Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-14

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 5.0)

There is a good way to buildup a verticle buildings instead to build number of homes in the large cities to save geographical place.

This is a better way to give huge amount of homes in cites build tall building have different appartments.

I agree with this statement that tall buldings save geographical space and provid much area to people to live in cities.Althoug tall buildings build in the cities it gives benefits to professional and students so they can easily rich their work places or schools and colleges.This is the best way to save time and money.Appartments in cities also provide big place to live and give many facilities like water,gas, home deliver make much easier.While the house in the different places not a good option because it take much time of people to maintain their houses.They do not have muich money to fullfil there needs while these apartmet give us everything in one place.

Additionally in these apartments we get better facilities of advance security system.no one can allow to enter in these apartments without idetification.An other benefit of these housing system is free mantinance after month or after some weeks everything in the aparments would be check so that people take benefits from the place they are living.

In conclusion we can say that this is a better way to give engough homes in large cities is to build tall apartments as campare to build much more house that take acre of places but not provide facilities like security,mantainannce,water,gas so on.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you agree that tall apartment buildings are an effective way to provide homes in large cities. You give relevant reasons, including saving space, locating residents near work or education, and offering security and maintenance. However, several points are asserted rather than explained—for example, the claim that apartments provide “everything in one place” and the comparison with houses in other locations need clearer support or an example. The response also falls short of the required 250 words: 246 words were counted, and the eight words copied from the prompt were not included. Develop one or two reasons more fully and add a specific example to address the task more completely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an opening, supporting points, an additional paragraph, and a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “Additionally” and “In conclusion” help signal the stages of your argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow because several benefits are crowded together, and the comparison with houses is not clearly connected to the main point. Some links are mechanical, while long sentences run several ideas together without clear punctuation. Organise each body paragraph around one main reason, explain it, and then give an example. Clearer sentence boundaries and more precise references would make the argument easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “tall buildings,” “apartments,” “security system,” and “maintenance,” so the reader can identify your main ideas. However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, particularly “better way,” “facilities,” and “place.” Frequent spelling errors and inaccurate word forms—such as “verticle,” “appartments,” “mantinance,” and “engough”—also make the writing less clear and weaken control of vocabulary. Some combinations are unnatural, such as “save geographical place” and “give huge amount of homes.” Build a more precise range for housing and urban development, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including clauses introduced by “because” and “so,” but the range is limited and complex sentences are often difficult to control. For example, “I agree with this statement that tall buldings save geographical space and provid much area to people to live in cities” lacks clear sentence boundaries and has problems with articles and clause structure. Other examples include “it take much time” and “people take benefits,” where subject–verb agreement and grammatical patterns are inaccurate. Punctuation is also inconsistent, especially where several ideas are joined without full stops. Practise building accurate short sentences first, then combine them using controlled subordinate clauses.

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