Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-21

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 many nations, more and more people are becoming ambiguous in finding out about the background of the house and building they live in.

Overall, many people live in their own houses and love with their home. Some person just live their life in home and do not care about their flight which they are look and how beautiful it is. They just live in it and not searching that about the history of house. What thing are required to make the home and how much it cost to build it. Some person like to know the history of their flight in which they live.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response falls significantly short of the minimum 250-word requirement, containing only 105 words. Due to this severe under-length, the task cannot be fully addressed, resulting in a low score for Task Achievement. While the student touches superficially upon the topic of people's interest in building histories, the ideas are extremely limited, repetitive, and lack development. The response mentions that some people do not care while others are interested, but it fails to properly answer both parts of the prompt (the reasons why people research this and how they can research it). This performance aligns with Band 4 descriptors, where the response responds to the task only minimally and ideas are undeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The organization of the text is weak and disjointed. The response consists of a brief introductory sentence followed by a single block paragraph containing repetitive and poorly linked ideas. Cohesive devices are largely absent or misused, and referencing is unclear, such as shifting abruptly between 'houses', 'home', 'flight', and 'building'. There is no clear overall progression of argument or narrative. Paragraphing is not used properly to separate different points, such as the reasons versus the methods of research. This reflects Band 4 performance, where information and ideas are not arranged coherently and progression is lacking.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

Vocabulary is very basic, repetitive, and frequently misused. The student uses inappropriate word choices, such as 'ambiguous' instead of curious or interested, and 'flight' instead of flat or apartment. Phrases like 'love with their home' and 'care about their flight which they are look' demonstrate severe limitations in lexical resource and collocation. Spelling and word choice errors are frequent and occasionally impede communication. The vocabulary range is restricted to simple, everyday words, aligning closely with the Band 4 descriptor where vocabulary is basic and repetitive, and errors strain the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, relying heavily on basic sentence patterns that are frequently marred by structural errors. Examples such as 'Some person just live their life in home and do not care' and 'What thing are required to make the home and how much it cost to build it' demonstrate widespread errors in subject-verb agreement, singular/plural forms, and clause structure. Punctuation is also erratic. Because errors are frequent, severe, and often distort meaning across the text, this performance fits the Band 4 descriptor where a very limited range of structures is used and errors are frequent.

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