IELTS Task 2 opinion essay: Taxing sugary products
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, from band 6.0 to 6.5. Updated on 15 September 2026.
The question
Many manufactured food and drink products contain high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Do you agree or disagree?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 2 essays the average band is 6.3: Task Response 6.5, Coherence and Cohesion 6.0, Lexical Resource 6.5, 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: 6.0
Essay #2
Task response 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
Nowadays more and more people consume produced food and drinks which have high level of sugarp, which may be a reason to develop health issues. That is why this kind of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #1
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
Nowadays, many people consume more processed food and drink products that have high levels of sugar rather than natural products, which causes many health issues.…
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