Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-12

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 are now using a method of supermarket method. although it has multiple opinion throughout the world. However, this purspective having positive and negative development around the word.

To support the positive aspect of consumers behavour nowadys people using digital platform in many scenarios either for shopping may be related to food. Aditionally people wants to shop where everyone goes for shopping. On the other hand, supermarket have almost every item available in their shelf organise in a propper way as many researched covering the customers perspective to purchase such things. Many surveys has to be done nowadays for knowing demands of the public. Furthermore, people find supermarket to buy food more convenient due to many brands option available this allow business owner to grab more customer retention by using method consumer busy in the supermarket . For instance, a person who wants to buy grocery for their home which includes daily routine item such as oil, maiz, wheat. Market owners make a strategy for buying more products for such customer by placing all the regular item in the corner of the supermarket as a result people buy unwanted products unintentionally. However they didn't realise although people are enjoying in the supermarket because of more possible products they are buying may be they need in the future .

As we know, all over the world now shifted towards supermarket shopping this allow consumer not have such options available to buy cheap products because of a limited option .

In my opinion supermarket make us life more convenient in shopping food .they are also providing online facilities and deliveries on just one step away. It iis a good development may be more enhance in the future.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You give a clear overall preference in the final paragraph, saying supermarket shopping is convenient and “a good development.” However, the position is not established clearly at the start: the introduction says there are “positive and negative” aspects without indicating which view you support. Much of the discussion focuses on supermarket layouts, consumer behaviour and buying unwanted products, rather than directly explaining the benefits or drawbacks of access to food produced around the world. The point about limited options for cheap products could be relevant, but it is not explained or supported. To strengthen the response, state your position clearly in the introduction and develop two relevant reasons with specific examples about global food availability.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, a main discussion and a conclusion, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “For instance” and “On the other hand” show an effort to connect ideas. However, the progression is difficult to follow: the discussion moves from digital platforms to supermarket shelves, consumer research, impulse buying and then limited access to cheap products, without a clear sequence or focused paragraph structure. Some links also do not express the relationship between ideas accurately, and the long example is hard to track. Organise each body paragraph around one main reason, use clear topic sentences, and make sure each example directly supports that reason. This will make the overall argument easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “consumer behaviour,” “customer retention,” “convenient” and “deliveries,” and some wording communicates relevant ideas. However, inaccurate word choice, spelling and collocation are noticeable and sometimes make the meaning unclear. Examples include “supermarket method,” “this purspective,” “more brands option” and “regular item”; several expressions do not sound natural in context. There is also repetition of “supermarket” and “people,” which limits flexibility. Build a more precise set of phrases for discussing international food availability, such as “imported produce,” “wider choice” and “year-round access,” and check spelling and collocations when editing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt some longer sentences and subordinate clauses, for example the sentence beginning “For instance, a person who wants to buy grocery for their home,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence formation, agreement, articles and verb forms occur frequently, as in “supermarket have,” “Many surveys has to be done” and “this allow consumer not have.” Several sentences also run together or lack clear punctuation, which makes relationships between ideas difficult to understand. Simple sentence patterns are more successful, but the range is limited by the faulty complex constructions. Practise building accurate sentences first, then combine them using clauses such as “because” and “although”; carefully check subject–verb agreement and sentence boundaries.

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