Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-02

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 5.5)

It is undeniable that modern soceity is heavily centered around to take own property. In few countries, most of the people believe that owning a home is crucial for everyone as compare to renting one. i will discuss their reasons and negative situation in upcoming paragraphs.

To commence with the reasons why homeownership is very important for everyone.The former one is that they could not depend on others or on rented house. To explain it more, everyone observe that the own house is important is for everyone because personal property or house can symbolise the personalility of a person . For instance, a person have own home should life with freedom. Consequently, that person live freely and they have property as a financial security and their wealth by accomdation. Moreover, Homeowner have stable and peace mind because they have no fear of landlord and rent increases.

Probihing ahead with the negative situation that was occured by owning home. Primarily, it can give longterm strain of debt that happened by buying home . Most of the people can purchase home with help of bank . Banks can provide loans for homes. In this era the value of property is very expensive .Next cons is that homeowner cannot travel in another cities for development and they still stack and locked in a city for work. At last, everyone cannot afford to purcahse house in a city,by this efforts ordinary people cannot puechase home in cities.

In conclusion, owning a home is very important for everyone for their showing their wealth . Everyone cannot affford a home and it contain several problem and not benifical for normal people,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the prompt: you suggest that owning a home offers independence, personal identity and financial security, then discuss debt, high property prices and reduced mobility as disadvantages. However, the reasons people in some countries value ownership are not fully explained, and several points remain general—for example, the claim that a homeowner “should life with freedom” needs a clearer explanation or a specific illustration. Your view is also not consistently clear: the introduction calls the situation negative, while the conclusion says ownership is important but does not directly state whether you consider the overall situation positive or negative. State your position explicitly and develop the main reasons with clearer cause-and-effect support.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for reasons and disadvantages, and a conclusion. This gives the reader an overall route through the discussion. Some progression is weakened by mechanical or unclear linking, such as “To commence with,” “Moreover,” and “At last,” and the opening of the second body paragraph, “Probihing ahead,” is difficult to interpret. Within paragraphs, ideas sometimes jump from personal identity to freedom and then financial security without showing how they connect. Use simpler, more precise transitions and organise each paragraph around one central point, followed by an explanation or example. Clearer references would also help readers follow who “they” refers to.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “financial security,” “landlord,” “rent increases,” and “longterm strain of debt.” These choices show an effort to discuss ownership and its consequences, but the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or spellings make parts difficult to understand. Examples include “personalility,” “accomdation,” “stack and locked,” and “benifical”; “showing their wealth” also does not clearly express the intended idea. Some phrases, such as “own property” and “rented house,” are repetitive. Build a more accurate set of topic collocations and check spelling, word forms, and whether each phrase conveys your intended meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use both simple statements and some attempts at longer structures, including “because they have no fear of landlord and rent increases.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries can make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “everyone observe” needs subject–verb agreement, while “a person have own home should life with freedom” contains several problems with the verb pattern and sentence structure. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in the lowercase “i” and missing spaces after full stops. Practise building accurate sentences first, then combine them using clauses such as “because” and “although.”

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