Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-20
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)
In this modern ere, the best way to represented many homes in biggest towns is to create tall apartment blocks. I partially agree with this statement and points will bi discussed in the upcoming paragraphs.
To commence with, there are multifarious benefits to live in a big city to justify this phenomenon. The first and foremost one is to taken better facility related to work or study. To bi more precise, nowadays many individuals prefer to live in a city side rather than village side because there are better facility like pupils get good knowledge and easily get good job. Furthermore, another worth noticing point is feel comfortable. To eleborate it, with the help of living big city they feel comfortable because esily maintain their time and spending most of time with their family member.
On the flip side, despite having some benefits of large city, there are some drawbacks which cannot be neglected. The most drawback of traffic pollution. To explain it, there are lot of traffic in the biggest city and people d not hand that type of situation and on that time they feel lazy and uncomfortable. For example, a famous newspaper 'The Hindustan Time' published showed an article in 2022, 20% of individuals lived in small town rather than biggest city.
In conclusion, although there are myriad benefits of large cities as good knowledge about their study and feel comfortable as well as reduce borden about their work, yet some drawbacks like traffic pollutions which can not bi ingored.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by discussing whether building tall apartment blocks is the best way to provide enough homes in large cities. The student states a partial agreement and outlines some general points regarding big city living and tall buildings. However, the development of ideas is limited and somewhat superficial. For example, the student mentions that living in a city provides better facilities for work and study, but this point remains under-developed without specific examples directly linked to high-rise apartment living. Furthermore, the argument occasionally drifts into general advantages and disadvantages of large cities rather than focusing squarely on tall apartment blocks as a housing solution. According to the Band 5 descriptors, the response addresses the task only partially with ideas that are somewhat limited and under-developed, warranting a band score of 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is divided into four paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion, which shows an attempt at logical organisation. However, the overall progression is weak and lacks cohesive flow. Transition markers such as 'To commence with', 'To bi more precise', and 'To eleborate it' are used mechanically and repeatedly. Additionally, referencing is occasionally unclear, and pronoun usage makes connections between sentences confusing. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion is faulty. These characteristics align closely with the Band 5 descriptors for Coherence and Cohesion, where there is some organisation but no clear overall progression and cohesive devices are frequently inaccurate or over-used.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student attempts to use some less common vocabulary, such as 'multifarious benefits' and 'phenomenon', but control is weak. There are frequent spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'ere' for era, 'represented' for represent, 'biggest' for big, 'eleborate' for elaborate, 'esily' for easily, and 'pollutions' for pollution. These errors sometimes cause difficulty for the reader and demonstrate a limited vocabulary range. Based on the Band 5 descriptors, the vocabulary is limited and noticeable errors may cause some difficulty for the reader, making a band score of 5.0 appropriate.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is poor. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as 'there are multifarious benefits to live' instead of 'living', 'to taken better facility' instead of 'to take better facilities', and persistent spelling-based verb errors like 'bi' for be. Subject-verb agreement issues also appear, such as 'there are lot of traffic' and 'people d not hand that type of situation'. These frequent errors frequently impede smooth reading and affect the clarity of the text. This performance fits the Band 5 criteria, where frequent errors in grammar occur and can cause difficulty for the reader.
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