Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-20

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 the contemporery era, many individual are searching about the history of the past. In many countries around the global their are some citizan are trying to finding out the history of their apparments or house where they live in. However it is a very crucial to aware the history of our ansesters places how it can be counstrusted and what matrial could be used

To begain with, there are several reasons for this topic. but the strogest option is that the individual are trying how the building were made and what materials was used. for instance the great mughal architectures were build a very largest building without using any meachines. if the people can find what was the reality behind her it will a great helpfull for future. so the modern architectures are very inovative and organizations can find about the origins of counstruction

On the other hand. people can research it by different ways they can get knowledge through any website and also read the artical of the past. but the best way individuals can asked the old aged man to know how it can be made

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You make an attempt to address both questions: you suggest that residents want to learn how buildings were constructed, and you mention websites, old articles and older people as research sources. However, the reasons are only briefly stated, and the example about Mughal architecture is not clearly connected to why people investigate their own homes. The research methods also need explanation—for example, how local archives, property records or conversations with previous residents could provide evidence. The response is substantially below the required minimum length, so there is not enough development to cover the task adequately. Expand each main point with a clear explanation and a relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic overall structure: an opening, a paragraph about reasons and a final paragraph about research methods. This helps the reader identify the two parts of the task. However, progression within the paragraphs is limited, and some links between ideas are unclear. For instance, the discussion moves from Mughal buildings to modern architects without explaining the connection to researching one’s own home. Linking phrases such as “To begin with” and “On the other hand” are attempted, but the latter does not express a clear contrast here. Use separate, focused paragraphs for each question and connect each example directly to its main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “history,” “materials,” “building,” “origins” and “construction,” so the general subject is usually recognisable. However, the range is limited, and frequent spelling errors and inaccurate word choices make parts difficult to understand, such as “contemporery,” “citizan,” “apparments” and “counstrusted.” Some phrases are also unnatural, including “searching about the history” and “a great helpfull for future.” Aim to learn accurate topic-specific collocations and check spelling carefully. For example, “research the history of a property” and “identify the materials used in its construction” would express your ideas more naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to form longer sentences using clauses, as in “if the people can find what was the reality behind her,” but these structures are often faulty and can obscure your meaning. There are frequent problems with subject–verb agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence boundaries: “many individual are,” “trying to finding out,” and “the individual are trying how the building were made” are examples. Several sentences also lack clear punctuation or have incomplete structures, particularly the final sentence. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses using “because,” “which” and “if.” Check that subjects and verbs agree and that each sentence has a complete main clause.

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