Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-21

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)

People of Some Nations taking interest in the history of their houses and buidings they live in is increasing day by day.Which may be the result of curiosity to know the background of previous owners for some amusement.In addition, it could be due to the fact they may it have a type of effect on their lives in some regard. To find out these reasons different sources can be used, such as neighberhood living over there from a long time or archiologists.

In today's world people living luxury life which results in creating curiosity to explore something new. One of this is to check on the background of where they are living.The sole reason for this could be to enjoy and spend time on unknown things which will give us a sort of relaxation.Another reason could be that may be the house we are living in have some sort of impact on our lives.This impact could be in a shape of business growth or increase in salary. For example, There was person in our village and whatever he was doing to make a good life by earning money. He was was failing each time. Then there was a person well respected in the society he give him an advice to leave your home and find another place may that contribute to you fortune.

Whatever, If people wants to really know the history of the home they are living in, then they should try to explore the options of the neighberhood because communities living from a long time in a place are well aware of its past. They will provide essential data which can help in answering their questions. In addition, they may hire archiologist to help in rediscovery of that house history. For example, an expert in our area searched about the history of our village and conclude they the people living here left gold in houses which are under the ground.It was true because some people bring miners who in actual extract the golds from the houses.

In conclusion, leisure leads to curiosity that results in finding unaswered questions, eg to know history of a house. For that people can use multiple resources such as populace of that are living for a long time over there or hiring archiologist. It will help to find out what was unanswered so far.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the prompt, discussing both the reasons why people are interested in house histories and how they can research this topic. The ideas are relevant and supported with examples, such as the village anecdote regarding the home's impact on fortune and the use of neighborhood knowledge and archaeologists. However, the development of ideas occasionally lacks clarity and depth due to awkward phrasing. For instance, the explanation of how houses impact lives is somewhat confused, and the example regarding buried gold feels slightly tangential. The position is generally clear, though the overall expression of ideas tends to wander. This aligns well with the Band 6 descriptor, where all parts are addressed, but some ideas are under-developed or unclear.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear paragraph structure separating the introduction, reasons, research methods, and conclusion. However, cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical. There are issues with sentence boundary punctuation, such as fragments and run-on sentences like "Which may be the result of curiosity to know the background of previous owners for some amusement. In addition, it could be due to the fact they may it have a type of effect on their lives in some regard." Furthermore, referencing is not always clear, and transitional phrases are sometimes used awkwardly, such as "Whatever, If people wants to really know..." These limitations in cohesive devices and referencing place the performance securely at Band 5.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common terms such as "curiosity," "rediscovery," "archaeologists," and "populace." However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors that occur throughout the text, including "buidings," "neighberhood," "archiologists," and "unaswered." Additionally, collocations are occasionally unnatural, such as "people living luxury life" instead of living a luxurious life. Although these errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to prevent the response from reaching Band 6, placing it firmly at a Band 5 level where noticeable errors cause some difficulty for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar and punctuation is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ("the home we are living in have some sort of impact"), missing articles ("There was person in our village"), and incorrect verb forms ("If people wants to really know"). Punctuation errors are also prevalent, including missing commas, run-on sentences, and stray capitalisation. Because attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty and errors cause difficulty for the reader at times, the response meets the criteria for Band 5.

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