Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-26
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
A growing number of people rely on restaurants and convenience food (frozen food and packaged meals) rather than home-cooked food to supply most of their meals.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating this way?
Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 4.5)
It is irrefutable that , most of the people like to eat conveniet food like a frozen food as well as packaged meal reather then home cooked. Thus food have a many advantages and disadvantages of eating the this type of food. I will be discribe in this peragraph
first of all, many numbers of people like to eat restaurants food but it is not good for their helth because if we consume ready to eat food after long time we have to gain many health problems. Not only , it is not good for health but also we spend the money for the food court. Like, this food is not a fresh it is freze long time ago and after that we eat it in future it cause to health isseus.
On the other hand, this food also conveniet for the time saved . In this era most of the people doing jobs , bussines and they have not a enough time for prap the food that is whay they like to to eat outside cooked food. For example:
when people doing grocery and they bring frozen type of food because it is very easy to cook
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response addresses the prompt by attempting to discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of eating restaurant and convenience food, mentioning health issues as a negative and time-saving convenience as a positive. However, the ideas are severely underdeveloped, repetitive, and lack specific support. Furthermore, the length requirement has not been met, as the response contains only 198 words, falling well short of the 250-word minimum. This significantly limits the extent to which the task can be fully covered. Because of the underdeveloped content and the under-length penalty, this performance corresponds to a Band 4.5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response attempts to organise information into paragraphs and uses basic cohesive devices such as 'first of all' and 'On the other hand'. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward phrasing, run-on sentences, and abrupt transitions. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal structure of the paragraphs is weak, with ideas grouped loosely rather than developed into coherent arguments. Referencing is also confusing at times, such as the transition from health risks to financial cost without clear linking. Overall, the structural control reflects Band 5.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.5
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, featuring frequent misspellings and inappropriate word choices. Examples include 'conveniet' instead of convenient, 'reather then' instead of rather than, 'helth' instead of health, and 'freze long time ago' instead of frozen a long time ago. The range of vocabulary is limited and minimally adequate for conveying simple ideas, but noticeable lexical and spelling errors frequently distract the reader and strain communication, fitting the Band 4.5 profile.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex forms. There are frequent, pervasive errors in tense usage, article selection, subject-verb agreement, and sentence construction, such as 'after long time we have to gain many health problems' and 'that is whay they like to to eat outside cooked food.' These numerous structural inaccuracies cause frequent difficulty and misreadings for the reader, aligning with Band 4.5.
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