Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-23
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)
Owing a personal home had never been underated for centuries. In some countries around the world owening a personal home rather than living in someone's else home on rent is crucial for individuals because owing a personal home gives freedom. In my prespective, i believe that it is a positive situation and will be discussed in the further paragraphs.
Firstly, owing a personal home is necessary for persons with family because a single person can handle different circumstances related to living but families can be disturbed. For example, a person with children moves to different residual places can substantially impact children's education and environment. Secondaly, owing a personal homes gives freedom because in personal homes individuals can live according how they want to live. Moreover they can renovate, decorate or modify their homes as they want.
A person with a personal home feel relaxed and can gain finincial advantage through it by renting out unused appartment. People can buy home with advanced infracture and architecture.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt by explaining why home ownership is important and stating a position that it is a positive situation. However, the task achievement is significantly hindered by the word count of 165 words, which falls well short of the 250-word minimum requirement. Consequently, the ideas are underdeveloped and lack sufficient extension. For example, the reasons provided regarding family stability and freedom are introduced but not adequately elaborated with detailed explanations or comprehensive examples. As per IELTS guidelines, severe under-length responses cannot achieve a passing score above Band 5 for Task Achievement.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is a basic attempt at paragraphing and structuring the essay with an introduction, body, and brief concluding thoughts, although the conclusion is missing its formal place. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Firstly', 'Secondaly', and 'Moreover', but their usage is sometimes mechanical or repetitive. The logical progression is somewhat disjointed because sentences like 'A person with a personal home feel relaxed...' appear isolated at the end without proper transitional linking. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as 'living in someone's else home on rent'. Paragraphing is visibly underutilised due to the short length of the text.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, heavily relying on phrases like 'personal home' and 'owning a personal home'. There are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'Owing' instead of 'Owning', 'underated', 'owening', 'prespective', 'residual places', 'Secondaly', 'finincial', 'appartment', and 'infracture'. While the intended meaning is usually clear despite these flaws, the range of vocabulary is limited and restricts the score to a Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentences, but grammatical accuracy is poor. There are multiple punctuation and capitalization errors, such as the lowercase 'i' in 'i believe'. Frequent structural and agreement errors occur, such as 'A person with a personal home feel relaxed' (subject-verb agreement), 'moves to different residual places can substantially impact' (missing relative pronoun or participle), and awkward phrasings like 'according how they want to live'. These errors cause noticeable difficulty for the reader and demonstrate weak control over complex sentence patterns.
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