Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-17

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)

Maintaining a clean surrounding helps brings positive energy, thus, I believe it is essential to keep your home and your workplace tidy. Ensuring that the things are organised and in their corect place helps save a lot of time and increases productivity.

I believe that cleaning your houses regularly helps in keeping a check on pests and insects which boosts ones healthy and life expectancy. Elder people used to teach that cleaning your house once a day keeps the evil spirts away and your mind at ease leading to increased productivity and willingness to work towards your goals. There are people who strongly belive this approach and may suffer from a disease called Obsessive Cleaning Disorder, which makes them extra cautious to clean everything repititively and dirt or disorderliness can cause acute anxiety in them. In some cultures, it is a tradition to do a deep cleaning before celebrating any festival, as it it believed that gods would only enter and bless the family if they live in a clean environment. This ritual has taken many forms and people nowdays link it to being mindful of their space and ensuring it is clutter free to be more efficient.

The theory behind keeping things at their original place after using it was to ensure that others do not face any difficulty because of one individual. Later on, there were theories that claiming a direct connection between release of happy hormones if the place is kept as if no one has ever used it before. However, there are some people who work really well in a messy environment, it is being called "controlled clutter", which helps them focus better.

I strongly belive that a spic and span place invokes a natural healthy environment to lead a postive life. It broadens your horizan to be more efficient and postive as a human being.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the opening and conclusion: you consider tidiness beneficial, especially for saving time, improving productivity and supporting a healthy environment. You also acknowledge a counterpoint by mentioning people who work well in “controlled clutter,” which helps address the issue rather than presenting only one side. However, some supporting points are less fully explained or closely connected to the question. For example, the claims about “evil spirits,” gods entering a clean home and “happy hormones” are introduced without clear evidence or explanation, and the discussion focuses more on homes than workplaces. Develop the practical reasons with specific examples from both settings, and explain how the counterargument affects your overall view.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an overall structure: it states an opinion, develops several supporting points, considers an exception and returns to the main view. Paragraph breaks also help distinguish the discussion of cleaning from the point about clutter. However, progression within the long second paragraph is difficult to follow because health, folk beliefs, anxiety and cultural traditions are placed together without clear links. Some transitions, such as “Later on,” do not clearly show how one idea follows from the previous one, and “However” introduces the clutter point without fully connecting it to the argument. Use shorter, more focused paragraphs and make each one develop a single reason, with linking phrases that show the relationship between claims.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “productivity,” “disorderliness,” “clutter-free” and “controlled clutter.” These choices help express both the benefits of tidiness and the contrasting view. There are also attempts at less common expressions, such as “spic and span” and “broadens your horizon,” but some wording is inaccurate or unnatural: “clean surrounding,” “boosts ones healthy,” and “a natural healthy environment” do not convey the intended meaning precisely. Spelling errors such as “corect,” “belive,” “repititively” and “postive” also reduce accuracy. Choose more natural collocations and check spelling carefully; for instance, use “clean surroundings,” “improves health” and “a healthier environment.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses beginning with “which” and “if,” and most of your meaning remains understandable. Some grammatical errors occur, however. In the opening, “helps brings” combines two verb forms; write “helps bring.” In “after using it,” the pronoun does not clearly match the plural “things,” and “there were theories that claiming” has an incorrect clause structure. There are also agreement and article problems in “if they live in a clean environment” after the singular “family,” and “release of happy hormones.” Review subject–verb agreement, pronoun reference and clause construction, and proofread punctuation: the opening comma after “thus” is unnecessary. More consistently accurate complex sentences would strengthen control.

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