Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

In several countries more and more individuals are becoming interested in searching about history of house or building where they live in . In my perspective there are several reasons to find about thier home or building histoy and now adays pupil can do find on internet as well where they are living.

First of all people in many countries who are living in ancient buildings or house they want to know about the history of home or building for instant in our city one of my friend house is very old its about one hundred year or more than that so he always curious about his house that who is living before them because he started living their before 20 years when his father buy that house another significant reason may be people want to enhance their knwoledge about history so thats why they search about about thier building o house where they live for example one of my close one told me that old buildings always fascinate him so he is trying to research on them.

its quite easy peasy nowadays to research about any building or house where you living you can search on google as well or you can ask elder people about that place for example we are living in our village its quite ancient and buildings are very old our house is also about 65 years old we renovate it a little but rest is the same and many people said that my all grand parents live over there so its very good for me to know about that i am living also in the same place.

To conclude some people who are more interested to keep knowledge about history they always trying to search about places and buildings where they are live.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, identifying reasons why people are interested in the history of their homes (curiosity about previous occupants and a general interest in history) and suggesting ways to research this (using the internet and asking elderly people). However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive. The arguments are supported by personal examples, such as the mention of a friend's house or the writer's own village, but these points tend to ramble without deep elaboration. The position is clear throughout, but the depth of task fulfilment corresponds to Band 5.0 descriptors, where ideas remain basic and under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The essay displays a basic overall arrangement, dividing the introduction, reasons, research methods, and conclusion into separate paragraphs. However, paragraphing is poorly handled, with the second and third paragraphs consisting of massive run-on sentences that lack appropriate punctuation and breaks. Cohesive devices are minimal, repetitive, and often inaccurate, with phrases like 'First of all', 'for instant', and 'to conclude' used mechanically. Referencing is also weak, as seen in confusing pronoun use such as 'my all grand parents live over there so its very good for me to know about that i am living also in the same place.' Progression is hindered by the lack of clear sentence boundaries.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently relying on simple words like 'house', 'building', 'history', and 'people'. There are notable word-choice and collocation errors, such as 'searching about history', 'do find on internet', 'close one' instead of 'close friend', and the informal phrase 'quite easy peasy'. Spelling and word formation errors also appear, including 'thier', 'histoy', 'knwoledge', and 'now adays'. While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the general message, the frequent errors and lack of less common lexical items place this in the Band 5.0 range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, dominated by lengthy, unpunctuated run-on sentences that string multiple clauses together with commas or conjunctions. For instance, the entire third paragraph is essentially one massive, grammatically tangled sentence ('its quite easy peasy nowadays to research about any building or house where you living you can search on google as well or you can ask elder people about that place for example...'). There are frequent errors in verb tenses, prepositions, and sentence structures, such as 'where you living' and 'my all grand parents live over there'. These errors cause considerable difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 4.0 characteristics.

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