Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-24

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 some countries, more and more individuals are becoming interested researching about the history of the house or building they live in. There are several reason why people want to interested to find out about the history of house and building, but one of the main reason is that the public like to learn about their past cuture including work, religious and family history and about the building, and People use the differen tools and method for their researching like AI and internet etc.

People are becoming interested in find out about their culture of styles and history of house and building.This is mainly becasue that this informations are great way of better understanding their past condition and culture. A good example is that, majority people did not have knownledge about the family history and their history of house including ( when this house was made?, why is made? and where we live before made this house?). That's a question most people to finding it. Moreover, throught this research is not just members of society was increasing their knownledge and also this information can be used in present time. As a result, craze of understanting about the past history, it's a big reason that people want to learn about their house history.

The public use the many ways and tools for researching the past information specially for their house history, Ai and the internet are great ways to reseach anything including past time. This is because these ways are easy to use and do not need to pay any money to buy the VIP tools. For instance, many international schools, college and universities students used also the internet for research anything and they have strong grip and skills for using the tools. Therefore, people have easily used this tools if they did not have strong education background and throughout they can be find about their research.

In conclusion. people want to learn about their past is big reason and used AI and the internet for their research.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, discussing reasons why people research their building's history and how they do so (using the internet and AI). However, the development of ideas is limited and sometimes repetitive. The argument that people research to understand their culture and past is introduced, but supporting details like '(when this house was made?, why is made? and where we live before made this house?)' are awkwardly phrased and lack depth. While the writer attempts to answer all requirements, the ideas remain somewhat under-developed, aligning best with a Band 5 or 6. Because the main parts of the prompt are covered and relevant ideas are present, a Band 5.5 is appropriate, as it sits between partial and adequate coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is organized into paragraphs, attempting an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the overall progression is hindered by repetitive phrasing and weak cohesive devices. For example, sentences often begin abruptly or rely on repetitive connectors like 'Moreover' and 'Therefore'. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as 'This is mainly becasue that this informations are great way...'. Paragraphing is used, but the internal logical flow within paragraphs is frequently disrupted by grammatical faults and run-on structures. These issues demonstrate characteristics of Band 5, where there is some organization and paragraphing, but overall progression lacks clarity and cohesion is frequently faulty.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently circling back to words like 'history', 'house', 'building', and 'research'. There are noticeable lexical errors, such as 'becoming interested researching', 'past cuture', and 'craze of understanting', which cause some difficulty for the reader. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary like 'international schools' and 'education background', but overall control of word choice, spelling, and collocation is weak. This matches the Band 5 descriptor, where the lexical range is limited and noticeable word-choice errors frequently appear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty or ungrammatical. Frequent errors impede readability, including severe subject-verb agreement issues ('one of the main reason is that'), incorrect prepositions, and non-standard question phrasing embedded in clauses ('( when this house was made?, why is made? and where we live before made this house?)'). Punctuation is also problematic, with run-on sentences and a very brief, fragmented conclusion. Because errors are frequent and often cause difficulty for the reader, the writing falls squarely into Band 5.

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