Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. You should
Sample Response
Nowadays, we are living in modern life and much more facilities in different fields which make the life easier for the people, on the other hand, the life is full of challenges and situations facing us, especially dealing with the society, different people, different cultures and ages. Apparently, when we have started life trip we came with zero experience and the lucky one of us who came to the life with guides people who arrived before him and people dedicate their times, power and feelings to help, those are good parents. Parents are teachers, they always teaching us in many ways intentionally and unintentionally, however, vocal guidelines and acting in daily bases activities are the ways of the life experience knowledge transfer regardless different culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family. But in my opinion, in modern life, the education level of the parents is a major factor and considered in the quality of the knowledge and experience transfer to the children. There are many teachers around the world which can teach you lot of life experience but parents always special and the flavour of the knowledge you gain is unique and neat because it always comes with the feelings which are impossible to get from other teachers. Regardless the knowledge is good or bad, right or wrong parents are best teachers. Finally, you will discover and decide about our life when we reach the rational age. And when we become parents for the newcomers, we would make the best decision for them.
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Use adjective form Original: education Suggested revision: educational Why it matters: The adjective 'educational' is needed to modify 'level' in this expression.
- 2. Remove broken coordination Original: is a major factor and considered in Suggested revision: is a major factor in Why it matters: The passive phrase 'and considered' does not coordinate grammatically with the complement that follows.
- 3. Fix noun phrase Original: the knowledge and experience transfer Suggested revision: the transfer of knowledge and experience Why it matters: An 'of' phrase clearly identifies what parents transfer.
- 4. Use human relative pronoun Original: which Suggested revision: who Why it matters: Use 'who' rather than 'which' for people.
- 5. Repair quantity phrase Original: teach you lot of life experience Suggested revision: teach you a lot about life Why it matters: 'A lot' needs the article, and 'about life' naturally expresses the intended subject of teaching.
- 6. Add linking verb Original: but parents always special Suggested revision: but parents are always special Why it matters: The adjective complement 'special' requires the linking verb 'are'.
- 7. Choose precise noun Original: flavour Suggested revision: nature Why it matters: 'Nature' conveys the character of knowledge more clearly than the figurative and awkward 'flavour'.
- 8. Clarify intended quality Original: neat Suggested revision: meaningful Why it matters: 'Neat' does not clearly describe the emotional value of parental knowledge in this context.
- 9. Improve relative clause Original: feelings which are impossible to get from other teachers Suggested revision: feelings that cannot be received from other teachers Why it matters: The revised clause uses a suitable relative marker and a clearer verb for receiving emotional support.
- 10. Complete regardless phrase Original: Regardless the knowledge is Suggested revision: Regardless of whether the knowledge is Why it matters: 'Regardless' requires 'of whether' before this alternative clause.
- 11. Separate opening phrase Original: right or wrong parents Suggested revision: right or wrong, parents Why it matters: A comma is needed after the introductory pair of alternatives before the main clause.
- 12. Add definite article Original: are best teachers Suggested revision: are the best teachers Why it matters: The superlative 'best' requires the definite article.
Suggested Rewrites
- education educational
- is a major factor and considered in is a major factor in
- the knowledge and experience transfer the transfer of knowledge and experience
- which who
- teach you lot of life experience teach you a lot about life
- but parents always special but parents are always special
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response expresses a consistent belief that parents are uniquely influential teachers and offers relevant points about experience, guidance, and emotional support. However, the argument remains loosely developed, and frequent grammatical and collocational errors combine with very long sentences to strain clarity. The highest-priority improvement is to organise two distinct reasons into separate paragraphs, support each with a concrete example, and write shorter, accurately controlled sentences.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The position is clear and relevant reasons are introduced, but their explanation is limited, sometimes contradictory, and unsupported by concrete examples.
Build two distinct reasons for parents' superiority as teachers and demonstrate each one with a specific childhood or family example.
Coherence and Cohesion
The central viewpoint can be followed, but one unbroken paragraph, run-on sentences, and loosely connected shifts produce weak progression.
Use an introduction, two focused body paragraphs, and a conclusion, with each paragraph organised around one clearly stated main idea.
Lexical Resource
There is enough vocabulary to discuss guidance and experience, but frequent unnatural phrases such as life trip, guides people, and daily bases activities reduce clarity.
Choose simpler, accurate collocations such as journey through life, experienced guides, and daily activities, and check word forms carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Frequent errors in articles, agreement, auxiliaries, pronouns, and sentence boundaries occur across the response and sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow.
Prioritise complete sentences with one main clause, then check subject-verb agreement and article use before attempting longer complex structures.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
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