Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-06

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 4.5)

Nowadays many countries individuals wentv to the supermarket and purchase food and selling all over the world. However, numerous today are buying all the material in the market and save in many different countries and earn many funds. Reedimentry create positive development.

At the initial stage, majority of many countries today consumer are taking many items from their urban area and transforming into many different states and it will creating positive development Due to, in the various country individuals can easily know about the products and beneficial material on it. Therefore, people now marketing in their urban center and developing their products rose dramatically in many different countries. For instance, In India today many youngster are transforming into one country to onther country and developing their iteam in all over the world.

On the other hand, in lieu of, people nowadays creating detrimental role and demaning high cost prize of their material to transport. not only in India but also in many different countries and their residents are trying the same rule. Consequently, consumer either demands for money or better transport facilities. notwithstanding that, people are not trying to avoid all the Exacerbate demand for their material. For Example, In China students are creating negative atmosphere on their urban cities Owing to, the major issue was transporting items all over the world was not challenging but after loading the matrial into the ship mitigate about high cost prize.

To conclued, I firmly belive that the globalization of supermarket inventories is an entirely beneficial trend. Although crities frequently point out the potential environmental costs of food transprtation, the exceptional diversity it adds to the counsumer diet and the resulting cultural exchange are invaluable.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response4.5
Coherence and Cohesion4.5
Lexical Resource4.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy4.5
Overall4.5

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response addresses the prompt only partially, which aligns with the lower intermediate level descriptors. The writer attempts to present a position on whether global supermarket food is a positive or negative development, but the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For example, the student mentions that consumers can easily know about products and that youngsters are transforming items from one country to another, but these points are unclear and lack sufficient elaboration or relevant examples. The progression of thought is frequently disrupted by unclear reasoning and tangential remarks about students and shipping costs, preventing a fully developed discussion of the topic.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is some basic organisation attempted through paragraphing, but overall there is a lack of clear progression throughout the text. Cohesive devices are often inadequate, inaccurate, or repetitive, which creates a mechanical flow. For instance, transitional phrases like 'At the initial stage', 'On the other hand, in lieu of', and 'To conclued' are used awkwardly and do not logically connect the ideas. Furthermore, referencing is frequently unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the connections between sentences, particularly in the second and third body paragraphs where the transitions between local markets, transportation, and consumer demands become muddled.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary range is limited and minimally adequate for the task, containing noticeable errors that frequently cause difficulty for the reader. The student attempts to use less common items, but these attempts often result in inappropriate word choice, collocation, and word form errors. Examples of these lexical slips include 'purchase food and selling', 'save in many different countries', 'earn many funds', and 'high cost prize'. Additionally, there are frequent spelling and formulation issues throughout the text, such as 'Reedimentry', 'iteam', 'demaning', and 'concued', which stem from a basic and strained control of vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are frequent errors across multiple grammatical categories that can cause difficulty for the reader, including verb forms and tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles, and prepositions inside grammatical patterns. For instance, sentences such as 'Nowadays many countries individuals wentv to the supermarket and purchase food' and 'the major issue was transporting items all over the world was not challenging' demonstrate significant structural breakdown and confusion between simple and complex forms. Punctuation errors are also prevalent, further hindering readability.

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