Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-29
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
The growth of online shopping will one day lead to all shops in towns and cities closing.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
Nowadays, online shopping plays an significant role in the daily life. E-commerce shopping will lead to all shops in towns and cities one day. I definetly agree with the given statement that internet plays a crucial role in online shopping and its very easy to gain things at home. In next paragraphs, i will give relevant examples of growth of online shopping.
I will totally agree that online shopping will destroy all retailer in towns and cities under following examples. Online shopping will be easy to catch anything at home and will be delivered at home on real time and also have many options to like cash on delivery,upi payment and netbanking.Also have many option things that you can buy anythings from online app like Amazon, flipkart, Ajio etc. E-commerce have many option of that we will be seen on laptop and mobiles and choose whatever you want and different styles, color, size and different brands. In the 10 years online shopping will invest more due to the social media and profit percentage will also increases.
On otherside, village and urban area shop have not sufficient options of color, size and brands. It has a limited options of choosing things. Furthermore, in town and cities have not enough things to buy and sale. So, i prefer the online shopping for various things that i can buy.
In conclusion, many people prefer online shopping while other choose residential shops, But in recent world online shopping percentage has increasing rapidly but the town ration decreases. people living in the town have prefer most of their residential shop. At the end, i agree with the given statement.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student addresses the prompt by expressing a clear, albeit repetitive, position that online shopping will eventually lead to the closure of physical retail shops. However, the development of ideas is limited. Phrases like 'Online shopping will be easy to catch anything at home' and the listing of payment options and apps ('Amazon, flipkart, Ajio') lack deep elaboration and rely on repetition rather than extending arguments with well-reasoned points. The third paragraph attempts to contrast urban and village areas, but the expression is somewhat confusing ('town and cities have not enough things to buy and sale'). While all parts of the task are addressed, the support remains underdeveloped, aligning closely with the Band 5 descriptor.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is organized into paragraphs, attempting an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the overall progression is disjointed. Transition markers such as 'In next paragraphs', 'On otherside', and 'At the end' are somewhat mechanical or misused. Furthermore, referencing is frequently unclear; for instance, 'E-commerce have many option of that we will be seen on laptop and mobiles' creates ambiguity and disrupts the logical flow. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of ideas lacks clear thematic progression, particularly in the conclusion where the student contradicts themselves regarding whether people prefer residential shops or online shopping. These cohesive faults place the essay at Band 5.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently reusing terms like 'online shopping', 'options', 'home', and 'town and cities'. There are noticeable word-choice and collocation errors, such as 'gain things at home', 'catch anything at home', and 'town ration decreases'. The student attempts to use less common items like 'E-commerce' and payment methods, but spelling and morphological errors ('definetly', 'retailer' instead of retailers, 'upaid' implicitly suggested by 'upi payment') restrict the range. Vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey a basic message, which corresponds to a Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The text contains a very limited range of structures. Most sentences are simple or poorly constructed attempts at complex forms that result in grammatical errors. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('internet plays... and its very easy', 'E-commerce have'), preposition misuse ('in towns and cities one day' missing verbs, 'on otherside'), and tense confusion ('percentage has increasing rapidly'). Punctuation and capitalization are also erratic (e.g., lowercase 'i', missing apostrophes). Frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the text from reaching a Band 6.
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