Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-29
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
In the future nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Student answer (Band 4.5)
Firstly,I am starting with this era if i talk about this era this is a great change in time and technology because in past time there were not many opportunties for older people they were not able to see many things on online they were very busy in their work as compare to this time and people buy printed newspapers to read some news and know what was doing in our side and in country.
Technology played and important role in this time due to the growing of fast time people are not free they are busy in their works and they have not any time to first buy printed newspapers and then read now social meda has come and any type of news will be in this platform so its much easier than before every person has a mobile phone in his hand in free time when thy use social media they have to read news and they can get any type of information from social media and in free times they can be use cell phones and enjoy their time .
In the near future i dont know and i also hope that social media will have more better performance than now people use screen now and this is not helpful for people they are injerious to health and also problem of eye sight so in my opinion social media is very useful opportunity if we use legally and honestly it will be helpful to us in this time and in the near future.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt in a very general way, discussing the rise of social media and technology compared to the past. However, the student does not clearly state a definitive position regarding whether nobody will buy printed newspapers or books, or whether content will be entirely free. The ideas are somewhat repetitive and lack the structured extension expected at higher bands. For instance, the discussion around eye strain and health is only loosely tied to the main question of future media consumption. Because the response does attempt to discuss the transition from print to online media, it achieves a band 5.0 level of task performance.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The text suffers significantly from a lack of standard punctuation, capitalisation, and paragraphing conventions. The essay is essentially comprised of three very long, run-on sentences or paragraphs with minimal structural demarcation, such as 'Firstly,I am starting with this era if i talk about this era this is a great change...'. Cohesive devices are either missing or repetitive (e.g., excessive use of 'and' and 'this'). There is no clear overall progression of argument, as ideas bleed into one another without logical signposting. This places the response firmly at band 4.0 for coherence and cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
Vocabulary is basic and repetitive, frequently relying on everyday words like 'things', 'time', 'work', and 'news'. There are noticeable word choice and collocation issues, such as 'opportunties for older people they were not able to see many things on online' and 'injerious to health' (injurious). While the writer makes an attempt to use less common terms like 'technology', 'social media', and 'opportunity', the frequent lexical inaccuracies and limited range restrict the score to band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, dominated by poorly controlled compound sentences linked together by coordinating conjunctions and commas instead of proper periods or subordinate clauses. There is a complete absence of standard punctuation, leading to massive run-on sentences (e.g., the entire first paragraph is a single unpunctuated stream). Errors in tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, and basic sentence construction are pervasive throughout the text (e.g., 'they can be use cell phones', 'if we use legally and honestly'). These frequent errors severely distort readability, corresponding to a band 4.0.
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