Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-06
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 5.5)
It is usally claim that Using of pictures to accompain the news stories on TV and newspaper are common in these days. In this discourse, I will explicate the reasons behind this as it infulence the interest among the readers and viewers and also give my own clarrifaction on this with suitable example.
There are plentiful reasons for accompaning pictures in news by TV and newespaper. The top notch reason is that it makes the curiosty among users.
By the way of explanation, mostley users skip news in TV and in newespaper too after observe the headline. The pictures makes their interest in news to listen and read until the end. To uphold my notion, here is an perfect example people are observing news and make their interest to explore upto end after watching photos that are used for accompaning the news.
Furthermore, Even this trend is good but there some drawbacks of this trend. Firstly, Some pictures are fake. To explain it, these days many reporters present photos that are made by AI for the eye catching of people and for more views. For instance, Indian and Pakistani media shows most of fake pictures to increase views on their channel. This trend makes number of confilicts between both nations. Thus, tension is making every time on their borders. Secondly, pictures are missguided to people. To prove it, some news channel show advertisements of any particular product, in which they show the excellent quality of product whereas in real quality not meet its standard.
In coclusion, Although there are reasons and benefits of accompaning pictures in news but It's down side can not be neglected as it missguide the people and increase falsecity.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the task only partially. While the student does express an opinion regarding whether pictures are more effective than words in news stories, the ideas are rather limited and under-developed. For example, the notion that pictures create curiosity is stated but supported by repetitive and vague expressions rather than deep elaboration, such as saying 'pepole are observing news and make their interest'. Furthermore, the argument regarding drawbacks introduces specific real-world political examples like Indian and Pakistani media, but these points lack clear extension and drift slightly off the core focus of evaluating the effectiveness of visual media versus text. The position is discernible, but the overall development remains superficial, preventing the response from reaching higher levels where ideas are fully extended and supported.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The essay displays some overall organization with clear paragraph breaks separating the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. However, the progression is sometimes hampered by mechanical or faulty cohesive devices. For instance, transitional phrases like 'By the way of explanation' and 'To uphold my notion, here is an perfect example' are used rather awkwardly. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as the pronoun use in 'Even this trend is good but there some drawbacks of this trend.' While paragraphs are utilized to group related concepts—separating the benefits in the first body paragraph from the drawbacks in the second—the internal flow between sentences often feels disjointed, representing a standard mid-level arrangement of ideas.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items, such as 'explicate', 'curiosity', and 'confilicts', but these are frequently marred by noticeable errors in word choice, spelling, and word formation. Examples include 'usally', 'claim' instead of claimed, 'accompain', 'infulence', 'clarrifaction', 'curiosty', 'newespaper', 'perfect' instead of a, 'missguided', 'coclusion', and 'falsecity'. These lexical errors and incorrect word forms recur throughout the text and occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the profile of a restricted vocabulary range where control over less common lexical items is weak.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer employs a limited range of structures, relying mostly on basic sentence patterns alongside attempts at complex forms that are frequently faulty. There are persistent errors in grammatical structures, verb forms, articles, and agreement. Notable examples include 'Using of pictures to accompain the news stories on TV and newspaper are common', 'pictures makes their interest', 'after observe', 'tension is making every time', and 'It's down side can not be neglected'. The frequent grammatical errors in verb tenses, prepositions, and singular/plural agreement mean that control is inconsistent, often requiring the reader to decode the intended meaning behind faulty structural patterns.
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