Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-28
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 5.5)
People have different opinions about choose friends. Some people prefer that who always have the similar opinions with them. While others thinks that it's good to have friends who different opinion with us. I agree with these views because both side are very importen for strong relationship.I discuss both side in this essay and give relevant examples.
On the one hand, having friends with similar opinion has several advantages. Such friends can understand our feeling and support our decisions. They often have same the same interests and enjoy doing similar activities together. For example, if two friend like reading books and playing sports together, they spend quality time together and built a strong relationship and friendship make more comfortable.
On the other hand, friends who some time disagreewith us can also be very helpful. Theu can show us different ways of thinking and help us make better decisions. If we make a mistake, an honest friends will explan the problem instead always agreeing with us. For instance, if student choose unsuitable career, a friends with different opinion may suggest a better option. As a resutl, we can improve our knowledge and learn from our mistakes.
To sum up, although, friends with similar opinion an provied comfort and support, I believe that who friends sometime disagree with us more beneficial because they help us grow and make wiser decisions. From my perspactive we have both kind of friends .
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You address both views and give a personal preference: the essay explains how similar-minded friends offer understanding and shared activities, while friends who disagree can offer new perspectives and advice. The career-choice example supports the second view, and the conclusion makes your preference clear. However, the opening says “I agree with these views,” which makes your position less precise before the conclusion clarifies it. Several points are asserted rather than fully explained, especially how shared interests build a strong relationship. The response is also 12 words below the required minimum, so there is limited space to develop the comparison and examples. Add a little more explanation and state your position consistently from the introduction onward.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, one paragraph for each view, and a conclusion. “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “To sum up” help readers follow the main stages. The examples are placed with the relevant arguments, which supports the progression. However, some linking is mechanical, and the opening’s “I agree with these views” does not connect clearly with the more definite preference in the conclusion. Within the first body paragraph, the final sentence combines several ideas, making the relationship between shared activities and friendship less clear. Use clearer sentence boundaries and refer back to each view explicitly when comparing them.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “support our decisions,” “different ways of thinking,” and “make wiser decisions.” These phrases help distinguish the benefits of each type of friendship. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors make the writing less natural, such as “similar opinions with them,” “strong relationship and friendship make more comfortable,” and “from my perspactive.” Some words are repeated frequently, particularly “friends,” “opinion,” and “different.” Build a wider set of accurate expressions for agreement, disagreement, advice, and personal growth, and check spelling carefully. More precise phrasing would make your arguments easier to understand.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If we make a mistake, an honest friends will explan the problem” and “If student choose unsuitable career…”. These attempts show an effort to explain consequences, but errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction are frequent and sometimes make the meaning harder to follow. For example, “Some people prefer that who…” is not a complete, well-formed construction, while “friends who different opinion with us” is missing a verb. The conclusion also contains an unclear clause: “I believe that who friends sometime disagree with us more beneficial.” Practise building accurate clauses with “who,” and check subject–verb agreement and articles before submitting.
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