Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-31

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)

It is suggested that constructing high housing buildings provide more living spaces in bigger urban areas. i beleive that this will likly a best decision for socitey.

One of the key factors is to create more clean environment for human beings. These building wold reduce air pollution by a deadicated larger grounds and greenery. it will also provie a modern look to cities by using vast spaces more purposefully. For instence, the most devloped nations have more large building either for living or for working.

The other prespective of favour is that making new building would bring more employments in different sectors and would increase capital i country's economy. For expamle, the roads construction in Pakistan for metro bus bring benefits to labours as well to corporate workers.

Creating such building would discourage joint family system as people like to buy an appartment for seprate living which provide them more privacy in their lives. It also determinate the mindset of superiorty by living in big houses as people have almost same desings for appartments. These housing schemes are much more budget friendly by providing plans for insurence and loans to buy an apppa

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You take a generally supportive position, saying that tall housing can provide more living space, and you offer several relevant points: environmental benefits, employment, economic activity, and privacy. However, the response addresses the question only partially. It does not clearly explain why tall apartment blocks are the best way to provide enough homes, or compare them with alternatives such as expanding suburbs or renovating existing housing. Several claims are unclear or insufficiently supported, including the link between tall buildings and cleaner air, and the point about discouraging joint families. The Pakistan metro-bus example concerns road construction rather than apartment blocks. The response is also 57 words below the required minimum, leaving little room to develop its reasoning. Explain each main point and connect it directly to housing supply.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction followed by separate paragraphs presenting reasons in favour. Phrases such as “One of the key factors” and “The other perspective” signal that you are moving to a new point. However, the overall progression is limited: the ideas are listed rather than developed through explanation and evidence, and there is no concluding paragraph to restate your position. Some links between sentences are unclear, particularly the shift from metro-bus road construction to the benefits of apartment building. The final paragraph also combines privacy, social equality, and affordability without showing how these points relate. Organise each body paragraph around one clear reason, then explain its connection to the question and use a relevant example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “air pollution,” “urban areas,” “privacy,” “economy,” and “budget friendly.” These choices show an effort to discuss environmental, social, and financial effects. However, the range is limited, and frequent spelling errors make the writing less clear, for example “socitey,” “devloped,” “prespective,” and “appartment.” Some word combinations are also unnatural or imprecise: “more employments” and “a dedicated larger grounds” do not express your intended meaning clearly. Aim for accurate topic-specific phrases such as “increase the housing supply,” “create construction jobs,” and “reduce pressure on urban land.” Proofread spelling and check whether each word fits naturally with the words around it.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use mostly simple sentence patterns and make some attempts to connect clauses, as in “These building would reduce air pollution … it will also provide a modern look.” However, the range is limited, and frequent errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence boundaries sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “constructing high housing buildings provide” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “I believe that this will likely a best decision” is missing a verb structure. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in the lowercase “it” after a full stop. Practise building accurate sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use a few controlled complex structures to explain cause and effect.

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