Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-18
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 5.0)
In this modern era, people are influenced by the tecnonlogy.In these days , most of the individuals are like to take photographs to visit on the famous places insted of looking the history of the place. In my opinion, this is a negative things. I will explain my point of view in the upcoming paragraphs.
To commence with, it has number of bad impact. First of all, lost history. To explain it , because of social media people are indulge in these things, they are concentrating on the photo shot and post on the social media for grabing a comments and like, owing to this, they are getting money from these application.through this, they are not foucing on the history of the place, even they can not grab the knowledge of their culture.To epitom, 70% of new generation they has not knowledge about their heritage.
Adding more to it, it has predominent reason behind this, New generation they are following the new culture through the social media such as Instagram, Tik Tok and many morw applications. they are accepting the modern culture.
In conclusion, although it has numoures of negative point likewise lost of history but it has some benfits using of tecnology they can leran about the other culture.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses both parts of the task by identifying reasons for the trend of taking photographs at famous places without appreciating them, and by stating a clear position that this is a negative trend. However, the ideas are under-developed and lack sufficient explanation or concrete examples. Furthermore, the response is only 210 words long, falling short of the 250-word minimum requirement. This negative impact on length restricts the depth of task completion, resulting in a band score of 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, which shows an attempt at structure, but the logical progression is weak. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repeatedly, such as 'To commence with', 'To explain it', and 'Adding more to it'. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the paragraphing does not always serve a clear organizational purpose. For example, the third body paragraph consists of only two sentences that repeat points already made. Overall, the coherence of the text is disrupted by mechanical transitions and poor flow, fitting the band 5 descriptor.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with frequent spelling mistakes throughout the text (e.g., 'tecnonlogy' instead of technology, 'insted' instead of instead, 'foucing' instead of focusing, 'numoures' instead of numerous). There is a limited range of vocabulary, and attempts to use more complex phrases often result in unnatural collocation, such as 'grabing a comments and like'. The lexical limitations cause occasional strain for the reader, aligning closely with a band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentences, but grammatical accuracy is quite low. There are frequent errors in basic sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, and punctuation (e.g., missing spaces after commas, 'most of the individuals are like to take', 'they has not knowledge', 'it has numoures of negative point likewise lost of history'). These errors frequently impede communication and make the text difficult to parse in several places. A band score of 4.5 is assigned here, rounding to 4.5 based on frequent structural errors.
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