Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-17
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)
Many individuals taking interests to search the history their house or residential buildings in various countries. There could be many reasons behind this objective and multiple methods can be applied to investigate.
There could be a lot reasons to get knowledge residence such as they can publish resulting data in journals on the demand of their universities or provide story to any magazine. Some of the website also ready to buy stories of cultural heritage for their documentries or any book author. Ultimately their focus is to earn money from the history of their homes. Other reason could be curiosity about old civilizations where their forfathers spend lives. People's strong bonds to their culture is comes out in the form history of their own living site.
People can investigate about their home by searching history related research papers on journals libraries such as Willey and Sciencedirect. These libraries facilitate the journals to publish articles and books on any topic. Numerous number of findings are publishing on daily basis. It is easy way to way know about homes by ready them. Other possible way to watch documentries on websites such as National Geography and CGTV. They oftenly publish reels about the backgroud history of living sites. Pople can visit old published data on visiting website. Sometimes, departments of local government also have history of local buildings in their files which can be provided to public on request.
It is quite nice to be well aware to the history of own homes. Nowadays, it is very common to adopt it as an side hustle or hobby.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt, exploring reasons why people research their home history (such as financial gain, publishing, and personal curiosity) and methods of investigation (such as academic databases, documentaries, and local government records). However, the ideas are somewhat limited and lack deep development. For example, the assertion that people investigate their homes primarily to sell stories to magazines or journals is an unusual and somewhat underdeveloped generalization. The discussion regarding research methods could be further elaborated with clearer examples. Nevertheless, all parts of the prompt are touched upon, aligning best with a Band 5.5 to 6.0 descriptor. Due to the limited depth of support for some ideas, a score of 5.5 is appropriate.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay has a basic organizational structure with a clear introduction, body paragraphs addressing reasons and methods, and a brief conclusion. However, cohesion within and between sentences is frequently faulty and mechanical. For instance, transitional phrases are often missing or awkward, such as 'Other reason could be curiosity' and 'It is easy way to way know about homes by ready them.' Paragraphing is attempted, but internal logical progression is disjointed at times. Referencing is occasionally unclear, as seen with 'Some of the website also ready to buy stories.' These issues prevent the response from achieving a Band 6.0, placing it firmly at Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited, basic vocabulary range with noticeable errors in word choice and collocation. Examples include 'taking interests to search', 'forfathers spend lives', and 'ready them' instead of 'reading them'. There are also frequent spelling and morphological errors, such as 'documentries', 'CGTV' (likely CCTV or CGTN), 'oftenly', and 'backgroud'. While the intended meaning can generally be understood, the lexical control is weak, making it difficult to award higher than a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. Attempts at complex sentences often result in faulty grammar, missing articles, and incorrect prepositions. Examples of errors include 'history their house', 'is comes out in the form history', 'Numerous number of findings are publishing', and 'aware to the history of own homes'. Subject-verb agreement and tense consistency are problematic throughout the text. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 4.5 to 5.0 characteristics; a score of 5.0 is assigned.
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