Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22
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 some countries more and more people are becoming in finding out about the history of house or building they live in.
There are several reasons why people are interesting the history of their houses. First, people are naturally curious about the place where they spend most of their time. The people interesting the story of building the and house to acknowledgement the house renovation ides and repairing the house or building arround the area lives in. The several peoples are much interseted the past story of this when he live he collect the different information surrounding about the people arround this area. The old story of house and buildings about this area the person live.
The people collecting the information of old people live this area
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response is severely under-length, containing only 127 words compared to the required minimum of 250 words. This significantly impacts the development of the task. While the student attempts to introduce the topic of why people research their house history, the ideas are extremely limited and repetitive, with no discussion on how people can research this information. Sentences such as 'The several peoples are much interseted the past story of this when he live' fail to fully address the prompt's parts in a coherent, developed manner. Consequently, the response falls into Band 4 due to the minimal and underdeveloped nature of the ideas, compounded by the failure to meet the word count requirement.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The essay lacks clear logical organisation and progression. The text is divided into very short, fragmented paragraphs—with some sentences trailing off incomplete, such as 'The people collecting the information of old people live this area'. Cohesive devices are largely absent or misused, making it difficult to follow any line of thought. Paragraphing is not used effectively, as there is no clear distinction between the reasons for researching history and the research methods. This level of organisation aligns with the Band 4 descriptors, where information and ideas are not arranged coherently and progression is lacking throughout the response.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
Vocabulary is basic, highly repetitive, and often inaccurate. The student frequently misuses words, as seen in expressions like 'becoming in finding out' instead of 'becoming interested in finding out', and 'interesting the history' instead of 'interested in the history'. Other phrases such as 'house renovation ides' and 'arround the area lives in' demonstrate frequent word-choice and spelling errors that strain the reader's understanding. There is no control of less common lexical items, and the limited vocabulary range restricts the communication of ideas, firmly placing this performance at Band 4.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of poorly constructed simple or attempted complex sentences that contain severe errors. There is an absence of error-free sentences. Examples such as 'The people interesting the story of building the and house to acknowledgement' display fundamental structural breakdowns, incorrect verb forms, and jumbled word order. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also handled poorly, with incomplete sentences appearing towards the end of the text. Because errors are frequent, pervasive, and often distort meaning, a Band 4 score is appropriate.
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