IELTS Writing Task 2 Sample Essays: Band 7 and Band 9 Examples
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Looking for IELTS Task 2 sample essays at Band 6, 7, 8, and 9? We have moved our complete library to a dedicated section so you can browse, filter, and compare essays side-by-side.
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The new Sample Essays library covers four key question types — opinion, discussion, problem-solution, and advantages-disadvantages — at every band level. Every essay is broken down paragraph-by-paragraph with examiner-style annotations explaining exactly why it scores at that band.
What you will find:
- All Band 9 sample essays — what perfect scores look like
- All Band 8 sample essays — near-native control of academic English
- All Band 7 sample essays — the threshold for university entry and most skilled-worker visas
- All Band 6 sample essays — the gap to Band 7, made visible
- Side-by-side topic comparisons — see the same prompt answered at four band levels so you can isolate exactly what changes between bands
Search by topic (education, social media, government spending, climate, AI), filter by band, and read the annotated breakdowns. Every essay also links to our free AI essay grader so you can test your own writing against the same rubric we used to validate the samples.
If you came here from a search for a specific band or topic, the new library is structured to take you straight there. Bookmark it — we are publishing new annotated samples each week.