Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-26
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 4.0)
The working weekend should be shorter because worker should work hard in the weekend it is mostly healping for the worker. The worker should hard and longer it major effect in health and mently. Most of the company are good for the worker and take a lot of weekend because is behaviour is friendly for all the worker. Some company are so boring and take a lot of work from the worker and take a shorter weekend . It,s realize the worker are disagree for the company . The worker are disgree for the shorter weekend and not take a lot of time spent with the families and friends. I agree that worker should have take a longer weekend because they spent a lot of time with families and friends . After came back to the work and more focus in look happy and enjoy our work. They take a lot of freshness to spent a lot time in weekend. The shorter weekend are also not good for the work i also diagree with to take a longer weekend. The shorter weekend are so boring and not take a lot of time for the families and friends. Shorter weekend are also effect in body and man not take a long rest . It's involve in different diease like depression, mently and physicaly problem. In my relevant, lot of a example but the banking work are so boring it is a common example. The banker have a few weekend in year and lot of work in days and week
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 attempts to address the prompt regarding whether the working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend. However, the position is muddled and contradictory at times, with the writer stating both agreement and disagreement in confusing ways, such as 'the shorter weekend are also not good for the work i also diagree with to take a longer weekend'. Ideas are repetitive and under-developed, relying on vague assertions about health, family time, and boring companies rather than fully extended arguments with solid examples. While the writer touches on relevant themes like stress and personal time, the lack of clear progression and logical development places the task response at Band 4.0 according to official descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The essay lacks clear logical organization and progression throughout. Paragraphing is highly problematic, with a massive block of text containing multiple shifting ideas and poor structural transitions. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, with repetitive referencing such as 'the worker' and 'the shorter weekend' appearing constantly without smooth substitution. While the text is broken into a couple of sections, the overall arrangement is disjointed and makes it difficult for the reader to follow the train of thought. This level of organization aligns directly with Band 4.0 criteria.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, heavily relying on simple words like 'worker', 'weekend', 'company', and 'time'. There are frequent word choice and collocation errors, such as 'healping', 'mently', 'disgree', and 'diease'. The student also uses incorrect phrasing like 'have take a longer weekend' and 'came back to the work'. These lexical inaccuracies and the extremely limited range of vocabulary severely strain the reader and restrict the score to Band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
Grammatical control is extremely weak throughout the response. The writer relies heavily on simple sentence structures, and most attempts at complex sentences are faulty. There are persistent, basic errors in subject-verb agreement ('worker should work', 'Most of the company are'), tense usage ('After came back', 'not take'), and word formation ('mently and physicaly'). Punctuation and capitalization are also erratic. Because errors are frequent, distort meaning in several places, and impede communication, the performance fits the Band 4.0 descriptors.
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