Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-07-24
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people believe that old buildings, such as town halls and art galleries, should be restored, even though this can be costly. Others argue that governments should replace them with new, modern buildings.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.5)
In the morden worldwide, traffic congestion pressing issue in the world . This problem have solutions adverse effects. In this essay, I will outline two possible reasons and propose solutions to these problems.
Majorly, there are two reasons for this concern first and forest the increasing number of private vehicles on road. the private car ownership economic conditions and effect public transportation need only congestion hours. when forcing more people on private vehicles. secondly, many cities have not good road condition, small road crowd on road. For instance In Delhi have road repaid of residents area, narrow streets, limited routes, lead to severe traffic congestion.
Step taken to deal with this problem are many, but the most effective ones are not remote, However needed increasing public transport system networks by people transit system, such as buses, train, metro lines and more. and encourage people for public transport vehicles. For example, in Japan Government did encourage to people and parvide some public vehicles for some pay charger. thereby reducing traffic congestion and pollution in the cites. and remove some toll road.
In conclusion, this is not only responsiblely in government need help to every person to Government. Government should more and more pravide public vehicles with extra benefits therefor people more and more use public transport as a result increasing crowd and pollution in the world.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response is completely off-topic. The prompt asks for a discussion on the restoration versus replacement of old buildings, but the essay focuses entirely on traffic congestion. Furthermore, the response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, as it contains only 225 words. Because the content does not address the task question at all, it cannot be evaluated for task development or position. This results in a very low score for Task Achievement, as the candidate has failed to respond to the specific prompt provided.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is divided into paragraphs, but the logical progression is severely hindered by the lack of relevance to the prompt. Cohesive devices are used in a mechanical and often incorrect manner, such as 'Majorly' and 'first and forest' (likely a misspelling of 'first and foremost'). Referencing is often unclear, and the transition between ideas is disjointed. While there is an attempt to structure the essay with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, the lack of a coherent argument makes the overall flow difficult to follow.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary is limited and repetitive. There are frequent errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'morden' instead of 'modern', 'parvide' instead of 'provide', and 'responsiblely' instead of 'responsibility'. The range of vocabulary is insufficient to express complex ideas, and many collocations are unnatural or incorrect, such as 'road repaid of residents area'. The lexical errors are frequent and occasionally impede the reader's understanding of the intended meaning.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The grammatical range is very limited, consisting mostly of simple sentences with frequent errors. There are significant issues with subject-verb agreement, such as 'This problem have solutions' and 'many cities have not good road condition'. Punctuation is also problematic, with erratic use of commas and periods. Complex sentence structures are attempted but are almost always faulty, leading to a lack of clarity. The high frequency of grammatical errors makes the text difficult to read and understand.
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