Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-25

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)

As in some countries many people are becoming interested in finding the history of the house or the building they live in .

People are showing intersest in this type of thing because they want to know how long their house or building are safe for living ,but in ancient cities the interest of individuals is increasing because they want to know how old their houses are and how can can they preserve their historic homes and how they renovate their homes and made their houses a memory of their parents . People are also intersted to because they may have the oldest house in the society and a good place to visit for the vistors .

People can research about the history of their houses through several ways like they can ask from land and development offices of their region . They can also get information about the history of their houses by the old people around them .

Last year one of my relative renovate his house and he said that his house will remain the same as before because it is the memory of their grandparents .According to me it is agood thing to preserve the memorable and historic houses as they can help us to see the reflection the history in them .

It is a very admirable interest to find out the history of hoses in which we live as it can help us to stay safe and sound and favourable in term of preserving historic places.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you suggest that residents want to check whether a building is safe, preserve historic homes, and learn about family heritage, and you mention local development offices and older residents as research sources. These are relevant reasons and methods. However, several ideas are only briefly stated or unclear. For example, the point about having “the oldest house in the society” and attracting visitors is not explained, and the personal example about a relative renovating a house does not show how its history was researched. Develop each main reason and explain how the suggested sources could provide evidence, such as old records, maps, or residents’ memories. A clearer, consistently stated focus on the reasons and research methods would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: it first discusses reasons, then research methods, and finally gives a personal example and a concluding view. This helps the reader identify the main sections. However, progression within the paragraphs is uneven, and several ideas are joined in long sentences, particularly the opening reasons paragraph. Connections such as “because,” “also,” and “According to me” are used, but the relationships between points are not always clear; the shift from safety to preserving homes and attracting visitors feels abrupt. The personal example also interrupts the discussion of research methods rather than supporting it directly. Use clearer paragraph divisions and organise each paragraph around one main point, with a specific explanation or example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “preserve,” “historic homes,” “development offices,” and “reflection of the history.” This gives you a basic range for discussing heritage and research. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes meaning less clear. For instance, “research about the history” is less natural than “research the history,” and “favourable in term of preserving” does not express your intended meaning clearly. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “intersest,” “intersted,” “vistors,” and “hoses.” Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check spelling carefully; this will help you express your ideas without relying repeatedly on “house” and “history.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including clauses with “because” and “as,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and verb forms appear in “how long their house or building are safe” and “how they renovate their homes and made their houses.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention: the opening is a fragment, and several sentences run together or have spaces before full stops. Other examples include “one of my relative renovate” and “the reflection the history,” where the grammatical relationships are incomplete or inaccurate. These errors can make the reader pause to interpret your meaning. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea and a correctly formed supporting clause, then check agreement, tense, articles, and punctuation.

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