Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some countries owning a home rather than renting one is very important for people. Why might this be the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative situation?

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Most of countires people think it's significant to rent out the house while they are the owning it. However, there are number of people debate on it, whether it's important or not and I believe both situations are considerable.

Although, people in different countries believe that their life should be up to standrad so, they made houses accordingy to their wish and the way they build to show people what you own. This is result of society pressure, and the way of living styles of the people who lived in such a places, it's important to maintain those things so make yourself proud infornt of society.

On the other hand, it's very significiant things to rent out your home, which helps you in many ways; for instance people who are facing finanical burden prefer to rent out their well designed home and they choose to live in normal house, which I have been observed in my Pakistan. People prefer to makes hostels of their home near to the any academic institutions/ universities and then move to other part of the cities. This is how they made themself finanical independents. Secondly the area near to universities are not good for the residents to live. Alot of people come from different places having different minds set which contradacte the residents.

Furthermore, it's depends on the countires and their way of living, what they prefer but I believe it's positive situation because they made alot for burden away, help resident to maintain their living styles in same countires having someone else home becase they prefer to live in house which cost them less then the wages they charge from their own house.

In conclusion, I would say that renting your own house is both positve and negative impact, depending on your situation and the countires where you lived.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You attempt to explain why home ownership matters, linking it to social pressure, lifestyle, and the desire to show what one owns. You also give a view that the situation can be positive, particularly when renting out a home provides financial independence. However, the response does not consistently answer the exact question: it shifts between owning a home and renting out one’s own home, and the final position becomes “both positive and negative” rather than a clear judgement about the importance of owning rather than renting. The reasons are relevant but remain difficult to follow or insufficiently explained, especially the point about residents near universities. Make the comparison explicit and develop a consistent position with clearer supporting examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an introduction, separate body paragraphs, and a conclusion, and signposts such as “On the other hand,” “Furthermore,” and “In conclusion” show an attempt to organise ideas. However, the overall progression is difficult to follow because the discussion moves from owning a home to renting out a home without clearly connecting these topics. Some links are also unclear: the point about university areas and residents does not clearly support the preceding claim about financial independence. The conclusion repeats the mixed position rather than resolving it. Use each paragraph to develop one clear reason, and make the relationship between sentences explicit. More precise referencing and fewer formulaic transitions would help the reader follow the argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “society pressure,” “financial burden,” “academic institutions,” and “financially independent,” which helps communicate the general subject. There is also an attempt to use a range of expressions rather than relying only on basic words. However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to understand, as in “countires,” “standrad,” “contradacte,” and “made a lot for burden away.” Several phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, including “rent out the house while they are the owning it” and “maintain their living styles.” Work on accurate spelling and common collocations, and choose wording that clearly distinguishes owning a home from renting one out.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “Although” and “which,” and you use examples to extend some points. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and verb forms can make the argument hard to interpret. For example, “Although, people … so, they made houses” has incorrect punctuation and an unclear clause structure, while “it’s depends” and “people prefer to makes” show problems with verb forms. The sentence beginning “Furthermore, it’s depends on the countires” also combines ideas without a clear grammatical structure. Practise building shorter, complete sentences first, then add subordinate clauses with accurate punctuation and agreement.

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