Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-16

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)

Some people believe that the best way to provide enough homes in large cities to build tall apartment blocks.This is an arguable topic but i believe that this is a more sensable solution to many problems.

The main reason is that one building can hold many apartments and families at the same time and it takes less area to cover so many people.Having a personal home is a form of need but it also is a form of luxury as there are multiple hoes and each house carry a single family these houses take a lot of space and cover alot of land, whereas the apartments can cover all of those families in a single building and provide a similar apartment which can match up to the house they live in.

In addition,to the land issue apartment buildings can contribute in slving other problems such as apartments are cheaper then a house, apartments can be maintained in terms of buildings maintainance and cleanliness.Buildings cover less area as the residential area is reduced the traffic problems can be solved in a better way.

In conclusion, houses are useful but they are a sign of luxury. Similar benefits can be provided in a residential apartment under less expenses and saved area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You take a position in favour of tall apartment blocks and give relevant reasons: they house many families on less land, may cost less, and could help reduce traffic. However, the response addresses the task only partially because these points are asserted rather than explained or supported with a specific example. The comparison with houses is also broad, and the conclusion mostly repeats the earlier claims. The response is 199 words, so it is 51 words below the 250-word minimum; the 10 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. Develop each reason with explanation or an example, and make your degree of agreement explicit and consistent to strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The ideas are generally grouped by topic, moving from land use to cost and traffic. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow, particularly in the long sentence beginning “Having a personal home is a form of need,” where several comparisons are joined without clear links. Connectors such as “In addition” and “In conclusion” help signal stages, but the second paragraph’s opening is awkwardly attached to the following point, and “whereas” does not fully clarify the comparison. Use shorter, clearly focused sentences and make references between claims explicit so the argument develops more smoothly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “apartment blocks,” “residential area,” “traffic problems” and “maintained,” which helps communicate the main ideas. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, such as “sensable,” “hoes,” “alot,” “slving” and “maintainance.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, including “a similar apartment which can match up to the house” and “under less expenses.” These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding the general argument, but they make it less clear and fluent. Build a more precise range for discussing housing, affordability and urban planning, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually understandable. However, the range is limited, and attempts to connect several clauses often produce faulty sentences. For example, the opening says “the best way … to build” rather than using a complete clause such as “is to build”; “each house carry” has a subject–verb agreement error; and “In addition, to the land issue” has an incorrect sentence pattern. There are also missing spaces after full stops and inconsistent capitalisation of “I.” These frequent errors sometimes make relationships between ideas harder to follow. Practise accurate clause construction, agreement and punctuation before adding more complex structures.

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