Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-11-02

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries not enough students are choosing to study science at university. What are the causes of this? What effects does it have on society?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

yes , in many countries not enough students are choosing to study science at University. they most important reason for the university focus on students properly. if more students in class room so techar are not focus personaly in students. so that's different effects on student studying. and if a few students in class room so give a proper environment for study nd comfort and peace. so students are Focus in study properly. but one of the worng side that . University are not enough students are choosing to study. the lot of study was not give a education . this was wrong.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response recognises the topic of university science study, but it does not adequately answer either question. It gives no clear cause for students avoiding science and does not explain effects on society; instead, it discusses class size, teacher attention and a comfortable study environment, which are only loosely connected to the prompt. The claim that universities may have too few students is also not developed or supported with an example. The response contains 90 words, so it is 160 words short of the 250-word minimum; 13 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. To improve, address causes and societal consequences separately, explain each idea, and add relevant examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to connect ideas using phrases such as “if more students” and “but,” and the response stays broadly within the topic of education. However, the ideas do not form a clear progression: it moves from large classes to small classes, then to a vague criticism of universities, without showing how these points answer the question. There are no paragraphs to distinguish causes from effects, and several links are unclear, such as “so that's different effects on student studying.” Organise the response into an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on effects, and a conclusion. Use linking expressions to show the relationship between each claim and the task.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant basic terms, including “students,” “university,” “class room” and “study,” so the general education topic is recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices or spellings make meaning difficult to follow, such as “techar,” “worng side,” “the lot of study” and “give a education.” Some phrases, including “focus personaly in students,” do not express the intended idea naturally. Build a more precise range for this topic, such as “science degrees,” “career prospects,” “qualified graduates” and “scientific research.” Check spelling and learn common word combinations so your ideas can be understood without the reader having to infer your meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response mainly uses short, simple statements and makes an attempt at conditional structures, for example, “if more students in class room so…” and “if a few students…”. These attempts show some effort to connect clauses, but the sentence patterns are often incomplete or incorrectly formed, which makes relationships between ideas unclear. There are also problems with agreement and articles, as in “University are” and “give a education,” as well as inconsistent capitalisation and punctuation. Practise complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use a reliable pattern such as “If a class is smaller, teachers can give students more individual attention.” Then check each sentence for agreement, articles and punctuation.

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