IELTS Task 2 advantages and disadvantages essay: Living without face-to-face contact
A Task 2 advantages and disadvantages question. Weigh both sides, then answer the question as it is asked: whether one side outweighs the other, or whether the development is positive or negative.
2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 6.5 to 7.5. Updated on 5 October 2026.
The question
In the modern world, it is possible to shop, work, and communicate with people via the internet and live without any face-to-face contact with others. Is this a positive or negative development?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 2 essays the average band is 7.0: Task Response 7.5, Coherence and Cohesion 6.5, Lexical Resource 7.5, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 7.5. 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: 7.5
Essay #2
Task response 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
In the contemporary world, it has become increasingly possible to shop, work and communicate with others through the internet without any face-to-face interaction. While…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #1
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
Nowadays, in the modern world, there are a lot of opportunities to shop, work, and communicate with people by the internet and live without face-to-face communication…
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