Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-23

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people spend most of their lives living close to where they were born.

What might be the reasons for this?

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Everyone have some thing, which is very close to heart sude as photo, house, gift and so on. Many people like to live with that perticuler thing. however, some people love to spend time, where they born. in this essay i would like present the reasone for that and what are the pros and cons for that.

While there could be many reasons behind people's desire to live close to their birthplace, the main reason is that it offers them a certain sense of security and comfort in their effort to survive, in an otherwise unknown world that is full of prejudiced thoughts, suspicion, hatred and animosity. People inherit property and lands where their ancestors lived, and this is another reason so many people feel connected to their birthplace where they know people and the culture to live as an integral part of society.

Now, while this sense of security and comfort in itself is an advantage of living close to someone’s birthplace in a more broad and abstract sense, some of its more tangible benefits may include the opportunity to live close to the people, we love and care for. Another advantage is that because of living close to a place of our origin for a long time, we feel that we know its air, water and landscape so well that we can rely on these things for our physical and mental well-being.

If i talk about disadvantages, people can not get had on experiance. they feel privilege becouse for that people will not give best in their life. for an atomic, if parents will provide every thing they want they will never realized the velue of that thing. If children life difftent location then they have do to everything by thier owen.

In closing, i would like to say that, there are also pros and cons to lives in a city where we born. it's dipands how we want to live.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The essay addresses all parts of the prompt: reasons for staying in one's birthplace, and the advantages and disadvantages. However, the development of these ideas is uneven. While the reasons (security, inheritance) are explained reasonably well, the disadvantages section is underdeveloped and difficult to follow due to unclear phrasing, such as 'people can not get had on experiance' and 'they feel privilege becouse for that people will not give best in their life'. The position is generally clear, but the lack of clarity in the final paragraph limits the overall impact of the argument.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is organised into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the structure. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or inaccurate. For example, 'for an atomic' is used incorrectly to introduce an example, and the transition between ideas is sometimes abrupt. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as in the opening paragraph where the connection between the initial 'things' and the topic of living in one's birthplace is confusing. The progression of ideas is present but lacks the smooth flow required for a higher band.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary is limited and often repetitive. There are frequent errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'sude' instead of 'such', 'perticuler' instead of 'particular', and 'reasone' instead of 'reason'. The phrase 'had on experiance' is a significant error that obscures meaning. While the student attempts to use some topic-specific vocabulary like 'ancestors' and 'integral part of society', the overall range is narrow, and the errors occasionally impede the reader's understanding of the intended message.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay relies heavily on simple sentence structures, and there are frequent grammatical errors throughout. Common issues include subject-verb agreement ('Everyone have', 'children life difftent location'), missing articles, and incorrect word forms ('they have do to everything by thier owen'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with comma usage. While the meaning is usually discernible, the high frequency of errors in basic grammar prevents the text from reaching a higher band. Complex structures are attempted but are generally inaccurate.

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