Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-21

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 many countries, an increasing number of people are becoming curious about the history of their homes and other buildings. There are many reasons and factors that how it was built, who built and which kind of material used to build, there are many ways to to find out using internet, from history and asking from people who lives there.

There are a lot of reasons why people wants to know. People wants to get into deep about old buildings that who built this building beacuse it helps them to know how the people think of that time. People have curiosity to know about the history of historical places and wants to know how people lives there, they wants to know the culture and behavior of that time of people. People wants to know about the age of old buildings and wants to find out the structural problems so that they can do renovation easily.

People can get knowlegde about building using differsnt kind of sources. They can get into know using official documents about buildings, so they can read document to find what they want to. Another way to do research is to ask from people from local area who knows much about the buildings. Third way to find out using internet they can search online through reading documents and also can watch videos on that.

To sum up, it is good think to know about the history of buildings. There are many reasons and factors beacuse people have curiousity and sence of belonging, and can get to know using internet and asking form people of local area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you suggest reasons such as curiosity about past cultures and concern about structural problems, and mention official documents, local residents and online sources as research methods. These ideas are relevant, but several are stated briefly rather than explained or illustrated. For example, you say that learning who built a house helps people understand how people thought at the time, but do not develop this with a specific example. The reasons also overlap around curiosity and historical interest, while the practical value of researching a home could be explained more fully. A clearer, more developed account of why people investigate their homes and how each source can help would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph on reasons, one on research methods, and a concluding summary. This makes the main progression easy to follow. You also use basic signposting such as “Another way” and “Third way” to organise the methods. However, connections between ideas are sometimes mechanical, and repeated sentence openings such as “People wants” make the reasons paragraph feel list-like. The introduction combines several points in a sentence that is difficult to follow, and the conclusion repeats earlier ideas rather than drawing them together. Use clearer links between each reason and its explanation, and vary how you introduce supporting points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “historical places,” “structural problems,” “renovation,” and “official documents.” However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, particularly “people wants to know” and “find out.” Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, such as “get into deep about old buildings,” “get knowlegde,” and “asking from people.” Spelling errors, including “beacuse,” “differsnt,” and “curiousity,” also reduce accuracy. Build a more varied set of natural phrases for historical research and motivation, and check spelling and collocations during revision so the reader can understand your ideas more smoothly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, but control is inconsistent, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. For example, “There are many reasons and factors that how it was built” has an incomplete structure, while “People wants” and “they wants” show repeated subject–verb agreement errors. The opening also contains a run-on sequence of ideas, and phrases such as “who built and which kind of material used” are missing grammatical elements. Most sentences rely on basic patterns, with limited accurate use of subordinate clauses. Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, then check agreement, articles and sentence boundaries. This will help you express the relevant ideas more clearly.

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