Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-08-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say it is important to keep your home and your workplace tidy, with everything organised and in the correct place.

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 6.5)

The Organization of things around work or house play important role in life. Thus, some people believe that organizing things at house or work is significant duty. I absolutely agree with this view and discuss the benefits of organized environment in the upcoming paragraphs.

The numerous causes behind keeping the things organized at house are discussed below. Firstly, it will directly impact the laziness of people. A substantial reason for unorganized environment is the laziness. So, if you start keeping the things organized from morning, it will reduce laziness and amplify the mental fitness. For example, by just organizing bedsheet in morning, significantly increases the activeness and focus of mind. Further, it will help to generate new ideas with active mindset and make us more optimistic towards goals by the organization of things. In this way above are the positive points of organized house environment.

Moreover, merits of organized workplace environment are as follow. First and foremost is that the time management at job. The organization of things leads to time saving in fast-paced work environment. For example, sorting of client papers in the drawers, so that at the time of client meeting will help to save time of finding papers if they are not sorted. Thus, this small time saving will impact your overall performance which will further lead to increase in the productivity of the company. For example, accountants can file more taxes per hour if their client files are organized and easy to access. Hence, it will enhance the profitability of company as more tax filing in less time from above example. The above are benefits of workplace organization.

To conclude, from all above merits of organization I believe that it is equally important to have organization of things whether it is the workplace or house. It will be directly impact your mindset, activeness, fatigue and mental fitness of the person.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response6.5
Coherence and Cohesion6.5
Lexical Resource6.0
Grammatical Range and Accuracy6.0
Overall6.5

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

You have addressed all parts of the task by clearly stating your opinion and providing relevant reasons for both home and workplace organization. Your ideas are relevant and supported by examples, such as the bedsheet example for home and the accountant example for work. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat repetitive, and the explanation of how organization impacts 'laziness' could be more nuanced. To reach a higher band, ensure that your arguments are fully extended rather than restated, and focus on providing a more sophisticated analysis of the benefits.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The essay is logically organized into clear paragraphs, each with a distinct focus. You use basic cohesive devices like 'Firstly', 'Moreover', and 'To conclude' to guide the reader. However, some transitions are mechanical or slightly awkward, such as 'In this way above are the positive points'. Additionally, the referencing is sometimes unclear, particularly when you refer back to previous points using 'the above'. Improving the variety of your linking words and ensuring smoother transitions between sentences would enhance the flow and coherence of your writing.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'fast-paced', 'productivity', and 'profitability' appropriately. However, there are instances of imprecise word choice and awkward phrasing, such as 'impact the laziness' or 'generate new ideas with active mindset'. Some collocations are also slightly unnatural. To improve, focus on using more precise academic vocabulary and ensure that your word choices fit the context of the sentence more naturally. Expanding your range of synonyms will also help avoid repetitive phrasing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text. Common issues include missing articles (e.g., 'at house', 'at job'), subject-verb agreement errors (e.g., 'Organization of things... play important role'), and awkward sentence construction (e.g., 'It will be directly impact'). While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your meaning, they are frequent enough to limit your score. Focus on proofreading for basic articles, prepositions, and verb forms to improve your accuracy.

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