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)

Yes, its best way to provide enough homes in large cities is to build apartment blocks, but if you do work on the architacture and develpment of large cities, it should increased in area as well.

Apartment and blocks are best way to provide enough homes in large cities, because its contains less amount of area rather than private houses, apartments have alot of more abilities and develped infrastructure than houses. Moreover apartments are under the society management and other departments that is doing alot of work related to enviorment. So, build apartments have less expense, less useage of plots even, alot of peoples can live in the one main apartments and one of the big advantage is create go relation ship with their friends and nabours.

But if you want live a good life and you have ability than you should build your own proper house, because if city have large capacity in the form of area, apartments have not enough privacy and even you can't do any thing without help of others. so that is main reason is to be your own house in large city have less amount of investment rather apartments in the big cities in the from of population.

So at the end, if apartments should be build with proper work on archictecher so its best way to use large cities, even with large number of area infrastructure can provide it good, but if you want privacy houses are even good than apartment rather than small cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You take a position in favour of apartment blocks, while acknowledging that houses may suit people who value privacy. The response is relevant, but the comparison is only partly developed: points such as lower land use, shared management and social contact are listed without specific explanation or examples, and the final paragraph does not clearly resolve the conditions under which apartments are best. The response also contains 231 words, so it is 19 words below the required minimum; the 21 words copied from the task prompt are not counted. This limits the space available to develop your reasons. To strengthen the response, state your degree of agreement clearly in the introduction, explain each main reason with a concrete example, and make the conclusion consistent with that position.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph supporting apartments, a paragraph discussing houses, and a conclusion. This gives the reader a basic route through your argument. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and several ideas are joined mechanically with “because,” “Moreover,” “But,” and “so.” The relationship between the claim that apartments use less land and the later statement about cities having a large area is not made clear. Some references, such as “that is main reason,” are also difficult to connect to a precise point. Use one central idea per paragraph, link each supporting explanation explicitly to it, and use clearer transitions to show contrast and consequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to urban housing, including “infrastructure,” “privacy,” “investment,” and “population,” so the topic is generally identifiable. However, the range is limited and several repeated or inaccurate expressions make parts of the argument difficult to understand. Examples include “less amount of area,” “alot of more abilities,” “go relation ship,” and “in the from of population.” Spelling errors such as “archictecher,” “develpment,” and “nabours” also reduce clarity. Aim for precise housing and planning collocations, and check spelling and word forms carefully. For instance, explain that apartment blocks accommodate more residents on less land, rather than relying on vague phrases such as “more abilities.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use some longer sentences and attempt to connect reasons with clauses, as in “because its contains less amount of area rather than private houses.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence construction recur. Examples include “its contains,” “it should increased,” “apartments are under the society management,” and “if you want live a good life.” The final sentence is also difficult to follow because its clauses are not clearly structured. These errors sometimes make the intended relationships unclear. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses using “because,” “although” and “if”; check subject–verb agreement and verb forms during revision.

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