Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-02

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)

In our modern world it is wide spreaded to take pictures of some well-known places without taking time to watch at them. People usually spend a lot of time to post pictures on social media during their trip.

From my perspective, those photos travellers mostly use for a social validation. I would say this is definietly a harmful and negative trend.

Firstly, as more they concentrate on other people's opinion, as less they appreciate a real time experience. If people spend time putting efforts in choosing the photographs to post, they loose a connection with a real life. Travellers may keep in mind checking new likes, comments and messages on a phone, therefore they are not able to spend more time in a new city and to explore it.

Moreover, there are a lof of pictures of anything in the world in the internet, so no need to take too much pictures of some famous places. Maybe, just a few photos with your face are more than enough.

I can not remember a last time when I actually rewatched all that content I had from my vacations. Mostly, when I think about my trips, I imagine them in my memory. I do not need watch anything If I remembered enganging thing that happened there. I made wonderful memories and do not regret about pictures, I just would like to spend more time there.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that the tourists shoud put attention on making memories beyond the phone and social networks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your response addresses both questions: you explain that travellers seek social validation through social media, and you clearly judge the trend to be harmful. The points about checking likes and missing the experience, and about personal memories being more meaningful than saved photographs, are relevant and supported by personal reflection. This gives the argument a clear foundation. However, the reasons for the behaviour are less fully explored than the negative effects: social validation is identified, but you could explain more about why sharing images matters to people or why famous sites encourage this behaviour. The point that there are already many online pictures is also asserted rather than developed. More balanced explanation and specific examples would make the response more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, two body paragraphs developing the negative view, and a conclusion that restates your position. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Moreover,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the argument, and the personal reflection gives the second body paragraph a distinct focus. Some links are less smooth or precise, however. The move from social validation to the claim that there are already many pictures online is abrupt, and “Maybe, just a few photos with your face are more than enough” does not clearly connect to the preceding point. The long reflection also shifts between past experience and general advice. Use clearer topic sentences and explicit links showing how each example supports your main argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “social validation,” “appreciate,” “connection,” “explore,” and “memories.” These choices communicate your main ideas, and there is some attempt to use less common language. However, several noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation problems reduce precision: “wide spreaded,” “definietly,” “loose a connection,” and “a lof of pictures” are examples. Phrases such as “watch at them” and “a real time experience” also sound unnatural in context. The reader can generally understand your meaning, but these errors make the expression less fluent and occasionally require interpretation. Build accuracy by learning common word partnerships and checking spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the comparison structure “as more they concentrate … as less they appreciate” and a cause-and-effect sentence beginning “If people spend time…”. Your main position remains understandable, and the conclusion is grammatically straightforward. Some errors in sentence structure and grammatical patterns nevertheless recur. For example, “as more … as less” needs a correctly formed comparative construction, while “I do not need watch anything” is missing the infinitive marker. There are also issues with articles and prepositions in phrases such as “in the internet” and “a last time.” These errors do not prevent understanding, but they limit control. Practise accurate comparative clauses, verb patterns, and article use, then proofread each sentence.

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