Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-12

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 tall apartment blocks is one of popular methods of build in cities to keep all of the families finding houses without problems. In my opinion that is the best method now and am agree with it.

By one main The tall apartment blocks is one of the best way and the cheaper one to has made families lives at private building and that is significantly important because there are lot of families have hard situations that what make most of countries use that.

By other hand, live in big house also better good with many of advantages but in cities that so expensive and hardly for example in Paris city to buying a big house the price of that buying approximate of 6 apertment. Also the land is one of problems to let the governments taken the tall apertment way. for example, in algeria at the capital city the price of land expensive more than a land in small village with 2000 percent.

In canclusion, the tall apartment blocks is important thing in cities to ler the socitey live in peace without homes problem and give them the safety life and that what I see because we don't have lot of choices.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear overall view that you agree tall apartment blocks are the best option, and you offer relevant reasons: they can house families and are more practical where land and large houses are expensive. The Paris and Algeria examples also show an attempt to support your points. However, the response addresses the issue only partially: the reasons are brief and some claims, such as apartment blocks being “the cheaper one,” are not explained clearly. The comparison with living in a big house is introduced but not developed into a balanced argument. The response is also 47 words below the required minimum, leaving too little space to explain and support your ideas. Develop each reason with a clear explanation and a specific example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

Your response has a basic structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting different considerations, and a conclusion. The reader can identify your general position and follow the broad movement from advantages to a counterpoint. However, progression within paragraphs is weak, and some linking phrases are inaccurate or unclear, including “By one main” and “By other hand.” The second paragraph combines the cost of houses, land prices and government choices without clearly showing how each point connects. The conclusion repeats the main claim rather than drawing the argument together. Use clear topic sentences, connect each example directly to its reason, and choose accurate transitions such as “One key advantage” and “On the other hand.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “apartment blocks,” “families,” “land,” “governments” and “price,” so the reader can recognise the subject of the essay. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make meaning difficult to follow. For example, “families lives at private building” and “safety life” do not express the intended ideas naturally, while “apertment” and “canclusion” are misspelled. Repetition of “tall apartment blocks” and “big house” also limits flexibility. Build a small set of accurate phrases for housing density, affordability and land use, and check spelling and word forms. More precise vocabulary would help you explain your relevant ideas without changing their meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a sentence beginning “because there are lot of families…” and one using “for example.” However, the range is limited, and attempts to combine ideas often produce faulty structures that make the reader work to understand them. Examples include “The tall apartment blocks is,” “am agree with it,” and “the price of that buying approximate of 6 apertment.” There are recurring problems with subject–verb agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence construction. Some sentences also lack clear grammatical connections between clauses. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then extend them with one clear subordinate clause. Check agreement and verb forms when revising each sentence.

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