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
When the world is moving very fast with the new technologies, new equipment has been introduced to make the life easier. This has also affected the food preparation processhas been effect in food preparation process also. Hence food is one of the major need, people are willing to enjoy different flavours in easy manner time to time.
As mentioned earlier, new equipment has been introduced and it will lead to saving time when preparing foods. Traditional methods in the pastThose days’ traditional methods took several hours to prepare foodcook foods. Equipment like food processor can use to multiple tasks like blending, chopping, slicing and so on. Therefore preparing foods very easily is not a secret anymore. So the saved time can be used for many other activitiesmany other extra activities like studying, entertaining, reading and so on.
Secondly, instant foods have become widespreadinstant foods have been widely spread among people, especially university studentsspecially, university students and employees who live away from their familieswho are staying away from families. Instead of enjoying restaurant foodoutside foods people are willing to prepare food for themselvesprepare foods for them. By reading the given instructions, instant foods can be prepared even without any cooking knowledgewithout knowing anything. Even though these foods are not very healthynot much good for health, they are still far better than restaurant or takeaway foodstill it’s far better than restaurants or outdoor foods. So again lifelive has changed and improved.
Children are willing to enjoy a variety of foods. But modern mums are very busy with the fast running world. They don’t have time to prepare new dishes themselvestry new foods by themselves. But the new lifestyle has been introduced different kinds of foods using familiar recipes with new flavoursusing the same old recipe with the new taste. Kids will enjoy these homemade foods as aits special gift from their loving mums. Therefore relationships among family membersinterrelation between family members have gradually improvedhas been improved eventually.
As a conclusion, my thought is while giving priority to healthy wealthy foods people have to prepare them. No matter how far foods have become easier to prepare, if it’s not good for our health ultimate result will not help to improve people's live.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response identifies relevant causes of quicker food preparation, particularly modern appliances and instant foods, and links them to saved time, home cooking, and family life. Its strongest feature is the range of practical effects considered, but several ideas are vague or implausible and frequent language errors sometimes make the reasoning difficult to follow. The priority is to organise clear cause-and-effect paragraphs and express each lifestyle change in accurate, controlled sentences.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Both questions are addressed through appliances, instant food, saved time, and family effects, but development is uneven and several claims are unclear or insufficiently supported.
Choose two main causes and explain one specific lifestyle effect of each, including a balanced point about health or nutrition.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response uses functional paragraphs and a generally recognisable progression, though links between some examples, family relationships, and the main task are weak.
Structure each body paragraph as one cause followed by its direct consequence, removing details that do not clearly support that connection.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary covers cooking, technology, convenience, and health, but frequent inaccurate word forms and collocations substantially reduce precision.
Use natural phrases such as 'food-preparation appliances', 'ready-made meals', 'save time', 'eat home-cooked food', and 'healthy meals'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Some complex structures are attempted, but frequent errors in verb forms, articles, agreement, plurals, and clause construction often strain clarity.
Write shorter complete sentences and check every verb for tense and passive form before adding subordinate clauses.
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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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