Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people think it's better to choose friends who always have the same opinions as them. Other people believe it's good to have friends who sometimes disagree with them.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Some people prefer having like-minded friends who always share same opinions. While others believe that friends who carry difference of opinion more valuable. In my opinion, the friend who always agrees with your opinion limits your growth. So its better to make friends who sometimes disagree with you.

Some people consider those friends who always agree with them. From their point of view, communication become much more convenient with like-minded people. They can share their ideas more openly, discuss their plans and build meaningful conversations with their friends. For example, if two close companions decided to pursue a same goal like, studying the sane degree, building same career, they can communicate more effectively as they share same motives. In this way, they can grow together and become successful.

Conversely, having a friend who sometime disagree with you enforces you to think otherwise. Such friends will always confronts your actions if they see your actions will harm you. They use their own life experiences to guide you to make better decisions for yourself. Moreover, if there is no difference of opinion among friends there is no charm in their friendship. For example, friends laugh, eat and play together in a playful manner and there is always friendly competition among them. If they all agree to a same point they will get bored after sometime. So to keep this spirit alive these should be a disagreement on a lighter note.

In conclusion, friends with same thoughts, goals and behaviour progress together. While those who disagree with you pushes you forward. Having friends adds flavour to life and having lighter disagreement among them is cherry on top.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address both views and make your own position clear: you argue that friends who sometimes disagree encourage personal growth. The discussion of like-minded friends is relevant, especially the example of companions pursuing the same degree or career, and the opposing view is supported with points about guidance and friendly competition. This meets the task well overall. However, some ideas are more fully explained than others: the claim that disagreement adds “charm” and prevents boredom is asserted rather than clearly connected to the benefits of friendship. The conclusion also introduces “same thoughts, goals and behaviour” without resolving how these friends’ benefits compare with your preferred kind. Develop each reason with a clearer explanation or specific example to make the argument more consistently convincing and complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, one paragraph for each view, and a conclusion. The progression from convenience and shared goals to challenge and personal growth is easy to follow, and signposts such as “Conversely” and “In conclusion” help readers navigate the argument. This shows a coherent structure, though some connections are mechanical or unclear. For instance, “In this way” links shared motives to success without explaining the steps between them, while “So to keep this spirit alive” refers somewhat vaguely to the preceding ideas. The conclusion’s contrast beginning “While those who disagree with you” is also a sentence fragment, which interrupts the flow. Use more precise referencing and connect examples explicitly to the point they support.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including phrases such as “like-minded,” “meaningful conversations,” “life experiences,” and “friendly competition.” These choices help express both the benefits of agreement and disagreement. You also attempt more expressive language, such as “adds flavour to life” and “cherry on top,” although the latter is informal for this essay and the imagery is not fully integrated into the argument. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “carry difference of opinion,” “enforces you to think otherwise,” and “a same point.” There are also spelling errors such as “sane degree” and “sometime” where “sometimes” is intended. Aim for more natural collocations and check spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex forms, including conditional clauses (“if two close companions decided…”) and relative clauses (“friends who sometimes disagree with you”). Meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain and occasionally make relationships between ideas less clear. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “communication become” and “these friends… pushes,” as well as “Such friends will always confronts,” where the verb form does not match the modal. Articles and sentence construction also need attention: “studying the same degree” and “there should be a disagreement” are not formed accurately, and “While those who disagree with you pushes you forward” is an incomplete clause. Practise checking agreement, articles, and complete sentence boundaries, while retaining your attempts at varied structures.

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