We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.
Sample Response
A large number of people spend most of their time at work. Our liveslife is divided into three equal parts: eight hours for sleep, eight hours for work, and eight hours for family time8 hours - sleep, 8 hours - work, 8 hours - family time. So, in most casesin the most cases, one's co-worker plays an important role in one's life. InFrom my opinion, the essential characteristics of a co-worker are as followsare the following. First of all, a person who works closely with me must enjoy their jobmust like his job. I think it is very important for a person to feel satisfied with their jobfeel satisfaction with his job. My husband is a software developer. He is fond of his job and people enjoy working with him because they see how muchmany energy he puts into his job. Secondly, my co-worker must be persistent and never give up. I like when people who encounter a problempeople who came across a problem try to solve it, makefind a good decision instead of looking for someone else to hand it over toanother person to hand it over. Another important traitAnother important aspect of this is that a good worker should always ask themselveshimself "What can be improved?" and suggestsuggests new solutions. In addition, he must be a good team player. In the modern world, good communication skills and the ability to work in a team are among the common jobposition requirements. Personally, I think it is great to help each other, share new ideas, develop new solutionsdevelop new solutions, etc. It helps to create team spirita team spirit and improve labour productivity. Finally, my co-worker must be punctual. He or she should finish the job on time I think that It is unacceptable to make the rest of a team wait while a person finishes his or her job. Also, my "ideal co-worker" should always be ready to offer helpoffer his or her help and be supportive. To summarise, I think if a co-worker possesses all of these qualities mentioned above he can make work with him really enjoyable and productive.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response identifies several relevant qualities and gives clear reasons for most of them, with the husband example providing useful specificity. Its main limitation is presentation: the entire discussion forms one paragraph, and several ideas are listed rather than fully developed, while recurring grammatical and collocational errors reduce polish. The highest-priority improvement is to organise the qualities into focused paragraphs and develop fewer points with precise examples and more accurate sentence control.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response directly identifies relevant characteristics and usually explains their importance, though several qualities receive only brief support.
Develop fewer characteristics in greater depth and add a specific workplace example for each main point.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas follow a recognisable sequence with clear signposting, but the single-paragraph format weakens organisation and makes the list feel mechanical.
Group related qualities into distinct body paragraphs, each built around one central idea and a developed example.
Lexical Resource
The response uses sufficient range to discuss teamwork, persistence, productivity, and support, but several unnatural collocations reduce accuracy.
Use conventional expressions such as 'in my opinion,' 'how much energy,' 'find a solution,' and 'make working with him enjoyable.'
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Simple and complex structures are both attempted, but recurring agreement, article, punctuation, and sentence-boundary errors limit control.
Check every complex sentence for complete clause boundaries and correct agreement, particularly around relative clauses and coordinated ideas.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.
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