Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many parts of the world girls and boys are educated together in co-educational or mixed schools. Some people think that girls and boys benefit from being educated separately in single-sex schools. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

Student answer (Band 4.0)

In various countries girls and boys are educated collectively in co-educational or mixed schools. Some individuals think that girls and boys benefit from being educated separatly in single sec schools

firslty ,In many countries people think that in joint schools boys and girls are educated alongside or some of people thinking that the separated education is the best beacause of the boys and girls are mainly didn't focus on their studies and other thinks like students are make their relationship between schools hours. that's why some of the people are thinking the sepate school are best.

secondly, In todays Genaration students are very open minded. they think all of the stretegies and the functions.

In joint schools there were so many compalins about to boys and girls relationships and affairs. so they didn't focus their stuides and education moreover they completly distract from the studies.So that's why some of the parents think about it and take addmission in single-sex schools Furthermore they knows the benefits in single-sex schools. In this schools students focus their studies and they doing good in gain education properly.

For example, we heard about a early marriage because some of the students make their life in risk and fall in dangarous situation.In other hand parents aso think about all of this things happend in our culture so they mainly prepher single-sex schools for their child.

In conclusion, many countries people are thinking about joint school education in other hand some perants are think about single-sex school. they know the benefit of each school.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The response addresses the prompt regarding whether boys and girls benefit from being educated separately in single-sex schools, taking a somewhat muddled stance that leans towards the protective benefits of single-sex education. The ideas are presented, such as the concern that students in co-educational schools might become distracted by relationships, but these ideas remain underdeveloped and are often repetitive. For example, the student repeatedly mentions that students do not focus on their studies due to relationships without providing deeper analysis or extended examples. While all parts of the task are touched upon, the lack of fully elaborated arguments and a clear, sustained position places the response within the Band 4 to Band 5 range. Due to the limited development of ideas and tendency to over-generalise, a Band 4.5 score is appropriate here.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

Coherence and cohesion are significant weaknesses in this essay. While the student attempts to use transition words such as 'firslty', 'secondly', and 'In conclusion', their application is mechanical, frequently misspelled, and poorly punctuated. Paragraphing is extremely problematic; the entire body of the text lacks a logical division into proper paragraphs, with sentences running together haphazardly. Furthermore, referencing and logical progression are weak, making it difficult for the reader to follow the flow of arguments. For instance, the transition from discussing open-minded generations to relationships and early marriage lacks cohesive ties. These issues align well with the Band 4 descriptor, where information and ideas are not arranged coherently, and basic cohesive devices are faulty or absent.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used throughout the essay is basic, repetitive, and often inaccurate. The student relies on simple terms and makes frequent spelling errors, such as 'separatly', 'sec', 'firslty', 'beacause', 'Genaration', 'stretegies', 'compalins', 'stuides', 'addmission', 'prepher', and 'perants'. Furthermore, there are numerous collocation and word choice errors, such as 'gain education properly', 'make their life in risk', and 'dangarous situation'. While the vocabulary is just about adequate to convey a rudimentary message, the high frequency of spelling and word-form errors severely strains the reader and restricts the lexical score to a Band 4.0, as the range is extremely limited and errors impede comprehension.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical range and accuracy are very limited in this response. The student struggles to construct grammatically sound sentences, relying mostly on simple structures that are frequently marred by basic errors. Complex sentences are rarely attempted, and when they are, they contain severe structural flaws and punctuation errors, such as missing capitalization and run-on sentences like 'so they didn't focus their stuides and education moreover they completly distract from the studies.' Subject-verb agreement errors, tense inconsistencies, and missing articles are pervasive throughout the text (e.g., 'In this schools', 'they knows', 'happend in our culture'). Because errors are frequent, distort meaning in places, and severely limit the range of structures, this performance corresponds to a Band 4.0.

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