Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some countries, more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.

What are the reasons for this?

How can people research this?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

our recent year, increasing number of people have become intrestedin finding out about the history of his house or other building there they lived is hotly debated topic in socity. there are several reason for this trend and people are used different method for reserches.

One main reason is that people want to know about past owner of their house, they think that who people who lived before him and whats their lifestyle. Another reason is that some building have historical and cultral important. For instance near to my home that re-built three year age before this its a charch house for non muslim but its very old and not use for those puropose. thses thing made creative a person for finding history.

An eassy to acces the history is asked old people who lived near you it a simple way to find the history ans no expence is spend on it. One more way to find maps and construction contract of your past home it is always atteched with the property paper of your home with the help of those paper you dont go anywhere and its a simple way. Foe example in my chilhood i am more creative about our house history fistry i hear from my grandparent but i not rember when i am younge lart year i read property paper in this paper i see our house is a part of old bus station.

In conclusion people are intrested in the history of house because they want to know about their past home ; ask for old peple and through property paper id help us to find out their history.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the reasons why people research the history of their homes and the methods they use to do so. In the first and second body paragraphs, ideas such as discovering past owners and architectural significance are introduced. However, the development of these ideas remains somewhat limited and under-developed, relying on brief, simplistic explanations and personal anecdotes rather than fully extended reasoning. For instance, the mention of a church near the author's home is vague and difficult to follow. Despite these shortcomings in depth and clarity of support, all requirements of the prompt are touched upon, placing the response at a Band 5.5 to 6.0 level. Overall, it satisfies the basic demands of Task 2 by covering both prompt questions, but requires deeper elaboration and clearer examples to achieve a higher score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a brief conclusion, showing some structural awareness. However, paragraphing and overall cohesion are frequently faulty. The transitions between sentences feel mechanical and abrupt, such as starting sentences with phrases like 'One main reason is that...' and 'An eassy to acces...'. Furthermore, referencing and pronoun use are often unclear, as seen in sentences like 'who people who lived before him and whats their lifestyle' where pronouns do not properly anchor back to their referents. There is a lack of smooth logical progression between ideas, and sentences run into one another without adequate cohesive devices. These issues restrict the overall flow and organization, aligning the coherence and cohesion profile with a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently constrained by spelling and word-choice errors that occasionally impede communication. Words like 'intrestedin' (interested in), 'socity' (society), 'reserches' (research), 'charch' (church), 'puropose' (purpose), and 'eassy' (easy) demonstrate pervasive spelling inaccuracies. Furthermore, lexical chunks are misused, such as 'creative a person for finding history' instead of sparking curiosity. While the student attempts to use some topic-related vocabulary like 'property paper', 'construction contract', and 'historical and cultral important', the high frequency of lexical and spelling errors limits the precision and flexibility of expression. This profile reflects the characteristics of a Band 4.5 or 5.0 descriptor; a Band 5.0 is awarded as the range is minimally adequate to convey the basic points despite the errors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and attempted complex sentences that are heavily flawed by structural errors. There are frequent grammar and punctuation errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('people are used different method'), tense inconsistencies ('i hear from my grandparent but i not rember when i am younge'), and run-on sentences joined by commas rather than proper conjunctions or full stops. For example, the sentence 'One more way to find maps and construction contract of your past home it is always atteched with the property paper of your home with the help of those paper you dont go anywhere and its a simple way' lacks proper clause boundaries and punctuation. These persistent errors cause frequent difficulty for the reader and mean that error-free sentences are very rare, fitting the Band 4.0 descriptors closely.

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