Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-24

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)

As you know these days in all countries crime rate is increasing day by day. It is due to lack of facilites in all countries like lack of food, lack of jobs, lack of facilites.

Due to these things crime novel and tv crime drama is beacoming popular in many countries. But lets talk about these crime dramas and novel in detail.

If i give my point of view about these novel and dramas i actually i don't like to watch these dramas and read novels. Beacuse it make negative impact on my mind. When something good happening in our life you watched these seriels you get scared.So i dont like these dramas and novel at all.As you know these days when young blood watched these kind of things they thought that we can do same thing that we read or watch on the tv.But they do not know how these things impact their life. Soon they beacome criminal after watching and doing same crime activites.I personally think that these dramas and novel should be stopped

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You give a clear personal opinion: you say you do not like crime dramas or novels and believe they should be stopped. However, the task asks both why these works are popular and for your opinion. The explanation that crime is increasing because of shortages of food and jobs does not clearly explain why audiences enjoy crime fiction, and the claim that young viewers may imitate crimes is asserted rather than supported with an example. The response therefore addresses the prompt only partially, with ideas that remain limited and under-developed. It is also 74 words below the required minimum, leaving little space to explain possible attractions such as suspense, mystery, or solving a case. Develop both parts with reasons and relevant examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: you begin with a general statement, move to your opinion, and give reasons for disliking crime programmes. Connectors such as “Due to these things” and “But” show an attempt to link ideas. However, the response has no clear paragraph development or overall progression, and several points are crowded into one long section. Repeated phrases such as “As you know these days” and repeated references to “these dramas and novel” make the flow repetitive. Some links are also unclear: the rise in crime is presented as the reason crime fiction is popular, without explaining the connection. Use separate paragraphs for popularity and your opinion, then link each reason to an example.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use basic vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “crime rate,” “negative impact,” “scared,” and “criminal,” so the main subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, especially “crime dramas and novel” and “these things.” There are also noticeable spelling and word-choice problems, including “facilites,” “beacoming,” “seriels,” and “crime activites.” Some expressions are imprecise: “young blood” is not a natural way to refer to young people, and “when something good happening in our life” does not clearly convey your intended point. Build a wider set of accurate terms for suspense, investigation, audiences, and fictional stories, and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You communicate your main opinion using mostly simple sentence patterns, and the reader can usually follow the central message. There is an attempt to connect clauses, for example in “When something good happening in our life you watched these seriels you get scared,” but the sentence is difficult to follow because its clauses and verb forms are not controlled. Other examples include “crime novel and tv crime drama is beacoming popular,” “it make negative impact,” and “i actually i don't like,” which show problems with agreement, articles, tense, and sentence construction. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, with several ideas joined without full stops. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then add one clearly structured reason or example using a subordinate clause.

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