Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-13

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)

Tall apartments contains more number of home that it provide shelter for people who are living in large cities. And I agree to the given statement. Nowadays people are migrating to large cities in search of job opportunities, for studies, etc., Even rural areas are now turning to urban areas as huge development of technologies and increase in population. Due the increase in population, some people don't have home to stay. So, the need of home is higher in large cities.

Let us assume that there are 10 families in a city. We can only build upto three homes such that three house will only provide shelter for three families. What about the other seven families? Instead of building three homes. We can plan properly and build a tall apartment which can accomodate all the ten families in one place. And even if the population increases, still we have enough space to build apartments.

When building an apartment, we have to make sure that the basement is strong. And also we should not cut trees in order to build an apartment. In order to provide shelter for people, we should kill the trees. In these days, we cannot find any trees around which is beacuse of urban civilization. We need to protect our environment and that is our duty to take care.

I will strongly agree to, that tall apartments will definitely provide enough homes for people in large cities. The only reason that the large cities require tall apartment is because of population growth, so we can take action to control the population. Instead of ten families staying in an apartment, if we control the population, it might reduce to half of the population. And we build an eco-friendly home for families.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

Your position is clear in the opening and conclusion: you agree that tall apartments can provide homes in large cities. The example comparing three houses with one block for ten families is relevant and helps explain the space-saving benefit. However, the response only partly develops the task. The environmental discussion introduces tree loss and eco-friendly homes, but its connection to whether tall blocks are the best way to provide enough housing is not fully explained; the sentence about needing to “kill the trees” also conflicts with your concern about protecting them. The final suggestion to control population shifts away from the main question. Develop the housing argument with specific benefits and limitations, and explain how your examples support your position.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction to an example, environmental concerns, and a conclusion. Paragraph breaks help separate these points, and phrases such as “Let us assume” signal an example. However, the overall progression is not consistently clear: the discussion moves from apartment capacity to tree protection and then population control without showing how each point advances the central argument. Some linking is repetitive or awkward, including repeated uses of “And” and “In order to.” The contrast between protecting trees and saying they must be killed is also confusing. Organise the body around a small number of connected reasons, and use clear transitions to show whether each paragraph supports or qualifies your agreement.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary such as “population,” “shelter,” “urban areas,” “development,” and “eco-friendly,” so the main subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate, sometimes making meaning unclear. For example, “Tall apartments contains more number of home” is an awkward way to express housing capacity, while “provide shelter for people” is repeated rather than varied. “Kill the trees” is an unsuitable expression in this context and appears to contradict your intended point about environmental protection. Spelling errors such as “accomodate” and “beacuse” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of housing and planning terms, and check spelling and natural word combinations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including conditional examples such as “if the population increases” and “if we control the population.” However, control is inconsistent, and frequent errors can make the reader work to understand some sentences. Examples include “Tall apartments contains,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “Due the increase in population,” which has an incomplete prepositional pattern. Articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries also need attention: “a tall apartment which can accomodate all the ten families” and “And I agree to the given statement” are not well formed. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles, and complete sentence structures before adding more complex clauses; proofread punctuation and sentence openings as well.

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