Plants can provide food, shelter, clothing, or medicine. What is one kind of plant that is important to you or the people in your country? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.
Sample Response
Nowadays, governments manage various schedules and follow different policies to preserve the forests because the plants not only are the habitats of many animals, but also have significant benefits such as providing food, shelter, cover, and drug for the humankind. Although some people noticeably believe that food is the certain advantage of plants, in my reckoning, I prefer the plants which provide useful drugs and medicines and owing to special weather in my city. First and foremost, because of the special weather in my hometown, the farmers grow the medicinal plants more than other plants. As a matter of fact, the condition forces farmers to cultivate these plants. On the other hand, there are various kinds of modern transportation systems, factories, and to name a few which emit hazardous pollutants into the air. Without any doubt, these emissions not only destroy the animal's habitat but also cause many dangerous illnesses to the human. Also, according to some research conducted by many experts of psychology, the plant's drug has a profound impact on curing people and this is specifically true for the people in my country. Moreover, medicinal plants and herbal drugs have very little side effects and the people in my country rely on those herbal medicines for different diseases. In contrast to natural drugs, the chemical drugs sometimes have irrecoverable effects. Scientists proved that although the chemical drugs can cure some diseases, it has critical side effects on our body. Indisputably, having more effective outcomes of the medicinal plants is the dominant reason for my preference of the medicinal plants.
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Use the general plural Original: preserve the forests Suggested revision: preserve forests Why it matters: The sentence discusses forests generally, so the definite article is unnecessary.
- 2. Fix correlative word order Original: the plants not only are the habitats Suggested revision: plants are not only habitats Why it matters: “Not only” belongs after the linking verb, and the general plural takes no article.
- 3. Use natural medicine wording Original: drug for the humankind Suggested revision: medicine for humankind Why it matters: Plants provide medicine rather than “drug,” and the uncountable noun “humankind” takes no article.
- 4. Remove the article Original: the farmers Suggested revision: farmers Why it matters: The sentence refers to farmers generally rather than a previously identified group.
- 5. Fix the comparison Original: grow the medicinal plants more than other plants Suggested revision: grow more medicinal plants than other types Why it matters: The comparative quantifier must precede the noun, and “other types” avoids repeating “plants.”
- 6. Match the plural cause Original: the condition forces farmers Suggested revision: the conditions force farmers Why it matters: The reference is to the area's weather conditions, so the noun and verb should be plural.
- 7. Use an additive linker Original: On the other hand Suggested revision: Moreover Why it matters: The pollution point adds context rather than contrasting with the previous claim.
- 8. Use concise emphasis Original: Without any doubt Suggested revision: Undoubtedly Why it matters: The single adverb conveys the same emphasis more concisely.
- 9. Use plural possession Original: the animal's habitat Suggested revision: animals' habitats Why it matters: The general claim concerns the habitats of multiple animals, requiring a plural possessive.
- 10. Use a natural adjective Original: dangerous Suggested revision: serious Why it matters: “Serious” is the natural adjective for severe medical conditions.
- 11. Fix the preposition and number Original: to the human Suggested revision: in humans Why it matters: Illnesses occur “in” people, and a general reference requires the plural noun.
- 12. Use fewer with countables Original: little Suggested revision: few Why it matters: “Side effects” are countable, so the correct quantifier is “few.”
Suggested Rewrites
- preserve the forests preserve forests
- the plants not only are the habitats plants are not only habitats
- drug for the humankind medicine for humankind
- the farmers farmers
- grow the medicinal plants more than other plants grow more medicinal plants than other types
- the condition forces farmers the conditions force farmers
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response presents a consistent preference for medicinal plants and offers several relevant reasons, especially their local availability and perceived health benefits. However, it does not identify or describe one specific plant as the task requires, and some discussion of pollution is only loosely connected to the choice. The highest-priority improvement is to select a named plant and develop concrete details about its uses and importance.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response explains why medicinal plants matter but only partially fulfils the task because it never selects one particular kind of plant.
Name one specific plant and support the choice with concrete examples of how people grow, use, and benefit from it.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas follow a broadly understandable sequence, but the absence of paragraphing and some mechanical or inaccurate linking reduce clarity.
Divide the response into an introduction, focused reason paragraphs, and a conclusion, using connectors only where their logical meaning fits.
Lexical Resource
There is an adequate range of less common vocabulary, but frequent awkward collocations and imprecise word choices reduce naturalness.
Use more precise combinations for medicines, side effects, local growing conditions, and research rather than forcing formal-sounding expressions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response attempts varied complex structures, but errors in agreement, articles, clause construction, and reference occur frequently.
Build complete main clauses before adding subordinate ideas, and check agreement between singular subjects and pronouns or verbs.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Plants can provide food, shelter, clothing, or medicine. What is one kind of plant that is important to you or the people in your country? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.
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