Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

The best way to provide enough homes in large cities is to build tall apartment blocks.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The best way to provide enough homes to indivisuls in large cities and to build tall apartments.

Apartments are good enough to me build in a large cities to provide a home to the people who are facing the problems related to accommodation..

According to my prespective this statement is totally correct to build a tall apartment blocks in a large city because the population ratio is high in large cities and people face difficulity realted to accommodation when the tall buildings known as apartments will start to bulid the country side people will also get opportunity to study in a good enviroment .

Some possible reasons and difficulties are people study in high schools and universities due to which they leave countryside and come to the city side so if there will be tall apartments different familes will find accommodation and they will not face difficulties.Also the other positive impact of large buliding apartments is large playgrounds will found for physical activites because the ratio of small houses will be low and large surface will be left for other activites .

In conclusion the best way to give accommodation in city areas is to bulid tall apartments for best a high standard living .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You take a clear position, stating that the proposal is “totally correct,” and give relevant reasons: high urban population, people moving from the countryside for education, and the possibility of providing shared playgrounds. However, the response addresses the question only partially. The reasons are brief and not sufficiently explained or supported with a specific example, and the opening repeats the prompt rather than establishing a developed argument. The point about countryside residents gaining access to a “good environment” is also unclear. The response is 45 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to develop your ideas. To strengthen the answer, explain how high-rise housing accommodates more people on limited land and consider a relevant drawback or qualification.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph giving reasons, and a conclusion. The main ideas are generally related to the topic, and “According to my perspective” and “In conclusion” signal the writer’s position and ending. However, progression within the body paragraph is difficult to follow because several points are joined together without clear explanation. For example, the link between people moving to cities for education and the claim that tall buildings create playground space needs to be made more explicit. Connectors such as “Also” are used mechanically, while some sentences contain unclear references. Use separate paragraphs for distinct reasons and link each claim to its explanation or example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “accommodation,” “population,” “apartments,” and “physical activities,” so the reader can identify the subject of your argument. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning unclear. For instance, “population ratio” is not a natural way to describe the number of residents, and “large surface will be left” does not clearly express the idea of freeing land for shared facilities. Spelling errors such as “indivisuls,” “prespective,” and “enviroment” are also noticeable. Build a more precise vocabulary for housing and urban planning, and check spelling and common word combinations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with reasons, such as the sentence beginning “because the population ratio is high.” This shows an effort to connect ideas, but the range of sentence structures remains limited, and complex sentences are often difficult to control. Errors in articles, agreement, and sentence construction appear in phrases such as “in a large cities,” “different families will find accommodation,” and “large playgrounds will found.” The opening sentence is also incomplete or unclear as a grammatical statement. These problems sometimes make the reader work to understand the intended meaning. Practise forming complete sentences with accurate subject–verb patterns, articles, and verb forms, then check punctuation and sentence boundaries.

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