Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-01

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)

Sometimes, making decision about things are extremely complicated and hard to take it. Some people claim that it is fruitful to have friends, who have the same opinion like them. On the contarary, few people say that it is good to have friends, who are not agree with you all the time. Before coming on my opinion, both views would outline in the forthcoming paragraphs.

Discussing the primary opinion, support from loved ones are really important, when you start something new, unique and innovative. Those things are never describe and explain by any other person in the world. Therefore, person needs only support, and motivation from family members and friends, which will happen, if he or she have loved ones with the same opinions.

On the other hand, mistakes are indispensable part of people's lives. For this reason, everyone one need friends or family members, who stop them to making any mistakes. It is fortunate for any person, who have friends that disagree few times on his or her opinions. It is kind of caring nature that they have towards their friend. Furthermore, everyboday have different perspective towards a single situation. If any person hear all perspectives from different loved ones, it will help her or him to take decision on any critical situaltion. For example, one student wants to go france for study. If he or she take opinions from friends, who already in the france. They explain the situation to him or her about it, which will help him or her to decide it.

In conculsion, I firmly agree with the latter statement than primary one, becuase everybody need friends who have differnt persective regarding a single situation. It help to elimate to make any kind of big mistakes in life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both views and make your own position clear: the first body paragraph explains the value of supportive friends, while the second argues that disagreement can prevent mistakes and provide different perspectives. The example of a student considering study in France helps illustrate the second view. This is relevant coverage of the task, but the two sides are not developed equally. The case for friends who agree is asserted mainly through the need for support and motivation, without explaining when agreement is especially useful or giving a concrete example. The final opinion is clear, though it largely repeats the point about avoiding mistakes. Develop each view with a fuller explanation and use the example to show precisely how differing opinions affect a decision.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion. The contrast between the views is easy to follow, and signposts such as “On the other hand” and “In conclusion” help guide the reader. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall arrangement and shows some stronger progression. However, several links feel formulaic, including “Before coming on my opinion” and “For this reason,” and some references are unclear, such as “Those things” in the first body paragraph. The France example also moves through several pronouns (“he or she,” “him or her”) that make the sequence harder to track. Use more precise referencing and connect each example directly to the point it supports.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a range of relevant vocabulary, including “motivation,” “perspective,” “critical situation,” and “indispensable,” and the reader can generally understand your ideas. There are also attempts to express abstract points about support and decision-making. However, the range is not consistently controlled: phrases such as “same opinion like them,” “not agree with you,” and “stop them to making” are unnatural or inaccurate, while “contarary,” “everyboday,” and “conculsion” show noticeable spelling errors. Some word choices also obscure meaning, as in “Those things are never describe and explain by any other person.” Build accuracy by learning common collocations and checking spelling, rather than relying on ambitious wording that does not fit the sentence.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If any person hear all perspectives … it will help” and relative clauses such as “friends or family members, who stop them…”. These attempts show a willingness to vary sentence structure, but control is inconsistent. Errors include subject–verb agreement (“everyone … need,” “he or she have”), verb forms (“are never describe,” “stop them to making”), and articles or prepositions (“go France,” “in the France”). The opening sentence also has a faulty construction: “making decision about things are … hard to take it.” These errors sometimes make the reader pause, although the main message remains understandable. Practise accurate clause patterns and check agreement, verb forms, and articles when editing.

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