Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-29

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)

The number of people in the world has increased day by day. That means we have to provide enough houses and meals. But we have to ensure enough places to build a apartment. But if we make houses everywhere then it will make a sortage of land area.We have to made a best plane to make it.

In today world there are many people who lives in large cities.Thats mean we have to provide enough apartment blocks for their lives and i agree with that . So, we have to made a tall apartment blocks to provide enough houses. Many people comes in big cities for their lives so they have to stay somewhere . So, there were big apartment blocks must needed.

So many people lives in large cities thats not mean that we have to made too many tall apartment blocks for their lives . It will make a gathering thats means its not good for a large cities. If there are to many large apartment blocks in cities, it will make a big impect of land area id every is apartment blocks . So, that mean we have to cuts lot of trees. thats not good sign of the community. so, government should take a necessary steps to solve this problems.

In conclusion, it was clear that in big cities large apartment needed but it should be maintain proparly and it has to be in limitation. Beacuse in cities enough trees are must needed for the people who lived here.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address the topic and give a partly clear position: you agree that tall apartment blocks can provide homes, but argue that they should be limited to protect green space. This is relevant to the question, and the concern about trees gives your response a second perspective. However, the position is not fully consistent: the opening raises housing and land pressures without stating your view, and the conclusion says blocks are needed but does not clearly explain when they are the best solution. Ideas such as overcrowding and tree loss are asserted rather than explained or supported with a specific example. Develop the reasons behind your qualified agreement and show how apartment construction can be balanced with other housing needs.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The second body paragraph also signals a contrast with “So many people… that’s not mean,” helping the reader follow your shift from support to concern. However, progression within paragraphs is often repetitive: “So” and “That means” recur, and several sentences repeat that cities need apartments without adding a new point. Some links are unclear, particularly the connection between tall blocks, “a gathering,” and land use. Organise each paragraph around one main reason, then explain its consequence, and use a wider range of accurate linking expressions and clearer references.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use a small set of relevant topic words, including “apartment blocks,” “land area,” “trees,” and “community,” so the general subject is understandable. However, vocabulary is limited and repeated, especially “enough,” “large cities,” and “make,” which restricts precision. Several word choices or forms make meaning difficult to interpret: “a gathering” does not clearly express the problem you intend, and “big impect of land area” is not a natural phrase. Spelling errors such as “sortage,” “proparly,” and “Beacuse” are also noticeable. Build a more precise range for housing density, green space and urban planning, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer clauses, for example, “If there are to many large apartment blocks in cities…” and “So, government should take…”. However, the range remains limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to read. Subject–verb agreement is often incorrect (“people… lives,” “Many people comes”), and verb forms are faulty (“we have to made,” “it should be maintain”). Articles and plurals also need attention, as in “a apartment” and “a tall apartment blocks.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation are inconsistent, with missing spaces after full stops and unnecessary commas. Practise accurate basic sentence patterns before extending them with subordinate clauses.

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