Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-06

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some societies, stress is now regarded as a major problem, and it is thought that people suffer from more stress than they did in the past. However, others feel that the amount of stress people have today is exaggerated. They say that previous generations were under more pressure, but the idea of suffering from stress did not exist.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

Student answer (Band 4.0)

In some societies, stress regarded as a major problem and it is thought that people suffer from more stress than they did in the past . other hand other feel that amount of strees people have today is exaggerated . They say that previous genration were under more pressure , but the idea of suffering from stress did not exist.

I agree in this statement that stress regarded as a major problem, in the past the people regarded the more stress comparing now a days because then people is stress every work and because then no morden machiens and people work in hand therefor there were in stress and then the whole socity is feel stress.

Now a days the have no more stress feel peole beccause now the world is morden and every work by machiens and therefor no more stress in the types and if a person is feel stress then he use the mobile for entertanment and then do notr feel stress and share the information to thje friends and then all get the slove the problem .

in the past the people have more pressure and the idea of suffering from stress did not exist and now people not more pressure and then they feel stress they entretan and walk and etc but in the past no thing .

MY opinoin is that the amount of stress people have today is exagerated. some people in stress and mostly people feel very relax because the morden of soccieties and this friend removed the stress.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response responds to the task only minimally. It fails to meet the minimum length requirement, containing only 193 words instead of the required 250 words, with 62 words copied directly from the prompt not counted towards the limit. While the writer attempts to discuss both views and state a personal opinion, the ideas are extremely limited, highly repetitive, and under-developed. For instance, the argument that modern technology eliminates stress lacks clear support or elaboration, reducing the discussion to vague assertions such as 'now the world is morden and every work by machiens'.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

Information and ideas are not arranged coherently. Although the text is broken into paragraphs, the overall progression is difficult to follow due to a lack of logical organization and an absence of effective cohesive devices. Sentences are disjointed and abrupt, making it hard for the reader to trace a clear line of argument. Referencing is frequently unclear, and the mechanical or missing transitions between ideas hinder readability and fail to guide the reader through the discussion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is basic and highly repetitive, relying heavily on words like 'stress', 'people', and 'work'. There are numerous spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'streese', 'genration', 'morden', 'machiens', 'socity', 'entertanment', and 'exagerated', alongside frequent word-form and word-choice errors that strain the reader and obscure meaning. The range of vocabulary is severely restricted, showing no ability to use less common lexical items accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response exhibits a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting almost entirely of simple or heavily flawed compound sentences. Errors are frequent and severely distort meaning, including missing auxiliary verbs, incorrect verb tenses, and major issues with subject-verb agreement, such as 'people is stress', 'the have no more stress feel peole', and 'some people in stress'. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also poorly controlled, contributing to frequent breakdowns in communication.

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