Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

News stories on TV and in newspapers are very often accompanied by pictures.

Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words.

What is your opinion about this?

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

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Undoubtedly, these days news stories on television and news paper are frequently presented with images. It is believed by many that these photos are more effective than words as it provides evident of real situation. In my opinion, pictures and words have equal importance as both are needed to delivered accurate message to public.

It is believed by many that actions speaks louder than words. Pictures give proof of real time situation as well as, allows people to understand the situation more easily. When it comes to natural disasters; many fake news are delivered through social media in order to gain popularity, sometime it gets very difficult to believe; if news is real or fake but when pictures are presented as an evident of situation it gives sense of satisfaction.

As per my prespective, images and words have equal significance as both are need to deliver the complete and accurate information. Words are needed to explain what has happened and what are reasons that results into incident and how severe it is. Every person have their own preception if only picture is given everyone will think as per their own understanding which will result in delivering wrong massage to society. For an instance, when people post picture of any incident on social media without any caption they usually get comments about what has happened. Which means presenting pictures alone are not enough to provide information. Thus, when it comes to news pictures and words have equal value.

Although pictures are use as evident of situation to present the news, the significance of words can not be ignored as news are incomplete and misrepresent without the presence of words.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear: you argue that pictures and words are equally important, and you address the comparison in the prompt. The response gives relevant reasons, including that images can show a real-time situation while words explain causes and severity. The social-media example also supports your point that a picture without a caption can be interpreted in different ways. This covers the task well, but the support is uneven: the point about images helping people judge whether news is real is asserted rather than fully explained, and the example could be more specific. To develop the argument further, explain how a particular news image and its accompanying report work together, while maintaining your balanced position throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction states your view, the body paragraphs present reasons, and the conclusion restates the main point. Ideas generally progress from the value of images to the need for explanatory words. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear. Repeating “It is believed by many” in the opening and “pictures and words have equal” ideas in the conclusion makes the progression feel less developed. Some links between claims also need clarification, such as the move from fake social-media news to pictures providing “a sense of satisfaction.” Use clearer references and explain the relationship between each example and your argument. More focused topic sentences would also help each paragraph develop one main idea.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of vocabulary, including “natural disasters,” “accurate information,” “significance,” and “misrepresent,” which helps communicate the topic and your position. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing. However, noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation errors reduce precision, for example “evident” where “evidence” is intended, “prespective,” “preception,” and “wrong massage.” Some combinations are unnatural, such as “real time situation” and “results into incident.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your main ideas, but they make the expression less controlled. Check spelling carefully and learn common word partnerships for reporting, evidence, and explaining causes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional phrasing such as “if only picture is given” and a relative clause in “which will result in delivering wrong massage to society.” The main argument remains understandable, but some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction recur. For example, “actions speaks” should have a plural verb, “both are need” needs a passive form, and “Every person have” requires subject–verb agreement. The sentence beginning “Which means” is also a fragment, while the long sentence about fake news is difficult to follow because its clauses are not clearly punctuated. Review agreement and sentence boundaries, then proofread complex sentences for complete, well-linked clauses.

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