Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Is many countries, it is argued that more and more individuals are becoming interested in searching out about the history of the house or building they live in.

To begin with, the people who are interested to search the background history and get knowledge about the houses they are living in, such as, who made this house , what kind of material they used for the contructions of house.In some countries people are truly interested in the history of building, appartments and houses they are surviving with their familes. Because some people are truly attached to the traditional houses and they want to know the person who made this house and also wanted to find out about the details of the mateials, metals , stones, wood they have been used for the manufacuring of beautiful home. For example , there was a person in my neighbour who recently shifted in his new house he just came to me and asked few questions about the owner and the manufacturing of the house.

Beyond this, people can search out the history of houses, For instance, they can asked about the details of house from their neighbours or the person whom they are buying the new house they can also ask from him to tell them a correct information about the house or they can also used their house map to look at the design , theme selection or many other things if they are interested to reached out. For Example , my friend lilly she bought a new house but on that time she forgot to ask questions about the house from the owner then she took the map of house to check house details deeply.

In conclusion, people can easily get details about the history of house if they chose right ways for research. Many nations are becoming more interested to search about the data about their houses and buildings.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you suggest that residents want to learn who built their home and what materials were used, and you mention asking neighbours or a previous owner and consulting a house map. These are relevant starting points, but the reasons are narrow and partly repetitive, and the research methods are not explained in enough detail. The examples about your neighbour and friend illustrate the topic, yet they do not clarify how the information could be verified or what a map can reveal about a building’s history. The response therefore only partially develops the task. To strengthen it, explain a wider range of motivations, such as preserving family heritage or checking a property’s age, and describe practical sources such as local archives or land records.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure, with an opening, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The paragraphs also broadly separate reasons from research methods, and transitions such as “To begin with” and “Beyond this” help signal movement. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear: the first body paragraph shifts between motivations, building materials and an anecdote without clearly linking them. Connectors such as “For example” are repeated, and some references are difficult to follow, including “they” in the sentence about materials and “on that time” in the story about your friend. Organise each paragraph around one main point, then explain it and give a directly relevant example; use clearer referencing and fewer formulaic transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “traditional houses,” “materials,” “neighbours,” “owner” and “map,” so the reader can generally understand the subject. However, the range is limited and several phrases are inaccurate or repeatedly used, which makes expression less precise. For example, “searching out about” and “search about the data” are not natural collocations; “background history” is redundant, and “surviving with their families” does not convey living in a home. Spelling errors such as “contructions,” “appartments,” “mateials” and “manufacuring” also weaken control. Build a more precise set of phrases for researching property history, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including clauses introduced by “Because” and “if,” but complex structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to process. For instance, “they can asked” should use a base verb after “can,” while “they can also used” has the same problem. In “the person whom they are buying the new house,” the clause structure is incomplete, and “they have been used” does not agree with the intended passive construction. There are also problems with articles, plurals and sentence boundaries, as in “the history of house” and the run-on after “house.” Practise accurate modal constructions, complete clauses and punctuation before adding more complexity.

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