Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries nowadays, consumers can go to a supermarket and buy food produced all over the world.

Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

In modern world people go to supermarket to buy any type of food that produced all around the world in many developed countries. However, this kind of developments have many positive and some negative factors in a countries. I believe that this is beneficial for people of a countries to buy food that has out of season and use it for different purposes

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

You state a clear overall view in “I believe that this is beneficial,” and you identify one relevant advantage: access to food that is “out of season.” However, the response addresses the question only minimally. It does not explain how worldwide food availability benefits consumers, provide a relevant example, or develop the negative factors mentioned in the introduction. The phrase “use it for different purposes” is too vague to count as a supported reason. The response also falls substantially short of the required minimum of 250 words, leaving the position and supporting ideas undeveloped. To improve, explain two specific effects, support them with examples, and make your conclusion directly answer whether the development is positive or negative.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic progression: it introduces the availability of international food, mentions positive and negative factors, and then gives a positive opinion. The contrast marker “However” and the opinion phrase “I believe” help signal these moves. At this length, though, there is no developed sequence of reasons, examples, or conclusion, and the relationship between “many positive and some negative factors” and the final positive position is not explained. The final idea about food being out of season and used for different purposes is also unclear. Build separate paragraphs for your position and supporting reasons, use linking phrases to show how each example supports your view, and finish with a concise conclusion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary such as “supermarket,” “food,” “all around the world,” and “out of season,” so the general subject is understandable. However, the range is narrow and several expressions are imprecise or unnatural, including “this kind of developments,” “in a countries,” and “food that has out of season.” “Different purposes” is also too general to communicate a specific benefit. These limitations make the argument less clear and show that word choice and collocation are not yet consistently controlled. Aim for more precise phrases such as “internationally sourced products,” “seasonal produce,” and “year-round availability,” and use them to explain concrete effects on consumers.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response includes a basic complex sentence beginning “However” and a clause introduced by “that,” but most of the writing relies on simple sentence patterns, so there is little evidence of a wider grammatical range. Errors in agreement and sentence construction appear in “this kind of developments have” and “in a countries.” The clause “food that produced all around the world” is missing a necessary verb form, while “food that has out of season” is not grammatically complete. These errors sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to follow. Practise accurate article and plural forms, subject–verb agreement, and relative clauses—for example, “food that is produced around the world”—before attempting longer sentences.

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