Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that in the digital age, theatres and cinemas are no longer important as people can watch all the entertainment they want online. Others argue that theatres and cinemas are still important both economically and culturally.

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)

In modern era, it becomes a very important discussion that in various countries students are choosing arts subjects instead of choosing science in higher education institute..This happening due to argues, Everyone have their own opinions and this have both negative and possitive effects on society.

Firstly, nowadays people's become more moderate and they choose that field which is suitable for them..In presntage, mostly students thinks that they should not choose that field which could creats problems for them in future although they don't think that specific fields could more benifical for them.They mostly relying on the technology however, whole technology equipments becomes in era after studying science fields.people do not want to works hard they always search for easy ways.Even Gen Z generation particularly choosing the arts sunjects in universities because they believe that arts is more benifical for them because by choosing these subjects they can get the success soon as compare to choosing the science.

At the other hand, modren generation wants to develop their own business and they believe that they can be a sucessful business man in future by choosing arts instaed of science subjects.They found that science subjects are quiet hard and takes a long time to gain success.They also argue that science subjects are very costly they can not afford it.

In conclusin, I believe that those students should select science subjects who can afford and finds it convinient.I am not saying only choose the science, Arts also have various advantages.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 3.0

The response fails to address the prompt regarding theatres and cinemas versus online entertainment, discussing arts and science subjects in higher education instead. This indicates a complete misunderstanding of the task prompt. Furthermore, the response is slightly under the 250-word minimum, containing 247 words. Due to being completely off-topic and missing the length requirement, this earns a band score of 3.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text is divided into paragraphs, but the logical progression and overall arrangement are heavily disrupted by the lack of clear topic relevance. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively, such as 'Firstly,' 'At the other hand,' and 'In conclusin'. Referencing is frequently unclear, and punctuation errors (like double periods) disrupt the flow of the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with frequent word choice and collocation errors (e.g., 'possitive', 'presntage', 'creats', 'benifical'). The student attempts some less common words, but spelling mistakes (e.g., 'sucessful', 'convinient') and incorrect forms ('sunjects', 'business man') strain the reader and limit precision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is very limited, relying heavily on simple and faulty complex structures. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'people's become', 'Everyone have', 'mostly students thinks'), articles, and verb tenses that frequently impede understanding and cause difficulty for the reader.

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