Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-18

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)

In recent years, a growing number of individuals are intented to search out about the historical places such as homes or building where their grandparents live in. In this essay I will discuss both the reasons for this and the way how people will find this.

To commence with, there are numrous reason behind this veiw, one of the major reason is that people like their traditional homes and building where their grandparents live in. This perspectives brings a lot of benefits for their culture and wealth. As a result, they find out these hisotrical places to get some information about our older people and their creativites. Resultantly, they will learn from their culture and get a positives overview. For instance, mostly italian people are more interested to find out about history and they invest a lot of money for these kind of historical places.

Furthermore, individuals can be easily finds out these historical places, if they have a very good knowledge about the previous people and places. If they spend more of their time with elder people then they should be able to learn about history from them around different places in their own country or outside of their home country. Secondly, understanding old maps which designed by the old scientists, it combine all these kind of information into a single piece of paper, but it require more traditional knowledge which our elder people have. To cite an example, an increasing number of italian people visit Pakistan for historical places, they have old maps through which they find out multiple historical houses and building which our locals Pakistani people does not know from the previous five to six decades.

In conclusion, one of the major reason for searching about history is mostly people like their traditional life, secondly they want to learn something from old designed buildings and house. Moreover, taking more time to your elder people can understand you about history, similarly getting help from maps can very crucial for searching about the history of the buildings and houses.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, discussing reasons why people research building histories and how they can do so. A position is presented, though the development of ideas lacks depth and clarity in places. For example, the student mentions that researching homes brings benefits for culture and wealth, but this point is not fully explained. Furthermore, the explanation of how people conduct research relies heavily on generalisations and slightly confused examples, such as Italian tourists visiting Pakistan with old maps. While all prompt requirements are touched upon, the supporting examples are under-developed and drift into repetitive or unclear claims. Consequently, the response aligns best with a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. There is a visible attempt to use cohesive devices such as 'To commence with', 'Furthermore', and 'In conclusion'. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward phrasing and confusing referencing. For instance, the transition between ideas within the second body paragraph feels abrupt, and the pronoun referencing in sentences like 'if they have a very good knowledge about the previous people' creates ambiguity regarding who 'they' refers to. While there is an overall structure, the mechanical and sometimes inaccurate use of cohesive ties places the response firmly at Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is relatively limited and repetitive, with frequent word-choice errors that occasionally hinder comprehension. Examples include 'intented' instead of 'intended', 'numrous' instead of 'numerous', 'veiw' instead of 'view', and 'hisotrical' instead of 'historical'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items, such as 'traditional homes', 'creativites', and 'positives overview', but these are often incorrectly formed or poorly collocated. While the meaning can generally be deciphered, the high density of basic spelling and lexical errors restricts the score to Band 4.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, and complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are persistent errors in verb forms, tense consistency, and subject-verb agreement throughout the essay. For example, the opening sentence contains 'individuals are intented to search out', and later instances include 'people like their traditional homes and building where their grandparents live in' (incorrect tense) and 'which our locals Pakistani people does not know' (agreement error). Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also weak, with run-on sentences and comma splices appearing regularly. Due to the high frequency of grammatical errors that occasionally strain meaning, the response earns a Band 4.5.

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