Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-10

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 6.0)

I strongly agree that constructing high-rise apartment blocks are the most effecting solution to the housing shortage in major cities.

Firstly, tall buildings maximize the use of limited land. In large cities like dhaka and chittagong, land is extremely scarce and expensive. By Building vertically rather than horizontally, a single plot of land can accommodate hundreds of families instead of just a few. For example, in my city chittagong, one 15- storey building can provide homes for over 60 families, which would otherwise require huge area of land. This not only saves space but also reduce the cost of land per familly.

Secondly, high-rise apartsments are more sustainable and efficient. When many people live in one building, it becomes easier for the government to provide essential services such as water, electricity and public transport. Moreover residents can live close to their workplaces in the city centre, which reduces traffic congestion and pollution. In contrast, if we build low houses on the outskirts of the city, people will have to travel long distances everyday, which creates more problems.

Admittedly, some people argue that tall blocks can lead to overcrowding and lack of community spirit.However, I believe this problem can be sloved by proper training, such as including parks, playgrounds, and community centres within the apartment complex.

In conclusion,although some buildings have some drawbacks, their advantages,in terms of lands use and efficiency, make them the best wqy to solve the problems in large cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the opening: you strongly support high-rise housing, and the response addresses the question with reasons about land use and service efficiency, plus a counterargument about community life. The Chittagong example gives the first point some concrete support. However, the second reason is explained more generally, and the response does not explore conditions such as affordability, building quality, or whether high-rise homes suit different households. The proposed solution to weak community spirit is also brief. The response is 8 words below the required minimum, so it does not meet the task’s length requirement; this leaves less room to develop and support the ideas. Extend the discussion with a specific example and fuller explanation of the counterargument.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two supporting paragraphs, a concession and response, and a conclusion. Sequencing is easy to follow, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” “Admittedly,” and “In conclusion” make the argument’s stages explicit. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent arrangement and shows some of the flexibility associated with stronger cohesion. However, the linking is somewhat formulaic, and a few transitions between claims could be smoother. For example, the move from proximity to workplaces to reduced congestion would benefit from a clearer explanation of how residents’ travel changes. Improve progression by linking each example directly to the claim it supports and varying transitions rather than relying mainly on paragraph-opening markers.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “high-rise apartment blocks,” “limited land,” “essential services,” and “traffic congestion,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “accommodate hundreds of families.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “effecting” for “effective,” “apartsments,” “familly,” “sloved,” and “wqy.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “proper training” for the measures needed to build community facilities and “lands use.” These errors keep the vocabulary from being consistently controlled. Proofread spelling carefully and choose collocations that express the intended meaning precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a conditional structure in “if we build low houses … people will have to travel” and a relative clause in “which reduces traffic congestion and pollution.” Most sentences remain understandable, and the argument is not obscured. Some grammatical errors persist, however. In the opening, “constructing … are” has a subject–verb agreement problem; “This … reduce” also needs agreement, and “a huge area of land” requires an article. There are punctuation and spacing issues, such as “spirit.However” and “In conclusion,although.” Work on agreement, articles, and sentence punctuation, then proofread each sentence while retaining the complex structures you already attempt.

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