Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-22

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 the era of urban population growth, high rise building appartments are the best way to give households to the people. i partly agree with the statement because tall building apartments can help to utlise certain area for living in densely populated cities.however, some challenges also attached while mainting apartments for longer time periods.

To begin with, one major benefit of high rising housing is that it helpl people to use limited area for housing and remaing area for additional benefits such as park, garden and community hall. To elaborate, cities are becoming extremely crowded by which it is not possible to manage both residential area and public facilities at the same time. As a result, appartments block can help people to live in limited area and add other essential commodities as well, in their society. Another positive side is people can socialize with each other by leaving closely. it enchane their bonding in neighbours. for example, individuals can enjoy festival like newyear, charistmas and other major and minor events together.

on the otherhand, tall building always require more efforts and care to aviod uncertaininity. these buildings realy demand high amount of investment for regular maintainance and frequent developments. for an instance, These building has been constructed for numbers of people.therefore, their sanitory and electricity functioning is centralised which make high chances of failer because of frequently used by number of people.

To conclude. altough maintaing tall building apartment for housing brings some challenges to maintain it, it help people to utilse same area for residential purpose and also help them to stay connect with the society.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The candidate addresses all parts of the task and presents a clear, albeit partially developed, position ("i partly agree with the statement"). Main ideas are introduced regarding space utilisation and public facilities, along with the counter-arguments concerning maintenance costs and infrastructural strain. However, some ideas lack full extension and suffer from generalisation. For example, the mention of sanitary and electricity functioning failing due to heavy use is relevant, but remains somewhat brief. The overall response covers the prompt adequately, satisfying the requirements for a Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The text demonstrates a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing, moving logically from an introduction to body paragraphs discussing benefits and drawbacks, and concluding with a summary. Cohesive devices are used, such as "To begin with", "To elaborate", and "on the otherhand", though referencing and cohesion can occasionally feel mechanical or awkward. For instance, sentences like "Another positive side is people can socialize with each other by leaving closely" exhibit errors in cohesion and referencing. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct ideas, placing the response firmly at a Band 6.0 level.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting less common items such as "densely populated", "infrastructure", and "centralised". However, there are numerous spelling errors and inaccurate word choices throughout the text, including "appartments", "utlise", "remaing", "leaving" (instead of living), "enchane", "charistmas", and "maintainance". While these errors do not completely impede communication, they restrict the lexical score. The range is minimally sufficient to convey the intended meaning, representing a solid Band 5.5 performance.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The candidate attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and conditional-like structures. However, grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are numerous basic errors involving subject-verb agreement, capitalization, and punctuation, such as "high rise building appartments are", "i partly agree", "tall building always require", and "These building has been constructed". Punctuation and article use are also frequently faulty. Because errors occur consistently and can occasionally cause minor difficulty for the reader, the grammar performance aligns best with Band 5.0.

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