Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-26

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 6.0)

b1 - maintain rrepuration on social media, advertising, showing their status and standard of living eg to gather view and set a trend for other people

b2 negative trend, photos should be for their personal memories not for showing off and joining social media trend.

Technology has evolved helping people store their precious memories by taking photographsn nowadays. People visit famous places of the world, however they limit their happiness by taking photographs of themselves instead of enjoying the moment at present.

Capturing moments when visiting to well-known places has become a trend itself, while the reasons for the photographs are not necessarily same for every individual. One important aspect of this issue is maintaning their reputation through social media platforms. When celebrities visit famous places they tend to capture themselves with trending pose of the location, so that they can add their status or story in social media platform to show their standard of living. As a result, it influences other people to repeat the same trend and show off on social media platforms. For instance, a celebrity visits Maldives and upload the photographs of the location and themselves for promotion of a location, which is intended to show targeted audience to set an instance of standard life.

I believe that this is a negative trend, because the propose of visiting a famous place should never rely on setting an image on social media. Furthermore, the moments should be captured with happiness for future which refresh your nostalgic memories. In addition to that, visiting well-known places can help you explore world through naked eyes and to surplus the happiness they should capture the moment.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, explaining why people take photographs at well-known places without looking at them (such as maintaining a reputation and showing standard of living on social media) and giving a clear opinion that it is a negative trend. Ideas are generally relevant, as seen when the writer states that 'maintaining their reputation through social media platforms' drives this behavior. However, the development of ideas lacks depth in places. For example, the explanation regarding celebrities visiting the Maldives is somewhat confusing and repetitive. The position is clear throughout, but the support and extension of ideas are occasionally superficial, placing this response firmly in the Band 6 category.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction and body paragraphs. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the causes from the writer's opinion. Cohesive devices are employed, such as 'As a result', 'For instance', and 'Furthermore', though some transitions feel a bit mechanical or lack seamless integration. Referencing is generally clear, for example, using 'this issue' to refer back to the phenomenon described in the introduction. Progression is visible, moving logically from the technological context to the reasons behind the trend, and finally to the negative evaluation. Overall, the organizational structure meets the criteria for Band 6.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'precious memories', 'celebrities', and 'targeted audience'. However, there are noticeable word choice and collocation errors that prevent a higher score. For instance, the phrase 'propose of visiting' is a spelling/word-choice error for 'purpose', and 'to surplus the happiness' is awkward and inaccurate. Other issues include phrasing like 'add their status or story' instead of 'update their status'. While communication is not severely impeded, these lexical inaccuracies restrict the score to Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The writer demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and conditional-like structures, such as 'When celebrities visit famous places they tend to capture themselves... so that they can add their status...'. There are, however, frequent grammatical errors and punctuation slips throughout the text. Examples include missing articles or pluralization errors in 'photographsn', 'visiting to well-known places', and 'explore world through naked eyes'. Additionally, awkward phrasing like 'which refresh your nostalgic memories' shows minor agreement or tense confusion. These errors occasionally disrupt the flow, but communication remains clear, fitting the Band 6 descriptor well.

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