Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-18
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people believe that it is best to accept a bad situation, such as an unsatisfactory job or shortage of money. Others argue that it is better to try and improve such situations.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 4.0)
The debate surrounding whether people should get contended with bad circumstances like boring jobs andlack of money or improve such situations has garnered heated arguments. While poor working conditions and inadequate finance make people get demoralized, i will argue that persons should strive to manage and impovirish on critical circumstance.
On the one hand , people who opine that we should accept bad situations believe that affected get resilient and disciple .
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 3.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 3.0
The response is severely under-length, containing only 72 words against the required minimum of 250 words. Because of this extreme brevity, the task cannot be fully addressed, and the ideas presented are left extremely underdeveloped. Although the writer attempts to introduce both views in the brief excerpt by mentioning that some people believe accepting bad situations builds resilience while others argue for improvement, the lack of completion heavily impacts this criterion. Due to failing to meet the word count requirement and leaving the response truncated after just two sentences, a low band score is warranted.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The text is far too short to establish a proper overall progression or adequate paragraphing. Only a single very brief paragraph and a fragment of a second are provided. While the writer does attempt a standard transitional phrase ('On the one hand'), the text breaks off abruptly before any coherent structure can be fully established. There are no cohesive devices functioning beyond the very introductory sentence structure. Therefore, the organizational framework remains incomplete, matching the lower band descriptors for cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.5
The vocabulary used is basic and contains noticeable inaccuracies and unnatural collocations. For example, the student writes 'get contended' instead of 'content', 'lack of money' (which has a spelling error 'andlack'), and 'impovirish on critical circumstance', which is an incorrect usage of the word impoverish. Although there is an attempt to use slightly less common topic-related words such as 'demoralized', 'resilient', and 'circumstances', the persistent lexical errors and limited output restrict the range and accuracy significantly.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammar demonstrates a mix of simple and emerging complex structures, but is marred by several critical errors. For instance, the pronoun 'i' is lowercased, and phrases such as 'persons should strive to... impovirish on critical circumstance' contain severe grammatical and word-form inaccuracies. Additionally, spacing and punctuation errors are present (e.g., 'andlack', missing spaces, and misplaced commas before clauses like 'On the one hand ,'). Because the text is so brief, it is difficult to fully assess a wider range of structures, but the density of errors in the few sentences provided is high.
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