Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-27

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 few countries, many and many persons are gaining interest in search about the evolution of the home or building they inhabit in. There are the many reasons that people want to learn about the history of their house and they can do research for this.

Today, in mordern era many people have gained interest to learn about their history so that they can tell their children about their elders and places where they live. Today, People watch televisions and mobile phones and watch historic films and seasons and by watching these they may gain interest in knowing about their history so that they are becoming interested in finding about the history of their houses and buildings. Every country or city has its history ant the houses and buildings there also have their on history and the people live in them also want to know about their houses.

People can research about the history of their houses by talking to their ancesstors and elderly people live in their neibourhood. For example fews years early I wanted to know about my late grand father. First I collected information from my father and then I wnted to learn more about him. So, I went to mosque daily and met old people who know my grand father and in market I met those old people who know him. By talking to them I collected many informations about my grand father. So, thats the trick how people can learn about their history and how they can research about the history of their homes and buildings.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you suggest that interest may come from wanting to share family history with children and from watching historical programmes, and you explain that people can ask relatives and older neighbours. The personal example about asking your father and people who knew your grandfather gives the research method some support. However, the reasons are only briefly explained, and the discussion shifts from researching a building’s history to learning about an ancestor. The link between family stories and the history of a particular house is not made clear, and other practical research methods are absent. Develop each reason and show specifically how sources such as property records, archives, or previous residents can reveal a building’s past.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph about reasons, and a paragraph about research. The example is placed with the research method it illustrates, and connectors such as “For example,” “First,” and “So” help show sequence. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear. The second paragraph repeats “Today” and moves from children and elders to television, national history, and houses without clearly connecting these points. The final paragraph also repeats the idea of learning history rather than drawing the discussion together. Use clearer topic sentences, group related points, and make references explicit so readers can follow how each idea answers the question.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “history,” “elderly people,” “neighbourhood,” and “collected information,” and the reader can generally understand your main points. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear. Examples include “gaining interest in search about,” “their on history,” and “many informations.” Spelling errors such as “mordern,” “ancesstors,” and “neibourhood” also affect accuracy. Build a more precise set of phrases for researching buildings, such as “property records,” “local archives,” and “previous residents,” and check spelling and countable/uncountable word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a sequence of actions in the personal example, so there is some effort to vary sentence structure. However, the range remains limited, and errors occur frequently in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and verb forms. For instance, “many and many persons are gaining interest” and “the people live in them also want” are not formed accurately, while “I wnted to learn more” disrupts the account of past events. Some sentences also run together, particularly in the paragraph beginning “Today, People watch…”. Practise building accurate complex sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check tense consistency, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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