Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-13

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 5.5)

In prominent urban development, there is a best and suitable method to build a hug and tall building apartment societies for living with great amenities in metro cities in many countries. I totally agree with this statement due to it can help people to be more socialized and government has more areas, where they can develop more public amenities like roads , bridges.

Tall and big apartment can be considered a suitalbe place for individuals who like to live social community. This is because, when public resides a tall partment societies there are a a lot of community festivels hold where public can talk to other people who live in their society and feel more happy and joyable which is good for every human being in big cities.

For example, a suryey was conducted by BBC news reportors and they claimed that people who live in subtantial apartments feels more joyable because of their wonderfull society hospitalities. Thus living in a tall apartment is the best way for people in big cities.

Another reason that building a tall apartment can be suitable as a living to build homes with numerious blocks is that government can utilise remaining areas as a public development. This is to say , government is the only authority who build a nation and for this they want more area for development. For intance, in India government utilised a large area of mumbai city to connect other state by road to build a numerious bridges , underground tannels and metro trains in last decade. Thus living in a small carpet area with number of houses block is the suitable method in big cities.

In conclusion, residing a large apartment with number of houses is the vital solution for people due to their social upbringing and for government to build more public related developments

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by presenting a clear position agreeing with the prompt and supporting it with reasons related to social interaction and urban development. Ideas are extended, such as the example of Mumbai, though some arguments tend to over-generalize or rely on unverified claims (e.g., the BBC survey reference). The main position is maintained throughout the essay. The development of ideas is sufficient to meet the requirements of Band 6.0, as the main points are relevant, although the support could be more rigorous and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is divided into logical paragraphs with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion, providing a coherent overall arrangement. Cohesive devices such as 'This is because', 'For example', and 'In conclusion' are used to signal progression, though referencing and linking can sometimes feel mechanical or repetitive ('Another reason that...', 'Thus living in...'). Paragraphing is used sufficiently, but the transitions between sentences occasionally lack smooth integration. Overall, the organizational structure meets the criteria for Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student attempts less common vocabulary, such as 'amenities', 'subtantial', 'urban development', and 'infrastructure' equivalents, but encounters noticeable errors in word choice and spelling (e.g., 'hug' instead of 'huge', 'suitalbe' instead of 'suitable', 'partment' instead of 'apartment', 'suryey', 'subtantial', 'numerious', 'tannels'). While the range is adequate to convey the central message, these frequent spelling and lexical slips impede precision and place the response firmly in the Band 5.5 to 6.0 range. On balance, communication is not severely hindered, supporting a Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some variety in structure. However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'government has more areas', 'people who live in subtantial apartments feels'), article usage, and prepositions (e.g., 'as a living to build homes'). Complex sentence attempts often contain structural flaws or awkward phrasing. Although the meaning remains understandable, the density of errors keeps the performance at a Band 5.5 level.

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