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IELTS Task 2 opinion essay: Mars as a future home

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.

2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, all band 6.5. Updated on 19 September 2026.

The question

Some researchers believe that Mars should be considered a potential future planet for human habitation and that more money should be invested in research into making this possible.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom

Across these 2 essays the average band is 6.5: Task Response 7.0, Coherence and Cohesion 6.0, Lexical Resource 7.0, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 6.5. 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: 6.5

    Essay #2

    Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0

    It is often argued that Mars can be a potential future inhabited planet. Therefore, more money should be allocated to research in order to make this happen. I firmly…

    Task 2, 260 words, 19 September 2026

  • Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5

    Essay #1

    Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0

    For a potential future planet for human habitation Mars should be considered and more money should be allocated to research into making this possible, some researchers…

    Task 2, 357 words, 18 September 2026

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