Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-08-18

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)

In contemporary epoch, photography is must on every visit of any places in order to look good or to show better lifestyle on social media. Nowadays, popular places are visited by more and more populace to take photographs of themselves, but not for the purpose of looking at the place. This is happening to gain more followers on social media and also other noticeable reasons will be discussed further in this essay. Here, it is clearly appeared to be a negative development of trend.

To begin with, one of the prime reasons for more people are visiting well known places more for photography purpose is, they want to gain more number of followers. To exemplify, it is noticeable that the more glorious photos at the famous place, the higher the chance that attract more audience, which will ultimately gain more followers for them. Hence, with the purpose of photography only most of the people visit well-known places.

To elucidate the negative trend, despite such popular places are not affordable for some people, they still try to showcase more glorified life in order to attract more people, and they will blindly follow their footsteps in order to expect same level of success without doing a fact check. For example, if any content creators post photo with the background of famous place that is difficult to reach, their followers also try to imitate them and put themselves in danger to achieve same photograph. Thus, this negative trend of taking photos at well-known place can be dangerous sometime.

To conclude, people take photographs of themselves only, without looking or admiring the beauty of such popular places is a negative trend. This trend will not only make people blindly trust content creators but also they put their life in danger just take similar photos like them at well-known places.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: the reasons for the trend and the evaluation of whether it is positive or negative. The position is clear from the introduction. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. While you mention social media followers and the danger of imitating influencers, the arguments could be extended further with more specific examples or deeper analysis. For instance, you could explore the psychological aspect of 'FOMO' (fear of missing out) or the impact on the tourism industry. The response covers the requirements, but the depth of the arguments remains at a general level.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The essay is organized into logical paragraphs, each with a clear focus. There is a progression of ideas from the introduction to the conclusion. You use some cohesive devices such as 'To begin with', 'To exemplify', and 'To conclude', which help guide the reader. However, some transitions feel a bit mechanical or repetitive. Additionally, there are minor issues with referencing and sentence-level cohesion, such as in the phrase 'other noticeable reasons will be discussed further', which is not fully realized in the body paragraphs. Overall, the structure is coherent, but the flow between sentences could be smoother.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'contemporary epoch', 'glorified life', and 'content creators'. However, there are several instances of awkward word choice and collocation errors, such as 'photography is must', 'more number of followers', and 'clearly appeared to be'. These errors do not impede communication, but they do highlight a lack of precision. To reach a higher band, focus on using collocations more naturally and avoiding repetitive phrasing like 'more and more' or 'gain more'.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. While you attempt complex sentences, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with articles ('the' is often missing or misused), subject-verb agreement ('more people are visiting' instead of 'more people visit'), and preposition usage. For example, 'visit well-known places' should often be 'visit well-known places' or 'visit to well-known places'. These errors are noticeable but rarely prevent the reader from understanding your meaning. Increasing the frequency of error-free sentences and refining your control over complex structures will improve your score.

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