IELTS Task 2 opinion essay: Less study, more physical activity
A Task 2 opinion question. Give your own view and keep it clear in every paragraph: agreeing in part is fine, as long as you say how far and why.
9 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 5.5 to 7.0. Updated on 29 October 2026.
The question
Parents should encourage their children to spend less time studying and more time doing physical activities. Do you agree or disagree?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 9 essays the average band is 6.6: Task Response 6.9, Coherence and Cohesion 6.3, Lexical Resource 6.8, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 6.7. Coherence and Cohesion was the weakest criterion.
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #9
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
There is the view that parents ought to encourage their children to spend less time studying and more doing physical activities.I largely agree that parents should…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #8
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
Today’s world has witnessed the emergence of numerous new phenomena, among which engaging children more with physical activity rather than studying has become popular, I…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Essay #7
Task response 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
It’s nessecary to get education for people in their young ages. It’s more effective to study proper time than more or less. However, some people argue that children…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #6
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
While it is widely argued that parents ought to urge their children to focus more on physical activities rather than studying, I firmly contend that maintaining a balance…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #5
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
It is widely argued that parents should encourage their children to spend less time on studies and more time on physical activities. I agree with this view, as excessive…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #4
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
In recent years there has been an ongoing debate over whether parents should inspire their children to spend less time studying and more time doing physical activities. I…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Essay #3
Task response 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
There is a prevailing view that children should spent more time for physical activities than studying. While this may seem young people bring up healthy, I strongly agree…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #2
Task response 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
In recent years, the notion of the fact that parents ought to motivate their children to focus more on doing physical activities rather than studying has become…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #1
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
In recent years, there has been a growing debate over weather spending more time for physical activities rather than studying is reasonable for children. Although many…
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