Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-16

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 5.5)

History plays an important role in people live to understand about past as well as about history of the house. Nowadays, in some countries more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in. There are several reasons for this and various methods people can research it. Let us discuss it in the subsequent paragraphs.

To begin with, over the years history plays an important role in everyone's life. And more and more people are getting interested in finding out about the history of the house because of curiosity to know about the things. To elaborate, people gets more interested in knowing about history of house if its to old. Another reason, is the materials which was been use in past, because nowadays, people use fake materials to build an house to get information about the materials, and what was the exact history makes people more interesting. Moreover, to gain knowlege about culture and norms about the house they are living. For instance, there was an research conducted in Rajasthan that almost 70% of people live in old houses and new generation people are getting more and more interest about history of the houses.

Additionally, there are various alternative to research on it first and foremost is the internet. In today's time anything can be easy find on internet about the history of the house. Furthermore, people can visit to government office and learn more about the history and do research. Moreover, there are libraries where one can visit and gain more information about history and old records and diary are most useful for research. To add up more, people can also talk to neighbours or the person who is been living ovet there from many years information can be easily gather and research can be done.

In conclusion, people are getting more interested in finding out about the history of the house they live because of curiosity and gain knowlege about culture. Moreover, there are different ways to research that is internet or visiting libraries and government offices.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses both parts of the task by identifying reasons why people research their house's history (curiosity, building materials, culture) and methods for doing so (internet, government offices, libraries, neighbors). The main ideas are presented, though they are somewhat repetitive and lack deep elaboration. For example, the mention of building materials ("people use fake materials to build an house") is slightly confused and under-developed. However, a clear position and general overview are maintained throughout, satisfying the requirements for a Band 6.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is divided into logical paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs addressing reasons and methods, and a conclusion. Cohesive devices are used, such as "To begin with," "Additionally," and "In conclusion," though some transitions feel a bit mechanical or formulaic. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as "research on it first and foremost is the internet," where the pronoun antecedent is weak. Overall progression is visible, fitting the Band 6 descriptor.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, with attempts at less common items such as "curiosity," "alternative," and "generation." However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as "knowlege" instead of knowledge, "to old" instead of too old, and "an house" instead of a house. These inaccuracies do not seriously impede communication, but they restrict the score to a Band 5.5, balancing the adequate range with recurring lexical slips.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as "History plays an important role in people live to understand about past..." However, there are frequent grammatical errors in verb forms, articles, and prepositions, including "people live" instead of lives, "materials which was been use" instead of were used, and "easy find" instead of easily found. While meaning is generally clear, the density of grammatical errors keeps this criterion at a Band 5.0.

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