Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-29
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 4.5)
These days, private companies are giving fundind to various research projects. the way i see it, it should be carried out by government.
The research projects are very important for a nation. and it can help a nation to make the people of the nation Healthy. Sometimes it can make the life of people wery comfortable. For example the research on cancer medicines the government gives more funding and give it to patients for free or very cheap
And if a research is conducted by a private institute or any indiduals it can use it as thier own profit not for the help of people.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response presents a clear position that research should be carried out by the government, supporting it briefly with ideas regarding public health and profit motives. However, the response severely fails the length requirement of 250 words, containing only 105 words. Due to this extreme under-length, the ideas are necessarily underdeveloped and the task is only partially addressed. According to the descriptors for Task Achievement, when a response is significantly under-length, it cannot achieve a passing band score because the prompt is not fully or adequately explored. Therefore, the score reflects this severe limitation.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text demonstrates some basic organisational structure with an introduction, body, and conclusion-like sentence. However, paragraphing is poor and unconventional, with single-sentence paragraphs and incomplete structures. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes awkward, such as starting a sentence with 'And if a research...'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, as seen in 'it can use it as thier own profit'. Progression of ideas is disjointed due to the brevity of the response. Overall, the structural control corresponds to a Band 5 level.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, with words like 'research', 'projects', 'nation', and 'funding' repeated frequently. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, such as 'fundind', 'wery', 'indiduals', and 'thier'. The range of vocabulary is limited and minimally adequate for conveying very simple meanings, though it causes some difficulty and distraction for the reader. There is no attempt at less common or more sophisticated lexical items, fitting the Band 4 descriptors.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The writer attempts some complex structures, but they are frequently faulty, such as 'and it can help a nation to make the people of the nation Healthy' and 'For example the research on cancer medicines the government gives more funding and give it to patients for free or very cheap'. There are numerous basic punctuation and capitalization errors, such as starting sentences with lowercase letters ('the way i see it'). Errors are frequent and often cause strain for the reader, aligning closely with Band 4 descriptors.
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