Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-20

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 6.0)

In this contemporary epoch, people are very busy in their day-to day life and they do not have time to organise their house and workplace. According to some people it is essential to keep house and work-station neat and organised. I completely agree with this statement because orgainsed places create positive and beautiful environment, also reduce the chances of accidents and save time.

To begin with, it is very important to main house and office space well maintained in order to create positive and stunning atmostphere. When the place, where someone spends most of their time, is fully maintained, it creates positive vibes.The pleasent atmostphere of the place that eventually help people to enlighted their mood in adition to increase their work productivity. For example, many studies found that more the work place appealing, more the better performance of workers. Hence, above points prove well maintained places leaves positive impression on people.

Another significant reason is that tidy places mitigate risk of accidents at the work place and reduce the chances of time waste. Messy place can cause accidents such as fall down or spill tea or coffee on documents. When the things are not on right place, it is very difficult and time consuming process to find them when needed. On the other hand, in an organised office files and staionary is visible to everyone and easy to locate. For example, a worker do not need to look their surrounding for a pen if it is placed on right place. Ultimately, these small things help to reduce time waste events at work place.

In Summary, I entirely agree that house and workplace should be clean and organised propely, because this help to maintain a positive work environment and decline the chances of small accidents at home and office.

AI examiner evaluation

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

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response addresses all parts of the prompt by stating a clear position ('I completely agree with this statement') and providing supporting reasons, such as creating a positive environment, reducing accidents, and saving time. The ideas are extended and supported with relevant explanations and examples, such as the mention of studies on workplace appeal and avoiding minor spills or misplacement of items. The position is maintained throughout the essay, and the main arguments are sufficiently developed to meet the requirements of Band 6.5 to 7.0. While some arguments could be explored in greater depth, the response effectively covers the core elements of the task without any significant omissions.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay displays a clear logical organisation and overall progression. It is divided into an introduction, two body paragraphs featuring distinct supporting points, and a summary conclusion. Cohesive devices are used adequately to connect ideas, such as 'To begin with', 'Another significant reason is that', 'On the other hand', and 'In Summary'. However, referencing and transitions are at times slightly mechanical, and minor mechanical errors in paragraph linking prevent it from reaching a higher band. Paragraphing is used appropriately, with each paragraph focusing on a specific central topic, ensuring the essay remains coherent and easy to follow throughout.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common lexical items such as 'contemporary epoch', 'stunning atmosphere', and 'mitigate risk'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice inaccuracies throughout the text, such as 'orgainsed' instead of 'organised', 'main' instead of 'maintain', 'atmostphere' instead of 'atmosphere', 'enlighted' instead of 'elevate' or 'brighten', 'adition' instead of 'addition', and 'propely' instead of 'properly'. Despite these errors, the vocabulary used is sufficient to convey the intended meaning without severely impeding communication, aligning with the descriptors for Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating attempts at varied structures such as relative clauses and conditional-style reasoning ('When the place, where someone spends most of their time, is fully maintained, it creates positive vibes'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, including missing articles ('in order to create positive and stunning atmostphere'), incorrect verb forms ('help people to enlighted'), subject-verb agreement issues ('more the work place appealing, more the better performance'), and preposition errors ('placed on right place' instead of 'in the right place'). While these errors are noticeable, they rarely impede overall communication, placing the response firmly at Band 6.0.

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