Here you can find IELTS Essay samples of Band 8, written by students and graded by

an IELTS teacher.

Last updated: May 11, 2021

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How To Write an IELTS Band 8 Essay

Essay samples are useful to get an idea what a Band 8 essay looks like, but how can
YOU write a Band 8 essay? As you know, an IELTS essay is scored using 4 criteria:

1. Task Response
2. Coherence and Cohesion
3. Lexical Resource
4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Many test takers are unsure what is wrong with their essay, why they keep scoring
Band 6.5 and how to take their writing to Band 8 level. Is that how you feel, too? Keep
reading then, because we are just about to analyse a Band 6.5 essay and show you
what to change in it, to get a Band 8 score in IELTS.

Colours show elements relating to each criterion that affect the Band Score of this
sample IELTS essay. Hold mouse over highlighted words (or tap on mobile) to see the
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IELTS Essay Analysed and Rewritten from Band 6.5 to Band 8

IELTS Essay Topic: Some say you should always marry for love; others say that in an
uncertain world it is wiser to marry for money. Discuss both points of view and give your own
opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge and experience.

IELTS Sample Essay – Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion and Lexical

Resource Analysis

Nowadays, money is one of the most significant materials in our lives. To many people, it is
appropriate to marry for money rather than love. However, I believe that both love and money
should be bouncetogether in any marriages.
Certainly, money is an important part in our lives [TS]. It is hard for any persons to accept a
partner which* does not have money or at least a job to take care of future
family. Hence, said “marry for money” also has its right in some extent.
However, love should be the root of any marriages [TS]. Firstly, it is because love is such a glue
to connect two persons which have their own lives, become one (NC). So, they can share each
other’s the sadness, happiness to overcome any difficulties in daily lives. Moreover, love makes
people growing up because they do not only have responsibility to themselves, but also to their
partners as well. That is why marrying with love is always encouraged.
In my opinion, I think that both love and money is both necessary [TS]. Marriage relying on
money would be rapidly disintegrated when unfortunately the money is run out. In contrary*,
marriage relying on love would sometimes come to end when they could not earn money to
carry out family (NC), such as paying bills, buying food, etc. Therefore, love and money
should stand together in marriage even though their contribution could be unbalanced (NC).