Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-22

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 5.0)

Building a tall aprtments blocks in large cities is not a only solution, perhaps it's undeniable facts so, I would agree with this. I can understand the large and metro cities having overcrowded population for that buidling a tall apartments is the only solution.

Shortage of land and other occupied things it's impossible to build a individual or limited floor apartments. Additonally population is more in large and metro cities. I have been living in large citiy since last 10 years. I have seen many changes here because large city is having too much population. Moreover lot of people continuous migrate from their home to city for the job,business etc. It has undeniable fact that with less land with more population too difficult to manage the homes. Due to limites landscape in large cities the number of also very less individually. Building tall aprtments blocks could helps to provide enough homes. Lot of people are living on the footpath or in slum that is also biggest issue in the large city. Building tall apartments could be solution for this as well.

In conclusion, I would say building tall apartments blocks would resolve the issue of home shortage. Apparently it would help to the city very clean and beutifull. However, building tall apartments blocks is that not much easy there is a lot of corn as well. But it could prevent home shortage and help to the large cities to maintain their cleanliness in addition slum free city.

beutifull city is best city.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You take a position in favour of tall apartment blocks and give relevant reasons, including limited land, population growth, migration for work, and people living in slums or on footpaths. Your personal experience of living in a large city also helps make the response relevant. However, the position is not consistently clear: the opening says tall blocks are “not a only solution” but then says you agree, leaving it uncertain whether you consider them the best way or simply one option. The reasons are mostly asserted rather than explained with specific examples, and the conclusion introduces cleanliness without showing how housing construction would achieve it. State your degree of agreement clearly and develop one or two reasons with concrete support, including any limitations of high-rise housing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic essay shape, with an opening, a body paragraph and a conclusion, and the ideas generally remain focused on housing in large cities. You also use linking expressions such as “Additionally,” “Moreover,” and “In conclusion.” However, progression within the body is limited: population growth, migration, land shortage, homelessness and cleanliness are listed in sequence without clear explanation of how each point connects to the next. Some linking is repetitive or awkward, and the final sentence, “beutifull city is best city,” feels detached from the argument. Organise the body around distinct reasons, use clear topic sentences, and connect each example directly to the claim it supports. This would make the overall line of reasoning easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “overcrowded population,” “shortage of land,” “slum,” and “home shortage,” so the reader can identify the subject and main concerns. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear, such as “occupied things,” “limited landscape,” and “a lot of corn” (whose intended meaning is difficult to understand). Spelling errors such as “aprtments,” “Additonally,” “citiy,” and “beutifull” are noticeable, while repeated use of “large city” and “tall apartments blocks” makes the writing less precise. Build a more accurate set of housing and urban-planning terms, and check spelling and collocations carefully so your ideas are expressed clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, for example, “Moreover lot of people continuous migrate from their home to city for the job,business etc.” This shows an effort to explain causes and consequences, but complex sentence attempts are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to interpret. Examples include “I would agree with this,” following an unclear opening, “Shortage of land and other occupied things it's impossible,” and “Building tall apartments blocks could helps.” There are recurring problems with articles, agreement, verb forms, sentence boundaries and punctuation. Practise building accurate basic sentences first, then combine them using clauses such as “because” and “although.” Proofread for subject–verb agreement and ensure each sentence has a clear grammatical structure.

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