Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-14

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)

With the rapid growth of population in large cities, housing has become one of the most essential thing to provide everyone a place to live. Some people believe that building large apartment blocks is the best solution for this situation and I completely disagree with this statement.

Firstly, tall apartment blocks can make an area overcrowded. If a number of tall apartments is built in a small area, it can create issues like traffic congestion, shortage of basic emenities, shortage of educational institutions, different kind of pollutions and so many other inconveniences. For instance, due to the lack of education facilities, the institutions tend to enroll more students than their capacity, which can contribute to a significant drop in the quality of education.

Secondly, building tall apartments can not be a good solution if the cost of the apartment is still too high. People from low income households come to the urban areas in search of employment opportunities. They will not be able to afford a place where living cost is too expensive, which will make them homeless. For example, a lot of people who comes to large cities end up sleeping in a rail station and sometimes on footpaths even though there are plenty of places to stay. Since most of the places are beyond their budget, they find themselves in streets.

However, an initiative should be taken by the government to prevent such situations and provide affordable home for people who come to cities for making a living. Tall apartments can be a good solution only if they are subsidized by the government.

To sum up, since rapid urbanization is creating a lot of issues including housing, the government should take an initiative to decentralize the city and provide home and employment for people outskirt the city instead of building tall apartment blocks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: you completely disagree that tall apartment blocks are the best solution. You give relevant reasons, including pressure on local services and the unaffordability of housing for low-income residents, and the examples about schools and people sleeping in stations help illustrate these concerns. However, the first point is more fully explained than the second, and the conclusion introduces decentralising cities and providing jobs outside them without developing these as alternatives in the main discussion. The qualification that tall buildings could work if subsidised also complicates your absolute disagreement but is not explored in detail. Develop this qualification and explain more directly why your proposed alternative would provide enough homes.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two reasoned body paragraphs, a qualification, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” “However,” and “To sum up” make the progression easy to follow. Some connections are less precise or feel mechanical, though. For example, the paragraph beginning “However” shifts to a government initiative without clearly showing how this responds to the preceding affordability argument, and the conclusion adds decentralisation rather abruptly. The second body paragraph also repeats the idea that housing is beyond people’s budgets. Use clearer links between each claim and its consequence, and make sure the conclusion synthesises the alternatives already explained rather than introducing a new direction.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “traffic congestion,” “low income households,” “employment opportunities,” “subsidized,” and “decentralize.” These choices communicate the main ideas, and some phrases show an attempt to discuss urban planning precisely. However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce accuracy: “emenities” is misspelled, “different kind of pollutions” is unnatural, and “provide affordable home” does not use the appropriate plural form. “A lot of issues” and “so many other inconveniences” are also broad and repetitive. Aim for more precise expressions and check spelling and natural word combinations; this would make the argument sound more controlled and academic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If a number of tall apartments is built…” and a concession in “Tall apartments can be a good solution only if…”. Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors occur. For example, “one of the most essential thing” needs a plural noun, “a number … is built” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “people who comes” should use a plural verb. There are also issues with articles and number in “provide affordable home” and “people outskirt the city.” Review agreement, singular and plural forms, and article use, then proofread longer sentences to ensure each clause is grammatically complete.

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