People can prepare various types of foods easily and in less time nowadays. What contributed to this improvement and has this development changed the way we live?
Sample Response
The cooking has become much simple nowadays. Clearly, it is an art of creativity. I believe, it may be because of the changing food habits and technological advancement in the society.
People adapts to the new changes very easily nowadays. In other words, it can be said as moving lifestyle. In these circumstances, people are in a busy working schedule and they cannot manage the old cooking system like smoky wooden stoves. Also, there is no space as well as time to spend on it. As a result of this people go behind the easy cooking recipes or instant food available in the market, even the children opt for burgers or pizza.
Next, the technological advancement plays a major role in the kitchen. Traditional olden days kitchen are getting totally replaced by the modern kitchens and its equipment with all the facilities like mixer grinder, microwave oven, gas stoves etc. With the use of those, preparation of foods is becoming easier and also time saving.
In the future, as a result of new innovations, cooking robots may be introduced to lessen the work more than we think. Definitely, the technological innovation and improvement have made the process of cooking and preparing food easier and that has positively impacted people’s lives. More women now work outside and they can prepare foods after getting back from office. People can spend more time with family members and friends because the cooking needs less time than it used to take. The ready food, improved tools for cooking, easy access to recipes are all beneficial for people as they allow us to spend less time cooking.
In short, this gives so many benefits, at the same time we should look into our health also for the ill effects.
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Remove unnecessary article Original: The cooking has Suggested revision: Cooking has Why it matters: The activity "cooking" is used generally and does not take "the".
- 2. Use comparative adjective Original: simple Suggested revision: simpler Why it matters: "Much" intensifies the comparative form "simpler," not the base adjective.
- 3. Use natural phrase Original: an art of creativity Suggested revision: a creative art Why it matters: The original noun combination is unnatural, whereas "a creative art" expresses the intended meaning directly.
- 4. Remove incorrect comma Original: I believe, it Suggested revision: I believe it Why it matters: No comma should separate the reporting verb from its object clause.
- 5. Use eating habits Original: food Suggested revision: eating Why it matters: "Eating habits" is the natural phrase for patterns in what and how people eat.
- 6. Fix number and article Original: technological advancement in the society Suggested revision: technological advances in society Why it matters: Multiple developments are meant, and general "society" does not require an article.
- 7. Fix subject agreement Original: adapts Suggested revision: adapt Why it matters: The plural subject "people" requires the base verb form "adapt".
- 8. Use have schedules Original: in a busy working schedule Suggested revision: on busy work schedules Why it matters: People are "on" schedules, and "work schedule" is the natural noun phrase.
- 9. Name cooking methods Original: the old cooking system Suggested revision: traditional cooking methods Why it matters: The plural phrase more accurately describes older ways of preparing food.
- 10. Use stove term Original: smoky wooden stoves Suggested revision: smoky wood-burning stoves Why it matters: "Wood-burning" describes stoves that use wood, whereas "wooden" suggests the stoves are made of wood.
- 11. Use neither nor Original: no space as well as time Suggested revision: neither space nor time Why it matters: The paired negative structure is required to connect the two unavailable resources.
- 12. Use plural advances Original: the technological advancement plays Suggested revision: technological advances play Why it matters: The general statement refers to multiple advances and therefore requires a plural subject and verb.
Suggested Rewrites
- The cooking has Cooking has
- simple simpler
- an art of creativity a creative art
- I believe, it I believe it
- food eating
- technological advancement in the society technological advances in society
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response addresses both questions by linking faster food preparation to busy lifestyles, convenience foods, modern appliances, and recipe access, then explaining benefits for work and family time. However, several ideas remain general, the brief health concern is undeveloped, and frequent grammatical and collocational errors weaken clarity; the highest-priority improvement is to organise precise cause-and-effect explanations and proofread each sentence for complete, natural English.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Both the causes of easier cooking and its effects on daily life are relevantly covered, though some points and the health caveat lack development.
Explain one technological cause and one lifestyle consequence in depth, using a specific example and a clear causal chain.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a broadly logical sequence from changing lifestyles to technology and life effects, despite some repetitive or abrupt links.
Give each body paragraph one clear focus and use transitions that explicitly show whether a sentence presents a cause, effect, or example.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is sufficient for cooking, technology, work, and convenience, but repetition and inaccurate collocations are frequent.
Use natural phrases such as prepare food, busy lifestyle, labour-saving appliances, ready-made meals, and health consequences.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Some complex structures are attempted, but frequent agreement, article, comparative, punctuation, and clause errors reduce control.
Build complete sentences around an accurate subject-verb pair, then check articles and singular-plural agreement during proofreading.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
People can prepare various types of foods easily and in less time nowadays. What contributed to this improvement and has this development changed the way we live?
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