Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-30
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people believe that it is best to accept a bad situation, such as an unsatisfactory job or shortage of money. Others argue that it is better to try and improve such situations.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Student answer (Band 4.5)
Some people argue that bad sitiuations is best to accept, like unemployment and undesire job while other belive that it is best to handle and learning from these situations. I strongly agree with last view becasue people learn from experience and knowing essaily the people who help them in a bad situation.
One major reason is learn from experience. If someone do not face bad sitiuations in their life then it will be hard to handle such type of situations in the future. For that reason sometime it is good for learning. In future they will pe well prepared for financial mangment and can take good decisions in a bad sitiuation. For instance, someone have a good job with high salary and they don't have experince how to spend the money in essential area and suddenly he lost their job then he may face seriouse issue in mangment their expense.
Another reason is that he will know their friends and family in a bad situation. Sometime everyone tell you that I will help you in a bad situation but when someone lost their job and they don't have money then their will be few people that can help but not all. In the result, someone will have in mind that who with me in a bad situation.
In conclusion, bad sittuation is sometime best for future prepation such financial mangment, taking good discision in pressure. It is also essential for doing defference between friends and family members.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to discuss both views on accepting versus improving difficult situations and provides a personal opinion, which aligns with the basic requirements of the prompt. However, the ideas are quite limited, repetitive, and under-developed. For instance, the discussion on financial management is somewhat generic and not fully extended. Additionally, the response falls short of the 250-word minimum, containing 247 words, which incurs a slight penalty under Task Achievement descriptors. The position is stated, but the overall development lacks depth and sophistication, leading to a Band 5 rating.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, showing a basic attempt at logical structure with an introduction, body paragraphs addressing separate ideas, and a conclusion. However, the progression is often hindered by mechanical or faulty cohesive devices, such as 'In the result' and abrupt transitions. Referencing is sometimes unclear, particularly with pronoun usage like switching between 'someone', 'he', and 'they'. Paragraphing is present, but overall the coherence is affected by the frequent structural and logical disconnects, placing it firmly at a Band 5 level.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive throughout the essay, with frequent spelling errors such as 'sitiuations', 'undesire', 'belive', 'becasue', 'essaily', 'mangment', 'seriouse', 'prepation', 'discision', and 'defference'. The range of vocabulary is limited to simple terms, and attempts at less common lexical items often result in incorrect word forms or collocations, such as 'bad sittuation is sometime best for future prepation'. These noticeable errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a Band 4 level for lexical resource.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, with frequent and pervasive errors that distort meaning and impede comprehension. Examples include subject-verb agreement issues ('bad sitiuations is best'), incorrect verb forms ('If someone do not face'), and awkward sentence construction ('someone will have in mind that who with me in a bad situation'). Complex sentences are attempted but are almost always faulty. Because errors are frequent across simple and complex forms and often cause difficulty for the reader, this warrants a Band 4 score.
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