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)

Nowadays, it is often argued that building tall apartment blocks is the best way to provide enough homes in large cities. I completely agree to this statement because of two main reasons such as over population and space shortage in large cities.

One of the primary reason why I agree with this viewpoint is extremely denser population in large cities. This is because these cities tends to attract more people as their will be higher job opportunities, adequate facilities, great educational institutions and lavish infrastructures. This makes the city over populated people as more people migrate to these larger cities and settle down for longer period or for a life time. Consequently, this situation makes it harder to find suitable space for building individual homes inside the city.

Another major reason is that larger cities have more infrastures such as social monuments, government buildings, organisational infrastructures, public places such as bus stations, railway stations, botanical or zoological parks, theme parks, shopping malls, etc., which indeed leaves the city with shortage in space to build individual homes.

Therefore, I support my view of building tall apartment blocks or flats to provide enough homes to people reside in the large cities which do not take much space compared to building their own individual houses. For example, instead of building ten individual houses which would give homes to ten different families in an area. Building ten tall apartment blocks in which each apartment can have the same size of six houses that could totally accomodate sixty families which is sixty percent efficient than building conventional individual homes.

In conclusion, I firmly agree with this statement as over-population and difficulty of finding space for accomodating those families in large cities clearly demonstrate why this position is more convincing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction (“I completely agree”) and remains consistent in the conclusion. You give two relevant reasons—population pressure and limited space—and explain how apartment blocks can accommodate more families on a smaller footprint. The numerical example comparing ten houses with ten blocks helps illustrate your point. However, the first reason is developed more fully than the second, which mainly lists facilities and then asserts that they reduce available land. The example’s “sixty percent efficient” claim is also unclear and does not precisely describe the comparison. To strengthen the response, explain the land-use advantage more carefully and support the second reason with a specific, relevant example. The task is addressed, but some ideas need clearer development.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two reason-based body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Signposting such as “One of the primary reason,” “Another major reason,” and “Therefore” makes the progression easy to follow. The main weakness is that some links feel mechanical, and the second body paragraph is largely a list of facilities rather than a fully connected explanation. The example beginning “For example” is also difficult to follow because it compares houses and apartment blocks without clearly stating the land area being held constant. Use more precise referencing and connect each example directly to the claim it supports. This would make the organisation feel more natural and the argument’s progression clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of vocabulary, including “job opportunities,” “educational institutions,” “shortage in space,” and “accommodate,” which helps communicate the topic. There are also attempts at more formal wording, such as “Consequently” and “viewpoint.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “over populated people,” “lavish infrastructures,” and “social monuments.” Spelling errors such as “infrastures” and “accomodate” also reduce accuracy. Some repetition of “large cities,” “individual homes,” and “building” limits flexibility. Aim for precise, natural combinations—for example, describe cities as “densely populated” and refer to “public infrastructure”—and check spelling carefully. Your meaning remains generally understandable, but greater control of word choice is needed.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including explanations with “This is because” and a result clause introduced by “Consequently.” The overall meaning is usually clear, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “One of the primary reason” needs a plural noun, and “these cities tends” has a subject–verb agreement error. In “as their will be higher job opportunities,” the clause structure is faulty; a clearer form would be “because there are more job opportunities.” The sentence beginning “For example, instead of building…” is a fragment, while the following sentence needs a clearer grammatical connection. Review agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries, and practise combining comparisons into complete sentences. More accurate complex sentences would improve control.

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