Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-09

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)

Nowadays, people are keen interested to take photographs whenever they get the chance. They are not bother of anything, despite of so many difficulties in their way, they want a perfect picture.

Although we have heard so many cases where people get injured or dead while clicking the perfect frame for picture still people are climbing the mountains, finding the places that no one has visted before.

Furthermore, the craze of social media is increasing day by day. People on Youtube, Instagram, Facebook are competing with each other to show something new and interesting to atract more and more people on social media. As soon as they know about any new site where they can visit for photographing they visit there without having complete knowledge of the place.

These days, people have the access to become popular with the help of social media, they can make their own channel and also earn well if they will be able to run that channel between audience. This is the main reason why people are going to different places to make new content and way to attract their followers to follow them.

Overall, this trend has both the consequencies either negative or postive, as far as by clicking photographs and making videos on different sites they are entertaining people on the social media, people love to watch their content and they do not have to make any effort going on such sites as they can see everything on their phones and laptops. Perhaps, those who are making these content also earning from these websites which is also a business for them.

On the other hand, going on unknown places may cause harmful to the visitor as we do not know what kind of danger will be there, for instance these places are not safe becuase of wild animals and disasters, so be careful while visiting these sites, explore everything about before going to such places.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses both questions: it links the behaviour to social-media popularity and income, and it discusses benefits as well as dangers. The examples of people seeking new locations for content and facing wild animals or disasters are relevant. However, the task asks specifically about people photographing themselves without looking at the place, while much of the response shifts to content creation and visiting unknown or dangerous locations. Your overall judgement is also unclear: calling the trend both negative and positive does not establish whether you consider it mainly positive or negative. Develop a clear position and explain how the loss of attention to the place itself affects your evaluation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the opening introduces the behaviour, the next paragraphs give possible causes, and the final section considers advantages and risks. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “On the other hand” help signal relationships. However, progression is not consistently clear. The paragraph beginning “Overall” introduces benefits, then the final paragraph turns to risks, so the conclusion does not clearly resolve your position. Several ideas also repeat the point that people create social-media content, while the connection between taking selfies and earning money is not fully explained. Use a clearer paragraph plan—causes, your evaluation with developed reasons, and a concise conclusion—and make each paragraph advance one main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “social media,” “content,” “followers,” “wild animals,” and “disasters,” which makes the general subject understandable. There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “perfect frame.” However, the range is limited by repeated general words such as “people,” “places,” and “different,” and several inaccurate or awkward choices make meaning less precise: “keen interested,” “craze of social media,” and “make new content and way to attract.” Spelling errors such as “visted,” “attract,” “consequencies,” “postive,” and “becuase” are noticeable. Aim for accurate collocations and more precise language for the behaviour, such as “take selfies at landmarks” and “seek online attention.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some complex sentences, for example, “Although we have heard so many cases where people get injured or dead … still people are climbing the mountains,” and uses clauses beginning with “as soon as” and “if.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include “They are not bother,” “they can make their own channel and also earn well if they will be able,” and “going on unknown places may cause harmful to the visitor.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention, particularly in the long sentence beginning “Overall.” Practise accurate verb forms, agreement, and clause construction, then check each sentence for a clear subject and main verb.

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