Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-05

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some countries, more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.

What are the reasons for this?

How can people research this?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

In few countries,people check there houses before buying and interesting find out about the history of the house or building because he thought about how the people living before and how the mans living in this house or a building.

In this essay,I discuss about the people why he give a information for pulchritude house or a building.In my

point of view he believe that how much people living this house and how because the some people before living he thoughts that there are any thing do not living this house and gave a many information about this house and check the condition of this people living in this house.

He research that the the people living in this house and where he live and why he lost this house but many people think that there was any thing to lost because he lost many things in this house because he lost this house.

In my life there is one example,my brother do not gave a information in this house and after buy this house he lost many things these things is very important for his

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, reaching only 186 words. This significantly impacts the development of ideas. While the essay attempts to address the reasons for researching building history and how to do so, the content is repetitive and lacks clarity. The ideas are underdeveloped, and the response does not provide a coherent explanation or a structured approach to the prompt. The lack of sufficient length and the failure to fully explore the task requirements result in a low score for this criterion.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The essay lacks a clear logical progression. Paragraphing is present but does not effectively separate distinct ideas. Cohesive devices are largely absent or misused, making the text difficult to follow. For example, the transition 'In my life there is one example' is abrupt and does not connect well to the previous paragraph. The referencing is often unclear, with frequent use of pronouns like 'he' and 'this' that lack clear antecedents, causing confusion for the reader. The overall structure is fragmented.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary is very limited and often inaccurate. There is significant repetition of basic words such as 'house', 'building', and 'living'. The student attempts to use more complex words like 'pulchritude', but it is used incorrectly in context, suggesting a lack of understanding of its meaning. Many phrases are awkward or unnatural, such as 'check there houses' (should be 'their') and 'lost this house'. The range is insufficient to express ideas clearly or precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The response contains frequent grammatical errors that impede communication. There are persistent issues with subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, and sentence structure. For instance, 'In few countries,people check there houses' contains spelling and grammar errors. The essay relies on simple sentence structures, and attempts at more complex sentences are consistently faulty, such as 'because the some people before living he thoughts that there are any thing do not living this house'. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with missing spaces after commas.

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