Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-08-26
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 5.5)
Arranging items in the house and companies is very important for everyone, it shows the good manner. Some individual think that , home and work area should be neat and clean or well organized. I believe that, the above mentioned is a good practice for people, i will elaborate more in upcoming paragraphs.
The first crucial benefit of organization things is time saving. To explain, in this era people are working and they have limited time for searching the things if its not managing in proper ways. People can easily find the items in the home while they are going to jobs, by this way they can save their time and reach to job at time. For example, researcher prove that60% people in the world who keep their homes tidy and are able to get the items in the home, but 40% are lazy and they are unable to get the imported papers, documents and other things in the homes and workplace.
The second importance is attractive and give pleasure. If living area and work area is near and clean, its provides pleasant to people and out siders. In the companies if rooms are tidy and everything is well maintained then its attracts to staff and other co worker which will leads to increase the work efficiency. Examplify, if our homes are messy they no body want to stay at home, even family members feels unpleasant. Its awkward for relatives when they come suddenly at home.
To conclude, there are lots of advantange if people clean their homes and workplaces.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt by expressing a clear opinion that tidiness is beneficial. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. While you mention time-saving and aesthetic pleasure, the supporting arguments are repetitive and rely on unsupported claims, such as the specific percentages regarding 'lazy' people. To reach a higher band, you should provide more nuanced examples and ensure that your arguments are fully explored rather than just stated. The conclusion is also very brief and does not effectively summarise the main points discussed in the body paragraphs.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is organised into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the structure. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or inaccurate. For example, 'Examplify' is used incorrectly as a transition, and phrases like 'the above mentioned' are awkward. The progression of ideas within paragraphs is sometimes disjointed, particularly in the second paragraph where the transition between time-saving and the statistics provided is unclear. Improving the variety and accuracy of linking words would significantly enhance the flow of your writing.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task but lacks the precision and range required for higher bands. There are several instances of word-choice errors, such as 'organization things' instead of 'organizing things' and 'its provides pleasant' instead of 'it provides pleasure'. You rely on basic vocabulary and struggle with collocations, such as 'searching the things' or 'imported papers' (likely meaning 'important'). To improve, focus on learning word families and common collocations to express your ideas more naturally and accurately.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede clarity. Common issues include subject-verb agreement ('researcher prove', 'family members feels'), incorrect article usage, and punctuation errors, such as the unnecessary comma after 'I believe that'. The use of 'its' instead of 'it is' or 'it's' is a recurring error. While the meaning is generally understandable, the high frequency of these errors prevents the essay from reaching a higher band. Focus on proofreading for basic subject-verb agreement and verb tense consistency.
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