Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

More and more people nowadays visit well-known places to take photographs of themselves, without looking at the place.

Why do you think this is happening?

Is it a positive or a negative trend?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

These days taking pictures of ourselves and posting it on social media has become a trend. Most people try their best to go any new place either it is well-known or not, have a selfie and post it on social media. As a result, they do not appreciate the creative work of that place, if well-known. Even going with family or friends they prioritize taking pictures.

This is happening because of social media posting trend. People post on social media about their personal life, about their professional life, the places they visit, and even what they are eating. So, it happens with well-known places as well that a lot of people just go their to take some photographs without looking at the design or specifications of that place. Another reason for that is now a days people do not actually care about historic places they just want to escape their daily life routines for a few hours.

I believe it is not a very good trend as people should avoid just taking pictures while visiting a popular place. I noticed a similar thing in my hometown's historic place, named as Hiran Minar. Most of the people just visit that place to take some pictures instead of recognizing the historic value of that place, who created it? when and why it was created?.

Hence, Instead of just taking pictures they should visit the whole place, appreciate the awesome work, they should enjoy the creativity of designs. It will help them to remember specificity of that place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both questions: social media is presented as a reason for the behaviour, and you clearly judge it negatively. The example of Hiran Minar also makes the concern about overlooking a place’s historical value relevant and concrete. However, the explanation of why people behave this way is only partly developed: the point about escaping daily routines is introduced but not explained or linked clearly to taking photographs. Your view that visitors should appreciate the site is clear, but the response would be stronger if it explored the effects of this trend in more detail and supported the reasons with fuller explanation. Overall, the main parts of the task are covered, though some ideas are less fully developed than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: it introduces the trend, gives reasons, states your opinion, and ends with a recommendation. Paragraphs generally have distinct purposes, and links such as “As a result,” “Another reason,” and “Hence” help show the direction of the argument. This meets the lower-band expectations and shows some features of stronger progression. However, connections between ideas are occasionally abrupt: the claim that people want to escape daily routines is not clearly tied to the behaviour described, and the final paragraph repeats the recommendation to look beyond photographs rather than extending the conclusion. Some references, such as “that place,” are also broad. Make the links between each reason and your main argument more explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough vocabulary to communicate the topic, including relevant terms such as “historic value,” “design,” “personal life,” and “daily life routines.” The example also gives you opportunities to use topic-specific language. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural, which limits clarity and flexibility: “go any new place,” “specifications of that place,” and “recognizing the historic value” do not express your meaning naturally. “Awesome work” is conversational for this essay, while “specificity” does not fit the intended meaning in the final sentence. Aim for more precise collocations and a consistently appropriate tone. These word-choice issues are noticeable, although the overall message remains understandable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and longer sentences, including cause-and-effect structures such as “As a result” and a complex sentence beginning “Most of the people just visit that place…”. The main ideas are generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “taking pictures … and posting it” has a pronoun-agreement problem, and “Most people try their best to go …, have a selfie and post” does not maintain a clear grammatical structure. The question sequence “who created it? when and why it was created?” also needs more accurate sentence formation and punctuation. Work on agreement, sentence construction, and punctuation while retaining your attempts at complex forms; greater control would make the argument easier to follow.

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