Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-10

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)

Nowadays, In many countries people can go to supermarket and buy food produced all over the world.In addction some people argue that this activity and some dislike to can go a supermarket. I think It has some positive and some negative effect on our society.

On the other hand, We dicuss the positive effect of supermarket. Furthermore, Consumers can go to supermarket and buy a fresh food produced. Because, farmers can grow all food items in there fields and sale all fresh food into supermarket on perfect prices. Supermarket sport farmers of our country and provided us fresh food produced. So many people want to buy all food produced all over the world.

Overall, Its has some negetive effects that is some people want to buy online food produced that are not fresh. They belive that supermarket produced prices are very high and people mostly buy online all food produced. In addiction some people argue that this point and some disagree with this piont.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

You give a general view that the development has both positive and negative effects, and you mention supermarkets, farmers, freshness and online food purchases. However, the task asks you to decide whether this is positive or negative, and your position remains unclear: “some positive and some negative effect” does not establish which side you support. The discussion is also limited and partly confusing; for example, the claim that supermarkets provide fresh food is not clearly connected to food produced all over the world, while the point about online food is not explained. The response contains 156 words, so it is 94 words below the required minimum; the nine words copied from the prompt are excluded. Develop a clear position and support it with relevant examples and explanation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction and two body paragraphs, and phrases such as “On the other hand” and “Overall” signal transitions. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the paragraphs do not develop a clear line of argument. “On the other hand” introduces only positive points, and the final paragraph shifts to online food without explaining how this relates to the question. Several linking expressions are repetitive or do not show a clear relationship between ideas, including “Furthermore,” “So,” and “In addiction.” Build each paragraph around one main point, explain it, and use transitions that accurately express contrast or result. A conclusion should clearly restate your answer to the question.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “consumers,” “farmers,” “fresh food,” and “supermarket,” so the reader can identify the general subject. However, the range is limited and several phrases are inaccurate or repetitive, which makes some ideas unclear. For example, “supermarket sport farmers” appears to mean that supermarkets support farmers, and “supermarket produced prices” does not clearly express the intended meaning. There are also spelling errors such as “addction,” “dicuss,” “negetive,” and “belive.” Work on accurate collocations and spelling, and use more precise terms for international food trade, such as “imported produce” or “food from overseas.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response includes mostly simple sentence patterns, with a few attempts to connect clauses using “Because” and “that.” These attempts show some effort to vary sentence structure, but control is inconsistent. Examples include “people can go to supermarket,” which needs an article, and “Supermarket sport farmers of our country and provided us fresh food produced,” where the verb forms and sentence construction are unclear. “Its has” also shows an agreement error, while several sentence boundaries and commas are handled inaccurately, as in “Because, farmers…” and the run-together opening sentences. Practise accurate articles, subject–verb agreement and past or present verb forms, then combine ideas into clear sentences using conjunctions and correct punctuation.

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