Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-22
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)
Now a days tour is essencial part of everyone`s life.Every individual planning a tour for new places for twice in a year and they are very obssesed with the social media for where they are travelling.
I think it is happening due to competition in social media. Some People are visiting new places for that history and culture exploring however some people for photography. They do no enjoying place culture and History.They are very intrested in photography for social media content.Some of them are influncers they give a some feedback about the place.
From my prespective it has positive trend because some time it help us to understand what type of places we can visit.some people put a review on social media about place,food and culture so we can see that and decide how to plan our trip and sometimes it help us to find a best thing what we needed.Some of them are influncers they put the stories on social media via this we can find a what is best for us and what is useless.Now a days there is a more compitition in social media for photography.People post their photos on it and says their feelings about that place.
However sometimes people actually do not have any idea about that place history and visit their only for photogarph.it is inconvinient for them to show off themselves on social media withot knowing anything about that places.and offen they post a wrong post on social media.
In summary, every individual first know a history or positive thing about that place before posting on social media.government also should talk a call on ristriction of photogrphy at some historical places.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student addresses all parts of the prompt, attempting to explain why the trend occurs (social media competition and photography) and presenting an opinion on whether it is positive or negative. The ideas, however, are somewhat repetitive, particularly regarding influencers and social media competition, which appear across multiple paragraphs. For instance, the statement 'Some People are visiting new places for that history and culture exploring however some people for photography' touches upon relevant concepts, but the support lacks depth and structure. While a clear position is taken that the trend is positive because it helps with reviews, the counter-argument is underdeveloped. Consequently, this performance aligns closely with Band 5 descriptors where ideas are somewhat limited and repetitive.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is arranged into paragraphs, but the overall organisation lacks smooth progression. Basic cohesive devices are attempted, such as 'However' and 'In summary', but referencing and transitions are often awkward or mechanical. For example, sentences like 'They do no enjoying place culture and History.They are very intrested in photography for social media content.Some of them are influncers they give a some feedback about the place' display abrupt transitions and a lack of cohesive glue between sentences. Paragraphing is attempted, but ideas are scattered rather than logically grouped, reflecting Band 5 standards where cohesion is sometimes faulty and repetitive.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text. Words such as 'essencial', 'obssesed', 'prespective', 'compitition', 'inconvinient', and 'photogarph' demonstrate persistent spelling issues. The student attempts some less common vocabulary items like 'influencers' and 'history and culture', but imprecise word choices and collocational errors, such as 'talk a call on ristriction', impede smooth reading and cause difficulty for the reader at times. This vocabulary profile fits the Band 5 descriptor where the range is limited and noticeable errors occur.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student uses a mix of simple sentence structures and attempts at complex ones, but these attempts are frequently faulty. There are widespread grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues, missing articles, and incorrect prepositions, such as 'tour is essencial part of everyone`s life', 'visit their only for photogarph', and 'withot knowing anything about that places'. Punctuation and capitalization errors are also prevalent throughout the text (e.g., spacing issues after periods and commas). Because frequent errors cause difficulty for the reader and complex structures are rarely accurate, this performance warrants a Band 5 score.
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