Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-16

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 5.0)

I agree on this topic . This topic has to sides . As we all know, Everything has pros and cons . Its all about you that how you are using it. In Today's World , Majority of people goes to the places they already know . The one of the main reason because they know that where they can find food there . How much the security that place required.

People goes to the big places. For example , If I talk about the Burj Khalifa .People go there to take the pictures to collect memories . This is become a trend . Majority of peoples want to go to Dubai. Its also ion the trend . As far as I know One Habibi Make video in Instagram to tell people like that "Habibi come to Duabi" . And then his these words intense the people heart . And they wanted to vist to Duabi and taking pictures with the famous buliding of Duabi Burj Khalifa.

On the other hand ,Its also have disadvantage becuase the people who are poor . They dont have money to fulfill their dreams and go to Dubai. Acoording to me , This trend is completely negative beacuse it creates problem in the life of poor people.

At the last . I wanna say it is best to go to the place that you already know , So you can survive their beacuse you know almost everything about that placeso nothing wrong in it

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt: why people visit well-known places to take photographs, and whether this trend is positive or negative. However, the development of ideas is limited and somewhat superficial. For instance, the reasons given for visiting known places revolve around finding food and security, which only tangentially connects to the core phenomenon of compulsive photography without experiencing the location. The stance on the trend being negative is stated, but the reasoning—that it causes problems for poor people who cannot afford to visit Dubai—is underdeveloped and unconvincing. The response meets the minimum length requirement, but the arguments lack depth and cohesive logical progression. Overall, the performance aligns best with the Band 5 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The organization of the essay is weak. While the writer attempts paragraphing, the paragraphs are short, disjointed, and lack clear internal cohesion. Ideas are introduced abruptly without adequate linking devices, resulting in a choppy reading experience. For example, sentences such as 'This topic has to sides' and 'Its all about you that how you are using it' function as isolated fragments rather than supporting a cohesive argument. Pronoun referencing is frequently unclear, and transitional phrases are either missing or misused (e.g., 'At the last' instead of 'Finally' or 'In conclusion'). The overall arrangement shows some organizational awareness, but lacks clear progression, placing it firmly at Band 4.5 to 5.0. We award a Band 5.0 as there is a recognizable attempt to structure an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently hindered by word choice and spelling errors. The student relies on simple terms like 'big places', 'take the pictures', and 'make video', and attempts at less common vocabulary result in noticeable errors and awkward collocations, such as 'these words intense the people heart' and 'famous buliding'. Spelling mistakes are recurrent (e.g., 'to sides' instead of 'two sides', 'Duabi' instead of 'Dubai', 'becuase', 'Acoording', 'survive their'). While the meaning can generally be parsed with some effort, the limited and inaccurate lexical range restricts the score to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 for minimally adequate task coverage.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. The writing demonstrates a very limited range of structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent structural errors in complex or compound attempts. There are persistent errors in article usage, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, such as 'Majority of people goes' (should be 'The majority of people go') and 'visit to Duabi and taking pictures' (lack of parallel structure). Punctuation is also problematic, with incorrect spacing around commas and periods throughout the text. Because errors are frequent and cause occasional difficulty for the reader, the response corresponds to Band 4.0.

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