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)
In many countries, more people are interested to know about the history of the house or building they live in. This is quite important to know about the building the structure, atmosphere of the society and any past incident happened in the house. In this essay we will discuss the reason to know about the house or building and how can people research about this.
The main reason to know about the history of the building is to better knowledge of the society about the nature of the people in society, rules and regulation of residing in building. Moreover, history was important to aware about the past incident happened in society like security, theft, Party and Public Gathering. Hence, they will not face any difficulty in future. One another reason is building establishment and the year of building made. Hence, they did not get problems in plumbing, electricity and paint work of house. However, they already prepared about all the expenses they needs to spend on the house in future.
People can research about the building on the internet and past incident happened in the society, while they can ask to nearby shopkeepers and people residing near to the house. They needs to enquire to neighbours to find history of the households residing in the house. The reason of knowing more because sometimes forgery affect the atmosphere of the people.
In Conclusion, People interested to know about the history of the house and building for the problems they did not face in future. However they aware about the history of the building they are residing in.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt, identifying reasons for researching building history (understanding community rules, past incidents, and maintenance needs) and methods for doing so (internet, neighbours, shopkeepers). However, the ideas are underdeveloped and lack sufficient depth or clear supporting examples. For instance, the discussion on past incidents mentions 'security, theft, Party and Public Gathering' rather abruptly without elaboration. The position throughout the essay is clear, but the overall development of ideas aligns best with a Band 5 or 6 profile. Because the response is slightly repetitive and covers points somewhat superficially, it falls squarely into the Band 5 descriptor where ideas are limited.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is organised into four paragraphs, including an introduction and a conclusion. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions and mechanical cohesive devices. Words like 'Hence', 'Moreover', and 'However' are misused or used inappropriately to link ideas that do not logically follow from one another, such as 'However, they already prepared about all the expenses'. Referencing is also at times unclear, creating confusion for the reader regarding what specific pronouns refer to. While paragraphing is attempted, the overall arrangement lacks clear progression, fitting the Band 5 descriptors where organisation is present but overall cohesion is inadequate.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The lexical resource is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'establishment', 'forgery', and 'atmosphere', but often uses them inaccurately or with inappropriate collocations (e.g., 'building establishment and the year of building made' or 'forgery affect the atmosphere'). There are noticeable errors in word choice throughout the text, such as 'past incident happened' instead of 'past incidents that occurred'. Despite these limitations, the vocabulary is just sufficient to convey the basic meaning to the reader, aligning with the Band 5 criteria.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but these attempts are frequently faulty. There are persistent grammatical errors, including tense inconsistencies ('history was important to aware'), incorrect preposition use ('interested to know'), subject-verb agreement issues ('expenses they needs'), and awkward phrasing ('how can people research about this'). Punctuation is basic and sometimes missing. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and indicate a lack of control over complex structures, matching the Band 5 descriptor for grammatical accuracy.
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