Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-17
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 5.5)
Travellig to different places is work like stress reliving therapy for many people and in those trips make a photographs memorable became so much popular that people in modern world giving more importance to photograph rather than admiring the place where they are.I belive that this has negative impacts and I will discuss supporting reason for my statment.
In todays world, Where social media has very heavy influence on our life, many people only travel to take pictures which they can upload on social media to show-off. Additionally, other group use the place make their special occation memorable. For example,My friends travel to italy to have their pre-wedding photoshoot. The reason behind was this photoshoot was only to look cool on social media.
This trend has many negative impacts which is adversely affecting our society. Firstly, It is increasing financial burden on person who can not afford to travel to that particular place which he does only to stay in trend on social media. Additionally, The person also spend huge amount of money on traveling which he is not even admiring by his naked eyes. Just for a single picture, spending money and spare a time on travelling is waste of resources. They can also make a picture of that place by using correct use Artificial-Intelligence.
To conclude, Although make pictures memorable is an indvidual perosn's choice nobody has an influence on their choice, the pupose to visit the place only to take picture is in my opinion such a bad idea.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by identifying reasons for the trend (social media influence, creating memorable occasions) and giving a clear position that it is a negative trend. The ideas are relevant and supported with an example about a pre-wedding photoshoot in Italy. However, the development is somewhat limited and the arguments, such as the mention of Artificial Intelligence as an alternative, are slightly underdeveloped and tangential. Nevertheless, the main parts of the prompt are covered sufficiently to meet the criteria for a Band 6.0, as the student presents a clear overall position and supports it with relevant, albeit basic, explanations and examples.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate ideas, such as the reasons for the trend and its negative impacts. Cohesive devices are employed, including transition markers like 'In todays world', 'Additionally', 'Firstly', and 'To conclude'. However, some referencing and linking are faulty or mechanical, and sentence-to-sentence flow can feel abrupt due to grammatical constraints. The progression of ideas is sometimes hindered by awkward phrasing, placing this response firmly in the Band 6.0 category for coherence and cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'stress reliving therapy', 'adversely affecting', and 'financial burden'. However, there are frequent word-choice, spelling, and collocation errors, such as 'Travellig', 'work like stress reliving therapy', 'make a photographs memorable became so much popular', and 'spare a time'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, as the reader can still understand the intended meaning, but they restrict the lexical score to a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating an attempt at structures like subordinate clauses ('Where social media has very heavy influence'). However, there are persistent and frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, and article usage throughout the text, such as missing articles ('in those trips make a photographs memorable', 'person who can not afford'), incorrect verb forms ('people in modern world giving', 'he is not even admiring'), and punctuation flaws. While communication is rarely completely blocked, the high density of structural errors prevents the essay from reaching Band 6.0.
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