Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-15

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 6.0)

Humans in nature are curious and seek answers that allows us to understand and comprehend our identity. One few ways could be finding out the history of the house or building we go home to. In some countries , it's becoming more popular and has raised some interest in few individuals.

In my opinion our habitat is where we spend most of our lives, it's where we sleep, where we eat and where we almost do our daily activities. Finding out what's it's like in the past may bring guarantee and assurance to homeowners on how safe and secured it is. For example, A house that has experienced flooding means it was planned and built poorly. A building that was burned and recorded deaths means it has witnessed crimes .This shows that a place is not assured of comfort due to how heavy its history can be.While some superstitious beliefs says some houses carry horrors from the past and must be cleansed before moving in.

One's curiosity can be answered through story telling from homeowner's kin and ancestors. Land titles and certificates ownership can be accessed in the town municipality for verification.Police stations and regulating bodies can give clarifications of incident reports recorded.Lastly,With the world changing, technology almost made everything possible even retrieving files such as news and articles in the past years.

Although, this interest varies with someone's choice, finding out the truth and backstory of a house or a building we live in doesnt bring harm and disadventages. It shows how well we want to be informed about our place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: reasons why people want to find out about the history of their house, and how they can research this. The writer presents clear ideas, explaining that people seek reassurance regarding safety and history, noting examples like poor planning, past fires, or even superstitious beliefs. Additionally, the response outlines actionable research methods such as storytelling, land titles, police records, and digital archives. However, the development of ideas remains somewhat brief, and the position could be sustained with greater depth to reach higher bands. Nevertheless, all prompt requirements are met satisfactorily, aligning closely with the Band 6 descriptor where all parts are addressed, though some ideas remain slightly under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The text maintains a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing, dividing the introduction, reasons, research methods, and conclusion into distinct sections. Logical sequencing is present, guiding the reader from curiosity to motivations and finally to investigation techniques. However, cohesion is occasionally mechanical or faulty. For instance, referencing is sometimes imprecise, as seen with phrases like 'what's it's like' and 'that a place is not assured'. Furthermore, transitional markers are basic, and some sentences feature abrupt shifts without sophisticated linking. These features place the response firmly in Band 6, where the overall progression is clear, but cohesive devices can be repetitive or inaccurate.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items and specific terms such as 'habitat', 'superstitious beliefs', 'land titles', and 'regulating bodies'. However, there are noticeable word-choice errors, awkward collocations, and missing apostrophes (e.g., 'allows us' instead of 'allow us', 'certificates ownership' instead of 'certificates of ownership', and 'disadventages' instead of 'disadvantages'). Spelling errors such as 'doesnt' without an apostrophe also occur. Because the vocabulary is sufficient to convey the central meaning despite these inaccuracies and occasional spelling slips, the writing meets the criteria for Band 6.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some control over structure through conditional and relative clauses (e.g., 'A house that has experienced flooding means...'). However, frequent errors in grammar and punctuation are present. Examples include agreement issues ('Humans in nature... allows us'), punctuation spacing errors (e.g., spaces before commas in 'countries ,'), and missing apostrophes. While these errors do not severely impede communication, they persist throughout the response, restricting the grammatical score to Band 6, where a mix of simple and complex forms is used alongside noticeable structural and mechanical errors.

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