Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-28

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 individuals are interested to find out the history of the building or accomodation in wich they live in. Individuals are curious about the past of home or forfathers and they want to attach emotionally with it. In this essay, i will discuss causes and process of researching.

On the one hand, there are many causes of searching history of a building firstly, their parents lived and died there moreover, some people live their childhood in a building and they are emotionally attach with accomodation. Some building are histroical because they faced difficut times or play role in the better ment of a country so, individuals have curiosity to knowing its constraction time. For instance, a chid who spents a childhood time in a accomodation and then he moves to another country for education he always ask about it consequently people are intrested in history of homes or buildings.

On the other hand, there are some ways of getting knowledge about building first, find aconstructors of a building secondly, intrect with old neighbours of a building and last, if owners bouilding are alive ask them. Constructors now the problems and history of a building completly and neighbours also keep awairness about others. Owner can tell why he built it and how much difficlties he faced in the counstruction.

In conslusion, people can emotionally linked with building or curious about history. I strongly believe that we must remembor our history because it motivates for next purpose of life and individuals can work with more indistriousness furthermore, there are many ways of searching history of a building.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you suggest emotional attachment and curiosity about a building’s past as reasons, then mention builders, neighbours and former owners as possible sources. These are relevant responses, but the reasons are not always clearly explained, and the research methods need more detail about how someone would use them—for example, what to ask neighbours or how to locate records. The childhood example illustrates attachment, although its connection to researching a building’s history is not fully developed. Your conclusion adds a general claim about remembering history rather than drawing together the specific reasons and methods. Develop each main idea with a clearer explanation or example so the response answers both parts more fully and precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for reasons and research methods, and a conclusion. This makes the overall arrangement coherent. You also use signposting such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion.” However, some linking is mechanical, and several ideas are joined in long sequences with “moreover,” “so,” or “and” without clear relationships. For example, the first body paragraph moves from parents’ lives to childhood memories and historical buildings, then to an example, but the progression between these points is not always clear. Use fewer formulaic transitions and organise each paragraph around a clear main point, followed by explanation and an example. Clearer references would also help readers follow who “they” refers to.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “history,” “neighbours,” “owners,” and “construction,” and the reader can generally understand your intended meaning. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling, word-form and collocation errors make parts difficult to read, such as “histroical,” “intrested,” “keep awairness,” and “emotionally attach.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “find a constructors” does not clearly identify a useful research source, and “better ment of a country” is unclear. Aim to learn accurate phrases for this topic, such as “historical records” and “previous owners,” and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would help you explain your ideas without relying on repeated general terms such as “building” and “history.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a conditional example beginning “if owners … are alive,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, control is inconsistent: errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and verb forms occur throughout. For example, “some people live their childhood” has an incorrect verb pattern, while “some building are” lacks agreement and “they are emotionally attach” uses the wrong verb form. Several sentences run together without effective punctuation, particularly in the first body paragraph, making relationships between clauses harder to follow. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea and a correctly joined supporting clause. Check subject–verb agreement, articles and verb forms, then use punctuation to separate complete ideas.

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