Cashless Society and the Future of Cash Payments

In the future, people may no longer be able to pay for things in shops using cash. All payments may have to be made by card or using phones.

Do you think this will happen one day?

Why do you think some people might not be happy to give up using cash?

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WhyThis is aTwo-part question — it asks two separate questions in one prompt.

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Question 1

4 ideas

Question 2

3 ideas

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Response 01

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Essay · 360 words · 6 paragraphs · 3 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response is a well-developed, fluent essay that directly answers both parts of the question with a clear, qualified position and relevant supporting ideas. Its main limitation is that some arguments rely on general assertions rather than concrete examples, keeping the analysis strong but not fully detailed.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses both questions, presents a clear qualified position that a cashless future is plausible, and develops each main idea with relevant explanation, though support is occasionally general rather than example-based.

7.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically through clear paragraphing and cohesive devices, producing a coherent argument, although some linking is somewhat mechanical at paragraph openings.

7.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is wide and precise for the topic, with natural collocations such as 'financial exclusion', 'digital footprint', and 'alleviated', showing flexibility with only rare imprecision.

7.5
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A variety of complex structures, including conditionals, relative clauses, and participial phrases, is used with good control, and errors are rare and non-impeding.

7.5

What to work on next

Strengthen key arguments with specific, concrete examples or brief real-world illustrations to give the well-organised ideas more depth and precision.

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