Paying Others for Household Chores and Childcare

It is sometimes possible to pay somebody to do things you don't want to

do, or don't have time to do, for example, household chores or looking

after children.

Is this a good way of providing work for others?

Should people do these things themselves?

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Response 01

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Essay · 253 words · 1 paragraph · 17 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The strongest aspect is the candidate's attempt to present a balanced, conditional position that acknowledges both hiring help and doing tasks personally. The main limitation is underdeveloped, repetitive reasoning that circles around the questions without clearly concluding whether paid help is a good source of work, supported by informal and error-prone language throughout.

TR

Task Response

The response touches on both questions but never clearly states whether paying others is a good way of providing work, and ideas remain largely asserted rather than developed with concrete support.

5.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Progression is hard to follow in places, with fragmented sentences, abrupt shifts, and mechanical linking devices such as 'Also', 'Thus' and 'Because' that do not reliably connect ideas.

5.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is generally adequate for the topic but repetitive and sometimes imprecise, with informal phrasing such as 'it takes two to tango' and vague expressions like 'a lot of angles to look into'.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex structures appears, but dependent-clause fragments, mismatched conditional tenses and awkward relative-clause constructions reduce accuracy and occasionally obscure meaning.

5.0

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