Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-12
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Concern for the environment is growing rapidly and more and more people are choosing to be 'eco-tourists' - travelling in responsible, environmentally-friendly ways. As a result, the eco-tourism industry is expanding.
To what extent do you think this is a positive trend?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
People tends to be a eco-tourists because of the widespread worries for the environment are grown. Eco-tourism effectively include travel with responsibilities in more nature friendly way. THese have shown a positive impact for this industries.
To travels around the differents biome of land with co living with non mechanical ways is a postive trend to follow. This passage will discuss for the same
Eco-tourism have rapidly became a trending content in the social media. The ongoing concern for the nature amog the governement and seprerate indivials have widely spread.To begin with, traveling with good intent and not littering the places is very important as the forests or the hill are homes to many local communities and rare wildlife. As the local being living at the place for decades its our jobs we do not take any steps against them. Another reasons is that it helps the to preserve the species of specific flaura and fauna which are on erge of extinction. The core reason of extincted species is the human take their home by destroying their forests and lands to turn them into money making machine. Moreover, the eco-tourism helps to spread awarness about the locals and the fauna which forces tthe government to take needed steps on preserving our nature. For example, the government of gir in gujarat have imposed fees on cars for the entry to the forest which can be used as the fund raiser for the cameras and GPS used to track the Lions in the forests inorder to avoid them to get instinct and provide necesarry food and shelter.
To conclude, I like to add that the tourits should be more active about showing the guilty to bring them in front of socialk media to spread awarness and importance of environmently friendly tourisms.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt by discussing the positive aspects of the growing eco-tourism industry, presenting arguments related to wildlife protection, local communities, and raising awareness. A clear position is expressed, stating that eco-tourism is a positive trend. However, the development of ideas suffers from a lack of clear focus and some convoluted phrasing. For instance, the discussion on preserving flora and fauna touches on valid points such as habitat destruction, but the argumentation is somewhat repetitive and contains logical leaps. The example provided regarding the Gir Forest in Gujarat helps support the argument about government intervention, yet overall development remains limited and under-developed in places due to expression issues. It satisfies the core requirements of the task, earning a band score of 5.5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is divided into paragraphs, and there is an attempt at overall organisation with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions and confusing sentence structures, such as 'This passage will discuss for the same.' Cohesive devices are used, but sometimes inaccurately or mechanically, and paragraphing is irregular, with an overly fragmented opening section. Referencing is occasionally unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the flow of arguments smoothly. Overall arrangement shows some coherence, but faulty cohesion places this at a band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student attempts a range of vocabulary suitable for the topic, including terms like 'eco-tourists', 'environmentally-friendly', 'extinction', and 'awareness'. However, there are frequent errors in word choice, form, and collocation, such as 'People tends to be a eco-tourists', 'nature friendly', 'amog', 'seprerate indivials', and 'erge of extinction'. Spelling and morphological errors ('extincted', 'environmently', 'socialk') are noticeable and sometimes cause strain for the reader, though meaning can usually be deciphered. This reflects the characteristics of band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar is weak throughout the response. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement ('People tends', 'eco-tourism have rapidly became'), article usage ('a eco-tourists', 'the local being'), and prepositional phrases ('To travels around'). Complex structures are frequently faulty, leading to sentences that are grammatically obscure, such as 'To travels around the differents biome of land with co living with non mechanical ways is a postive trend to follow.' These persistent errors cause difficulty for the reader and align with a band 5.0.
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