IELTS Task 2 advantages and disadvantages essay: Small homes without outdoor space
A Task 2 advantages and disadvantages question. Weigh both sides, then answer the question as it is asked: whether one side outweighs the other, or whether the development is positive or negative.
4 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 7.0 to 8.0. Updated on 17 June 2025.
The question
With growing populations in cities, many people are living in small homes that don't have outdoor spaces.
Is this a positive or negative development?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #4
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
Since metropolises' infrastructure is designed to facilitate as many dwellers as possible, it is being done by utilizing cramped apartments devoid of sufficient outdoor…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #3
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
In our fast-paced world, the proportion of the population is soaring. There's a view that nowadays people's houses take very little space, leaving no place for outdoor…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #2
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The surge in overcrowded cities has forced people to live in small houses with limited outdoor areas. In my opinion, this is a change for the worse. One of the main…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #1
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
Nowadays, with the urbanization of the population, individuals start to live in small apartments without enough space, which has some positives for personal properties.…
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