Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-29

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)

It is often argued by some people that the interest of the finding history about they home or building in which they live is develop in more people. However, I agree with this. Not only because of personal hoppy and learn about history, but also because of financial benefit.

There are multiple reason associated with learn about the history of home or building. Firstly, personal hoppy is the leading cause of this. As people develop many hoppy according to their interest so some people develop the of hoppy learn about the history of house or build. Take an example, in 1988, almost 60 percent of the Japan people develop the hoppy of learn about their house history. Thus, personal hoppy is the leading reason of this interest.

Secondly, learn about the history is the another cause of this. As many people wanted to learn about the history so they do this according their own plan. For instance, a survey conduct in China, most people said that wanted to learn about the history of their building. Hence, learn about the history is another growing reason of this.

Finally, financial benefit is also the major cause of people interest in the history of their own house. As the price of the old too much high so it bring us the financial benefit.

To sum up, I believe that personal hoppy, learn about the history and financial benefit are major cause of the people interest in finding out about the history of their house of building in which their live.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt: reasons why people research their house's history and how they can research it. However, the ideas are severely under-developed and repetitive. For example, the student repeats 'personal hoppy' and 'learn about the history' across multiple paragraphs without providing genuine methods of research. The second body paragraph mentions that people do this 'according their own plan' and cites a vague survey, but fails to clearly explain concrete research methods such as archives, public records, or architectural analysis. Furthermore, the position taken in the introduction ('However, I agree with this') is somewhat disconnected from the prompt type, which asks 'What are the reasons' and 'How can people research'. Due to the lack of clear development for the 'how' part of the task, this effort corresponds to a band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is organized into paragraphs with basic cohesive markers such as 'Firstly', 'Secondly', and 'To sum up'. However, the overall progression is weak because the body paragraphs reiterate nearly identical points rather than building a logical argument. Referencing is frequently unclear, notably in sentences like 'As the price of the old too much high so it bring us the financial benefit.' Paragraphing is attempted, but the paragraphs are exceptionally brief and lack internal cohesion. There is significant repetition of phrases, which detracts from the flow and readability. These organizational and cohesive shortcomings place the response firmly at band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, heavily relying on words from the prompt such as 'history', 'house', 'building', and 'interest'. There are frequent word-formation and spelling errors, such as 'hoppy' instead of 'hobby', 'develop' instead of 'developed', and grammatical word choice issues like 'price of the old too much high'. The student attempts less common vocabulary like 'financial benefit', but overall the lexical range is narrow and inadequate for expressing precise ideas. The numerous errors in spelling and word choice frequently cause strain for the reader, matching the descriptors for band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 due to basic communicative adequacy.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The student demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at complex structures are consistently flawed, such as in 'It is often argued by some people that the interest of the finding history about they home or building in which they live is develop in more people.' There are pervasive errors in verb forms, prepositions, articles, and clause structures throughout the text (e.g., 'associated with learn', 'survey conduct', 'building in which their live'). Grammatical errors occur in almost every sentence and frequently impede clear communication, which aligns with the band 4.0 descriptors.

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