts in textbooks, which is less directly connected to whether education gives too much time to facts rather than practical skills. Develop the central comparison more fully and explain how practical learning could be incorporated at different educational levels.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and each body paragraph attempts to present a separate supporting point. However, progression between ideas is not always clear. Phrases such as “Supporting the argument given to this notion” and “Explaining some another supporting point” are awkward transitions and do not clearly show how the next point develops the argument. Some references are also unclear, particularly “their might be changes of providing wrong facts,” where the relationship between the claim and the previous paragraph is difficult to follow. The conclusion repeats the main position but does not clearly summarise the argument. Use simpler, more precise links and organise each paragraph around one clearly explained reason.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary related to the topic, including “practical skills,” “career,” “investigation” and “government publications,” and the reader can generally identify your intended subject. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling errors make parts difficult to understand. For example, “invest time on for books knowledge” and “providing inform of facts” are not natural expressions, while “gracing” appears to mean “gracing” or “grace” in the context of passing students. Frequent misspellings such as “morden,” “studens” and “conculsion” also reduce clarity. Build a bank of accurate topic phrases, such as “academic knowledge,” “hands-on experience” and “develop employable skills,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences with reasons and examples, but the range of structures is limited and complex sentences are often faulty. The opening fragment, “In this morden era, where practical skills are vital,” is not a complete sentence. There are also recurring problems with sentence construction and agreement, as in “for successful career studens needs knowledge,” and with articles and plurals in “many chapers of History content wrong information.” Punctuation is inconsistent, with spaces before commas and some sentences joined or separated awkwardly. These errors sometimes make the intended relationships between ideas hard to follow. Practise building complete subject–verb sentences first, then add subordinate clauses using “because,” “although” and “for example.”

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