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 countries a substainsial amount of individuals have interest to gain knowledge about houses or building where they live in. The predominent reason is the curiosity about the place about they live and the history of the places. In contrast, the easiy way to gain knowladge about the building and houses is connent to the person to lived before that building and the other source is internet.
Many peolpe have the interest enhce the knowledge about who they live. Most of the people have curiosity about the place where they live in. For illustrate, in pakistan alot of the places have traged history where the house are build and people live thier, while the history of places increase the intereste about the house or building. In addition, enormous amount of persons use social media the social media. alot of people watch the videos about old building and houses who they live then this thing generate the interest to find out history about house. Consequently, these types of activities create interest in humens.
On the other factor is how people can reach this. So there are many way to research about the place who you live, such as connect to the other people who live that place for a long time or use internet to reaserch about this area. For instance, nowadays massive amount of people use internet to gain any type of information, mostly internet have alot of information about houses, building and places. However, connect to the old people who live to that place helps alot to enhance knowledge about houses or building. Therefore, talk to the person who lived that house before is also benefical and save your time from searching.
In most of the countries, people have hobby to know the history about their houses or building who they live. The main source is curiosity to know the history of the house and place who they live. Internet and connect with the persons who live that place for years are best way for reaserch, its also save your time.
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, identifying reasons for researching building history (curiosity and tragic history, as seen in examples like Pakistan) and methods of research (connecting with older people or using the internet). However, the ideas are repetitive and underdeveloped. For instance, the student states 'the predominent reason is the curiosity' and reiterates this in multiple paragraphs without introducing deep elaboration. The examples provided, such as mentioning Pakistan or social media videos, are somewhat general and lack strong integration to fully support the arguments. Because all parts of the prompt are addressed albeit with limited development, this performance aligns with Band 5.0 descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is divided into four paragraphs, showing an attempt at a standard essay structure with an introduction, body paragraphs addressing reasons and methods, and a conclusion. However, the overall progression is hampered by repetitive statements and mechanical transitions such as 'In contrast,' 'For illustrate,' and 'On the other factor is how people can reach this.' Referencing is occasionally unclear, as seen in pronoun usage ('who they live' instead of 'where they live'). Cohesive devices are sometimes inaccurate or overused, creating a disjointed flow that requires effort from the reader. These features reflect Band 5.0 performance.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently reusing words like 'history,' 'house,' 'building,' 'place,' and 'interest.' There are frequent spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'subtainsial' instead of substantial, 'predookent' / 'predominent,' 'easiy' instead of easy, 'knowladge' instead of knowledge, and 'connent' instead of connect. The student attempts less common vocabulary, but these attempts are marred by inaccurate collocations and persistent spelling mistakes that occasionally strain the reader, fitting the Band 4.0 to 5.0 profile. On balance, the resource is minimally adequate for the task, supporting a Band 4.5 rounded to 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay displays a very limited range of structures, with frequent basic and complex sentence attempts that are faulty. Examples of grammatical inaccuracies include 'individuals have interest to gain knowledge about houses or building where they live in,' 'the place about they live,' and 'connect to the other people who live that place.' Punctuation is basic, and subject-verb agreement issues are common (e.g., 'the house are build'). Errors are frequent throughout the response and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, placing the grammar strictly in the Band 4.5 to 5.0 range.
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