Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-04

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

The best way to provide enough homes in large cities is to build tall apartment blocks.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The city life is easy and modefied because of facilities of life availble there.

For the more people provide the houses by government is become challenge because more people move to cities and house are usälly very small and space is so narrow as compared to villiage. That why more people prefer tall apartment block to live in citie.

The houses in large city must tall and move in number than enough people easily survive their life in cities.

The A narrow is home for bacteria and other more microbes th because microbes

grow in narrow and less

airy space as hostels

hostipal public toilets where

more people use small

space.

More space will be airy

and it not allow the

microbes to grow.

More people build the

house in block tall

apartment available if in

cities enough housing

provided.

People have more houses

to live than small houses

with more people grow the

microbes.

That why provide enought

homes Joined family live

in seprate apartment of

block and city life

become easy and less callanging .

The people will move easily in cities without stressing about houses and small apartment of block.

because most of people like good apartment and spaced area and block with more rating for live and their purpose to live healthy without any surffetation of space and finding poplar block

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response responds to the task only minimally and tangentially, touching upon the topic of tall apartment blocks in cities, but failing to develop a clear, sustained position. The arguments presented regarding housing shortages and health concerns are extremely limited and repetitive, lacking proper extension or support. Furthermore, an important limitation is that the response falls short of the required word count, containing only 225 words instead of the minimum 250, which restricts full development of the prompt.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

Information and ideas are not arranged coherently throughout the response. The text lacks clear overall progression, and the division of ideas into logical paragraphs is absent, with many fragmented lines and disjointed thoughts, such as the sudden pivot to discussing microbes and hostels. Cohesive devices are either missing or used inaccurately, making the relationship between sentences difficult to follow. Pronoun referencing and logical transitions between the points about housing and health are frequently unclear.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, utilizing simple terms like 'house', 'city', and 'people' repeatedly. There are noticeable lexical errors, incorrect word forms, and spelling mistakes—such as 'modefied', 'availble', and 'usälly'—that strain the reader and impede smooth communication. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'surffetation', but uses it inaccurately, demonstrating a limited range that struggles to convey precise meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The grammatical range is very limited, relying heavily on simple sentence patterns where attempts at more complex structures frequently result in severe errors. Errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, articles, and missing prepositions are frequent and often distort the intended meaning, as seen in phrases like 'the people provide the houses by government is become challenge'. Punctuation control is also weak, further reducing the readability of the text.

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