Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-16

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Nowadays, many medical research projects are funded by private companies. In your opinion, do you think that research should be carried by private companies, individuals or government?

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

To begin with the information in to medical research project are funed by private companies and also included in Government company. That is the depand on public because much people is different ideas and thinking about the details. generally all program connect to project system so, it is easy and not a any problem of any situation.

There for the medical research in the much person survive the funds in different ideas do work and also batter result. today all the members are watch to situation and compulsory time spend in regarding the collect to funds. when ever the Government position is usefull also, but time not fix in which time add to fund and clear the right ans to how many amount spend in individual project.

That is research in all time do people work help of the companies project because any type of collected to money. today all the people usually important in medical regarding so it is serious in all place. it is useful in routine life. many difference tablates in maicine and syrup and different helth problem of tablet is change, not a same. That should be depand on company.

When ever all the company rule and regulation is not same and regular time. the medicine ingridiants is not same so, all of the helth problem is different. the government issue is all the place because work is slow and not a serious way.

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AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, finishing at 240 words, which negatively impacts Task Achievement. Furthermore, the response only partially addresses the prompt. While the student touches upon the role of private companies and the government in funding medical research, the ideas are severely underdeveloped, highly disjointed, and lack a clear, coherent position throughout the essay. The arguments presented regarding public ideas and funding timelines are confusing and difficult to follow, making it hard to discern a structured reasoning process. Consequently, the response does not adequately weigh whether research should be carried out by private companies, individuals, or the government, leading to a weak overall development of the task requirements.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The organization and progression of ideas are severely impaired throughout the text. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal logical progression within paragraphs is broken, resulting in a lack of overall coherence. For instance, transitions like 'To begin with the information in to' and 'There for' are confusing and fail to link ideas effectively. Referencing is frequently unclear or absent, leaving pronouns without clear antecedents. Cohesive devices are either misused or inadequate, making the text jump erratically between points about government funding, company rules, and health problems. Paragraph breaks are also used improperly, as seen with the incomplete sentence ending the essay abruptly at 'The canclu'.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and heavily restricted. The student frequently misuses words and collocations, such as 'funed' instead of funded, 'depand' instead of depend, and 'batter result' instead of better result. There is a lack of control over word formation and spelling, with errors occurring in almost every sentence (e.g., 'ingridiants', 'tablates', 'maicine', 'helth'). The lexical range is inadequate for discussing a complex topic like medical research funding, and these persistent errors strain the reader and frequently impede understanding of the intended meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of poorly constructed simple and attempted complex sentences that are heavily flawed. There is a complete lack of control over basic sentence structure, verb tenses, and prepositions, demonstrated by ungrammatical phrasing such as 'much person survive the funds' and 'when ever the Government position is usefull also, but time not fix'. Punctuation is also problematic, contributing to run-on thoughts and fragmented ideas. Errors are pervasive and severe throughout the text, frequently distorting meaning and causing significant difficulty for the reader.

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