Nowadays many people work part or full time from home. Some people say that working from home has many benefits while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Sample Response

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These days, many peoplethere are a lot of people who workdo their work from home; whether they work part-time or full-timeeither it is a part-time or a full-time job. People disagree about this arrangementPeople have argued about it, as some believesome of them believe that working from home has many advantages while others disagreeothers do not agree with it. The following essay will discuss in details about it, but in some circumstances, I would agree if working from home some benefits for employee and employers themselves.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 3.5

The response establishes the topic and signals an intention to discuss both sides, but it is only an introductory paragraph and largely restates the prompt, leaving both views, supporting ideas, and the writer’s position undeveloped. The highest priority is to produce a complete essay of at least 250 words with separate, explained arguments for each view and a clear, grammatically expressed opinion.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

2.0
Scoring rule

The response only paraphrases the issue and announces a discussion, without actually explaining either view or establishing a clear position.

Next step

Write a complete response that develops both perspectives with reasons or examples and states an unambiguous opinion.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

4.0
Scoring rule

The short paragraph follows a basic introductory sequence, but there is no essay-level progression or paragraph structure.

Next step

Organise the response into an introduction, focused body paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion.

LR

Lexical Resource

4.0
Scoring rule

The vocabulary is limited and repetitive, with awkward combinations such as discussing in detail about something and having benefits for employee.

Next step

Use a wider range of precise topic vocabulary and check common collocations and singular-plural forms.

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

4.0
Scoring rule

Some basic clauses are understandable, but frequent structural errors culminate in a final sentence whose meaning is difficult to follow.

Next step

Build complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, then check agreement, articles, and conditional structures.

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IELTS Writing Task 2

Nowadays many people work part or full time from home. Some people say that working from home has many benefits while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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