Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-29

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Write about the following topic:

Many young people choose to take a year out between finishing school and starting university in order to gain work experience or to travel. The experience of non-academic life this offers benefits the individual when they return to education.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

Job provide people with opportunities to experience in their work life, i strongly agree that people should get experience before they finish their studies to get more opportunities when they will look for a job but they should work when they were studying not they take a year out just for work before they start university

One important reason for encouraging people to work and the same time they were study

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response is severely under-length, containing only 71 words against the mandatory 250-word minimum specified in the task instructions. Because the text breaks off mid-sentence ('One important reason for encouraging people to work and the same time they were study'), it fails to address the prompt fully or develop a coherent position. The writer attempts to present an opinion regarding gap years versus working while studying, but the abrupt termination prevents any substantial extension of ideas. Consequently, this warrants a low band score under the under-length penalty guidelines.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

Coherence and cohesion are heavily compromised by the fragmentary nature of the text. The writing consists of only a couple of run-on sentences and abruptly stops, making overall organisation and progression impossible to evaluate fully. There are basic attempts at linking ideas, such as 'i strongly agree that' and 'but they should work', but cohesive devices are minimal due to the extreme brevity. Paragraphing is absent, as the response is merely a single incomplete block of text.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The lexical range is very basic and repetitive. The student relies on simple vocabulary such as 'job', 'people', 'work', and 'opportunities'. There are noticeable word choice and collocation issues, such as 'experience in their work life' instead of 'practical work experience'. Spelling and capitalization errors are also present, notably the lowercase 'i'. Because the text is so short, it is difficult to demonstrate a wider resource of less common lexical items.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical structures attempted are very limited and heavily flawed. The text contains major errors in tense consistency and clause structure, such as 'when they will look' instead of 'when looking' and 'when they were studying not they take a year out'. Punctuation is entirely neglected, resulting in run-on sentences without periods or proper comma splices. The response ends abruptly with a dependent fragment, leaving no complex structures executed accurately.

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