Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-24

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 some areas, many numbers of individuals are showing interested in searching out about old time of accomodations or infrastructure where thy live. one of the vital reason is that the want to know how the people or there elders live before centuries and thy want to compare theirs historical life of theres grandparents with contemporary life thy are living now.They need to know the paramount difference between thr history and hoe they become modernized.

First and foremost, in few economy people are taking interest to explore there historical life because they need to compere there grandparents life with themself. From my perspective they wNt to know how repidily the world is developing with in few years. They sew the great different of historical society with themselves for example, many of the countries are developing sharply like chaina, Germany and some other European countries construct thereself and modernized them by using advance machineries and technologys.

Furthermore, many citizens are working on historical machines and infrastructure

they want to how historical person lived there life and how they servive there life without modernize technology and machine. Those population was so vulnerable because they did not have this kind of significant and beneficial technologys taht make our work so easy and comfortable. They were in lose of these modernized life now a day the life is smart and luxurious due to advance and contemporary technology.

in conclusion, the historical life was so pathetic because thy did not have such apportunities now a day the life become so easy and smart because of modern tools and technology use these days it is very useful

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response makes a partial attempt to explain why people investigate a building’s past, focusing on comparing earlier generations’ lives with modern life and observing technological development. These are relevant starting points, but the explanation is repetitive and often unclear; for example, the discussion of developing countries and machinery does not clearly show why this leads residents to research their own homes. More importantly, the second question—how people can research a building’s history—is not answered. No methods such as consulting archives, land records, previous owners, or local residents are described. The conclusion repeats the contrast between past and present rather than completing the response to both parts of the task. Develop a clear reason and give specific research methods with examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is some basic organisation: the response has an opening, two body paragraphs beginning with “First and foremost” and “Furthermore,” and a conclusion. This gives the reader a broad sense of structure. However, progression within and between paragraphs is difficult to follow because ideas repeat or shift without clear links. For instance, the first body paragraph moves from comparing grandparents’ lives to countries modernising, without explaining the connection to researching a house. The second paragraph also repeats the contrast between historical hardship and modern technology. Several sentences run together, and references such as “they” and “there” do not always make clear who or what is meant. Use one paragraph for reasons and another for practical research methods, with clearer sentence boundaries and links.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response attempts topic-related vocabulary, including “historical,” “infrastructure,” “modernized,” “technology,” and “machineries,” and it conveys a general contrast between past and present. However, the usable range is limited and many word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the intended meaning hard to understand. Phrases such as “searching out about old time of accomodations,” “historical life,” and “in lose of these modernized life” are not natural ways to express the ideas. Spelling errors, including “accomodations,” “repidily,” and “apportunities,” also reduce clarity. Build a more precise set of phrases for the topic, such as “research a property’s history,” “previous occupants,” and “historical records,” and check spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentences and uses basic linking structures, but its grammatical range remains limited and errors are frequent enough to make several sentences difficult to interpret. For example, “one of the vital reason is that the want to know” has problems with agreement and sentence construction, while “they want to how historical person lived there life” is missing a verb pattern and has unclear number and reference. Sentence boundaries and capitalisation are also inconsistent, as in the opening and the final paragraph. These issues occur alongside attempts to connect clauses, but the structures are often not controlled. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them using subordinate clauses; check subject–verb agreement, articles, pronouns, and punctuation.

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