Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-15

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 5.5)

In numerous countries many people are getting interested about finding the history of their accommodation. However, it is important to know about the history of our accommodation.

One primary factor, could be possible that in India most of the people believe that if you purchase a second hand accommodation like house; where many people already lived there for couple of times therefore, you need to know about its history. If people who used to live there didn't do any kind of illegal activity there. Along with that, many of Indian citizens believe if someone gets burried under that house than; it might be haunted or full of negative energy. However, people who bought that accommodation can get information about it from previous owner, relatives who lives in some of its area, specially neighbours. However, i consider relatives who lives in that area and neighbours as best option; because in some cases previous owner can lie but neither neighbours nor relatives not gonna lie.

There was a news in Sikkim a well known state of India. where a family purchased a second hand house as their permanent accommodation without knowing about its previous history. That family claimed that mostly between 12 to 2 am they heard lauging sound of woman from their kitchen nevertheless, it might be just superstition but after investigation cops found out that the house they purchases was used for an illeagl acivity and found approximately 1245 grams of morphin (a drug) from that house.

Taking everything into consideration, I firmaly believe that people are getting intersted to know about the history of thier accommodation because of reasons like illegal activity, somehow other superstitious reasons and more. In addition, its a good choice to get history of their accommodation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both the reasons people investigate a building’s past and ways to do so, including asking previous owners, relatives and neighbours. The concerns about illegal activity and beliefs about haunting are relevant, and the Sikkim example gives the discussion some support. However, the response only partially develops the task: the reasons are concentrated on second-hand homes and superstition, while other plausible motivations are not explored. More importantly, the research methods are mentioned briefly but not explained in depth; for example, you could describe checking property records, local archives or newspaper reports. The final paragraph repeats the main points rather than drawing them together into a clear, developed conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph on reasons and informal research, an example, and a conclusion. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Along with that” and “Taking everything into consideration” signal connections. However, progression is limited because the second paragraph combines several ideas and research methods without clearly separating them, while the news example is not explicitly linked back to the main argument. Some linking is repetitive or awkward, including repeated uses of “However” and “therefore.” Clearer topic sentences and a separate paragraph explaining formal research methods would make the progression easier to follow. Use references such as “this concern” or “these sources” to clarify how each point connects.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including topic-related terms such as “previous owner,” “illegal activity,” “investigation” and “superstition.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “permanent accommodation” and “negative energy.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning less natural: “interested about finding” would be “interested in discovering,” and “history of their accommodation” is repeated where “property’s past” could vary the wording. Spelling errors such as “burried,” “laughing” (written as “lauging”), “illeagl” and “intersted” are noticeable. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and proofread spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if you purchase a second hand accommodation” and a relative clause beginning “who used to live there.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some passages difficult to follow. For example, “if someone gets burried under that house than; it might be haunted” has problems with clause structure and punctuation, while “neither neighbours nor relatives not gonna lie” has incorrect negation and an incomplete verb form. There are also recurring issues with articles, agreement and tense, as in “a well known state of India. where a family purchased.” Practise building shorter, complete sentences first, then check subject–verb agreement, verb forms and punctuation in longer sentences.

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