Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-19
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)
Now days, most of youngest are like to visited new famouse places by seeing photos,videos from another influncer in social media plateform such as instagram, tiktok,facebook. According to my opinion its have more negative impact rather then postive fact.There are some reasons behind this statement and this essay will explain those point in details.
The first reason is that influnce from famouse influncer.In other word,individuals are going in new places just for clicking attractive pictures to showing to another people just for gaining like,comment and followers in social plateform.For instance,they are missing quality of nature,leaning about its history,admire it architecture and experience of local culture.most of people visting taj mahel which located in Agra city,they are going there just for taking some attractive photographas and making reals for update on social media.
In second paragraph i want to explain their some negative points i could not say taking photos is wrong thing, i know its our great memories which we captured on camera for remember our special moments but most of people do not understand the fact of explore new places. They disturbed to another tourist who stand in long queue for click family photos in famouse area.They takes more time in crowed area just for make some reals.some peole force to click photos with foriegner people without any permission which is totaly wrong,Thus it can be say to right, this trend have more negative impact then postive .
In conclusion, while clicking picture is good way to captured out special moment in device but most of people taking wrong advantage of this trend ,accornding to me they should know about the place where they are going, learn about history and feel the nature and shared some review on google for another visitors.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The candidate addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the reasons for the trend of visiting famous places solely for photographs (such as social media influence) and giving a clear opinion on whether it is a positive or negative trend, identifying it as largely negative. The ideas are relevant and supported with examples, such as visiting the Taj Mahal or taking reels. However, some arguments lack full extension and are slightly repetitive, which places the response securely at Band 6.0 according to the descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay displays an overall coherent arrangement with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, paragraphing is somewhat problematic; the second body paragraph runs multiple distinct ideas together rather than focusing on a single well-developed point. Cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as 'In second paragraph i want to explain...' and 'Thus it can be say to right'. Referencing and logical progression are occasionally obscured by these mechanical transitions and run-on sentences, justifying a Band 5.0 score.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less-common items such as 'influncer', 'architecture', and 'commercial'. However, there are numerous spelling errors throughout ('Now days', 'famouse', 'plateform', 'photographas', 'reals', 'forietgner', 'accornding'), as well as word-choice and collocation inaccuracies like 'taking wrong advantage of this trend'. These errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, matching the Band 5.0 descriptors.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is quite limited. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('most of youngest are like to visited'), tense inconsistencies ('its have more negative impact'), and incorrect sentence structures ('According to my opinion its have...'). Punctuation and capitalization are also unreliable. Because errors are frequent and sometimes cause difficulty, the performance aligns with Band 5.0.
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