Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-04

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 5.0)

In today's era, people increasing the intererest in crime novels, TV crime shows and movies. I think this is just because of action and fiction fiction which makes interest in native of some countries. In my opinion this is partially good just for watching purpose but leavin the more bad impacts on individual's mind. It can be converted, if government will interivine before releasing such movies.

Most of the crime shows, biography and novels based on true stories and directors makes them more dramatic, which develop interest of individuals to know about what exact happened. On the otherside, it relates to the human psycological curosity who are facinated by human behaviour. They want to know the actual truth behind dark. As people find this interstin to watch, they feel different from their daily routine.

On the other side, the increase of crime rate are just because of the visuals and fiction they are watching. Crime rate is incresaing due people are getting motivated by seeing these kind of shows. For instance, an interview conducted with the group of rapist which revealed they were just inspired by the movies they watched, without knowing the result normal people are converting themselves into criminals.

In Conslusion, government should take necessary steps to stop the director and ban these kind of crime movies. Some scenes can also be cutted from the movies. Visual can effect the hunam mind very easily and can convert innocent humans into criminals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses the prompt only partially, fulfilling the requirement of discussing the popularity of crime fiction and giving an opinion, but the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For instance, the reasons behind the popularity are superficially attributed to 'action and fiction fiction' without exploring deeper psychological drivers. Furthermore, the position is not always clearly maintained, as the transition between the appeal of these shows and their negative consequences lacks strong analytical connection. Additionally, it must be noted that the length requirement was not met, as the response falls short of the minimum 250-word count, which restricts the depth of the task fulfilment.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some organisation present with an attempt at paragraphing, but the text lacks a clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are used repetitively or inaccurately, such as the overuse of 'On the other side' to introduce new points instead of using appropriate contrasting or sequencing devices. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, as seen in phrases like 'without knowing the result normal people are converting themselves into criminals,' where the logical link between sentences is mechanical and abrupt. While paragraphs are separated, the internal flow within them suffers from disjointed transitions and a lack of sophisticated signposting.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task, with noticeable errors that frequently cause difficulty for the reader. There are numerous word choice, collocation, and word form errors throughout the text, such as 'intererest' instead of interest, 'leavin' instead of leaving, 'psycological curosity' instead of psychological curiosity, and 'cutted' instead of cut. The student attempts to use less common items like 'interivine' and 'facinated', but these attempts result in incorrect spellings and inaccurate forms. This restricts the lexical range and prevents clear communication of more sophisticated ideas.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response displays a very limited range of sentence structures, relying heavily on simple or poorly formed complex sentences. There are frequent grammatical errors in verb forms, tenses, subject-verb agreement, and articles. Examples include 'people increasing the intererest' instead of people are increasing their interest, 'is based' missing from 'biography and novels based', and 'due people are getting' instead of because people are getting. Attempts at complex structures are often faulty, such as 'It can be converted, if government will interivine'. These persistent errors cause noticeable difficulty and strain for the reader.

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