Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-23
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)
According to my opinion, Individuals based research based projects are very essential rathar than to an government becasue in individuals are really confortable for performing the research based projects easilly.I think individuals are very friendly as compare to government workers.
On the one hand, People think that research is very vital for imporving our skills that we use in our fields becasue its a good habits that i would to say beacasue this habits help us to improve our knowledge in an our fields.
For a instance,Once opon a time one person who has my friend that was doing a job in IT company who have a task to perform a ability of searching our task on the internet whose was task is so difficult for him because he has no idea about his task hoe to performed him.
On the other hand,Some individuals are not confortable to doing our research projects with the help of other unknown individuals because he like to work with that person who's known him and he known them.In that cause peform our research based task is very difficult to that individuals who has perform our project.
In the conclusion, I think that research should be perform with the help of individuals that have work in private sector is confortable for them who's have perform our research base project in private companies
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 250 words, as it contains only 227 words. Consequently, this has a negative impact on the overall task achievement score. Furthermore, the content struggles to fully address the prompt regarding whether private companies, individuals, or governments should fund medical research. The student confuses research funding with individual learning tasks or personal skills, discussing general personal study habits rather than macroeconomic funding bodies. Phrases such as 'Individuals based research based projects are very essential' fail to establish a clear, sustained, or well-developed position on the core topic. Ideas are heavily under-developed and rely on vague anecdotes rather than pertinent arguments related to the prompt. Therefore, the response aligns best with a Band 4.0 descriptor.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The essay attempts to use basic cohesive devices like 'On the one hand' and 'In the conclusion', but the overall progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by unclear referencing and poor logical sequencing. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal coherence within paragraphs is weak. For instance, the transition from discussing research habits to describing a friend in an IT company lacks a clear logical bridge. Repetitive phrasing and mechanical transitional markers create a disjointed reading experience. Referencing pronouns such as 'who has my friend that was doing a job' are ambiguous and hinder smooth progression. These structural weaknesses firmly place the essay at a Band 4.0 level for coherence and cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The lexical resource is basic, repetitive, and severely limited. The writer frequently misuses vocabulary, such as 'Individuals based research based projects' and 'imporving our skills'. Spelling errors are noticeable throughout the text, including 'rathar', 'becasue', 'confortable', 'easilly', 'For a instance', 'oops', 'cause', and 'peform'. There is a lack of control over word choice and collocations, which frequently strains the reader and impedes understanding. While common words are used, the inability to accurately deploy topic-specific vocabulary or maintain appropriate academic style restricts the score to a Band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
Grammatical control is weak, with a very limited range of structures used accurately. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at complex structures invariably result in serious errors that distort meaning, such as 'who have a task to perform a ability of searching our task on the internet whose was task is so difficult for him because he has no idea about his task hoe to performed him.' Punctuation is haphazard, and subject-verb agreement is frequently violated, as seen in 'Some individuals are not confortable to doing our research projects... because he like to work'. These persistent and frequent errors cause considerable difficulty for the reader, matching the criteria for a Band 4.0.
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