Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries today, crime novels and TV crime dramas are becoming more and more popular. Why do you think these books and TV shows are popular? What is your opinion of crime fiction and TV crime dramas?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 5.5)

In present time crime stories and dramas related to crime are becoming centre of attraction day-by-day. In my opinion suspense and desire for justic are the main reasons for the popularity of such novels and drams. I believe these shows also affect people's in some ways like crime rate increases and people take revenge same way, they watched in dramas

On the one hand, crime stories and dramas are becoming popular dua to some reasons. For instance, it is the nature of humas to create suspense in each and every thing and they always show curiosity for shows. When they watch crime shows with huge suspense, they start watching it daily and suggest to their friends, to watch show. In this way show become popular from one person to other and so on. Moreover, human beings always want justic in their lives and when they read or watch such type of stories with crime, they want to want integrity in drama, as in real life fairness and justice sytem is slow and justice in novels and shows give them feeling of satisfactions. since they become more addicted to these crime shows.

On the other hand, from these crime drama and crime fictions people get inspiration and try fit story in their life. For example. a person watch kidnapping story and he believes I also can kidnap some afluant people and get money. More over, excessive watching can damage individual's mental health because he will feel stressed whenever he watch such type of stories.

In my opinion, these shows should should be limited because young generation is becoming more attracted toward these shows and some day they might use these storylines in their live so this is dangerous for future generation.

In conclusion, because of a lot suspense crime stories are becoming faourites to public.Other aspect is satisfaction; when they watch justic in shows they feel satisfied because people are unable to get in real life. These are also dangerous for coming generation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both questions: suspense and the desire for justice are offered as reasons for popularity, and you give a clear view that crime dramas should be limited because they may influence young viewers. The kidnapping example helps illustrate your concern about imitation, so the response is relevant and your position is identifiable. However, the reasons for popularity are not equally developed: the point about suspense is explained through viewers recommending shows, while the justice argument is harder to follow and needs a clearer link to audience appeal. The possible effects on viewers are also asserted rather than supported with convincing detail. Explain how these effects occur and qualify broad claims to make your ideas more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for popularity and possible harms, and a conclusion. Phrases such as “On the one hand,” “Moreover,” and “In conclusion” help signal the stages of the argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the discussion moves from suspense to recommending shows, then to justice and addiction without consistently showing how each point connects. Some linking is mechanical, and references such as “these shows,” “such type of stories,” and “they” can leave the reader unsure exactly what is meant. The conclusion repeats earlier points rather than drawing them together. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each explanation directly to the main claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “suspense,” “crime rate,” “revenge,” “kidnap,” and “mental health,” and you attempt more specific expressions such as “integrity” and “justice system.” However, the range is limited by repeated use of “crime shows,” “stories,” and “popular,” while several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear, including “centre of attraction,” “desire for justic,” and “want to want integrity.” Spelling errors such as “drams,” “humas,” “afluant,” and “faourites” also make the writing less fluent to read. Build a bank of natural topic collocations and check spelling and word forms carefully; this will help you express your ideas more precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses beginning with “When” and “because,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, control is inconsistent, particularly in longer sentences. For example, “When they watch crime shows with huge suspense, they start watching it daily and suggest to their friends, to watch show” has problems with pronoun reference, verb patterns, and sentence construction. There are also errors in agreement and verb forms, as in “show become popular,” and punctuation is sometimes missing or misplaced, especially around sentence boundaries. Practise building accurate complex sentences, then check each sentence for a clear subject and verb, correct agreement, and appropriate punctuation.

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