Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-02

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)

The history of the house or building where people live in is a thing about which most people are curious and find it interesting to know the backstory of the place they live in.

The reason is that humans have always been curious about how the things have been evolved. The suspicious nature of human to know about everyhthing that belongs to him is a reason for this kind of behaviour. Moreover, it would be the love and affection to the place which makes people to have interest in it.In addition, there are a number of options to find out the history of the place. By asking the who lived there before, from grandparents or the neighbours. For deep research people can also find evidence online to some extent. Online platforms offer a varitey of information, resources and breathtaking facts which makes the relevant purpose even more interesting.

Personally, i have a great affection for my house as it the place where i have spent my entire childhood and teenage. Furthermore, in my early ages i was curious to know what was the history of the house i lived in. So i asked my father and grandparents and came to know how they bought this house and then reconstructed it on their own way.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both questions: curiosity and affection are offered as reasons, and you mention asking previous residents, relatives or neighbours, as well as searching online. Your personal example about learning from your father and grandparents is relevant. However, the response is under the required 250 words, and the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For example, “humans have always been curious” is a broad explanation rather than a developed reason, while the research methods are listed without explaining how records, local archives or property documents could help. The opening also repeats the idea of being interested without establishing a clear, focused response. Develop each reason and research method with explanation or a specific example to address the task more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a generally understandable sequence: it introduces the topic, gives reasons, describes research options and ends with a personal example. Linking expressions such as “Moreover,” “In addition” and “Furthermore” help signal relationships between ideas. However, the progression is not consistently clear because several different functions are crowded into one long paragraph, and the transition from general research methods to personal experience is abrupt. Some connections are also awkward, such as moving from “asking” previous residents to online evidence without explaining how these methods differ. Use separate paragraphs for reasons, research methods and the personal example, and make the relationship between each point explicit. This would give the response a clearer overall progression and make cohesion less dependent on a sequence of linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “backstory,” “evidence,” “resources” and “reconstructed,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts to express less common ideas, such as “love and affection” for a home. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural: “suspicious nature” does not convey curiosity, “everyhthing that belongs to him” is an awkward way to describe interest in one’s surroundings, and “on their own way” is not idiomatic. Spelling errors such as “varitey” also reduce accuracy. Aim for precise, natural phrases and check spelling; for instance, use “curiosity about the past” rather than “suspicious nature,” and “renovated it themselves” rather than “reconstructed it on their own way.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex structures, including a relative clause in “the place where people live” and a reason clause beginning “which makes people…”. The main ideas can usually be followed, but errors in sentence construction and punctuation are noticeable. For example, “By asking the who lived there before” is an incomplete construction, and “as it the place” is missing a verb. The opening sentence is also difficult to control because several ideas are joined into one structure. There are problems with articles and sentence boundaries, including “in my early ages” and the missing space after “it.” Practise forming complete sentences around each main idea, and check verb forms, articles and punctuation before submitting.

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