Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-26

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some parents send their children to preschool when they are three or four years old. Other parents wait until their children are old enough for primary school before they send them to school.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of sending children to preschool at a young age.
Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 4.0)

introdection. some parents thair 3 to 4 year old children send in preschool thay thaght its time much better for thair children.fisrtly. i think its better to children on the one handchildren have a frish mind and thy have also learening mind. so thay are picup the new things early and thay grew up. moreover. parents feel calm and relex becaus thair childern are save and learn new things . butt disadvantages things the children are not feeling good thay was feel tird and be come weeks becaus the routeen is vary tuff in the morning thay feel slepy thay would like play and spend time with family butt parents send thair schoos. i havea one experience my littal sister going to school for 3 yaer old she was very sik and become very week she have not improvement to learning ne thing although she was fear to go to sckool in culclusion. 3 to 4 year old children sending preschool thay have a advantage thay lean new things early with fresh mind and disadvantage thay feel not good i thing both methad are good

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response attempts to discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of sending children to preschool at a young age, mentioning benefits like learning new things and drawbacks such as fatigue and illness. However, the development of these ideas is severely constrained by the length of the text, which falls well short of the 250-word minimum at only 185 words. Furthermore, the position is somewhat obscured by poor phrasing and a lack of fully extended supporting arguments, leading to a partial and underdeveloped response that aligns with the Band 4 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The text lacks proper paragraphing, presented instead as a single block of text with arbitrary capitalisation and punctuation errors (e.g. starting sentences with lowercase letters or ending them abruptly with full stops in the middle of clauses, such as 'fisrtly. i think'). Cohesive devices are minimal, repetitive (e.g. 'thay', 'moreover', 'butt'), and used mechanically. There is no clear logical progression or organisational structure, making the flow of ideas difficult to follow. This level of organisation corresponds to Band 4.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily misspelled throughout the response (e.g. 'introdection', 'thair', 'thaght', 'frish', 'picup', 'relex', 'save', 'tird', 'weeks', 'slepy', 'littal', 'sik', 'fear', 'methad'). The writer relies on simple, everyday words with frequent word-choice errors that significantly strain the reader's understanding. There is no successful attempt at less common lexical items, placing the performance firmly at Band 4.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

Grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of simple sentences joined loosely by coordinating conjunctions or punctuation errors. There is a persistent lack of basic sentence structures, subject-verb agreement, and correct verb tenses (e.g. 'children are not feeling good thay was feel tird and be come weeks'). Errors are very frequent and pervasive, often distorting the intended meaning and causing severe difficulty for the reader. This performance matches the Band 4 criteria.

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