Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-30

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that it is possible to tell a lot about a person’s culture and character from their choice of clothes.

Do you agree or disagree?

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

 

Student answer (Band 4.5)

Many people belive that human wearing clothes reprecent this culture and chararacter. however, this is 21th century we lived in globlalization world wear people carry diffrent style and culture. however,most of the nation have their own clothing and culture. Therefore, i will agree with this statment and i explain more in further paragraph.

first of all, In india most of the people wearing cotton shirt and formal pent and lether shoes in their daily life. which is represent thier culture and charecter. Same with europeon people they wear cout and wearm clothes. Becouse of the cold weather.

however, nowday people lived in globalization world where people wear cloth according to thier personal choise and comfort. Most of the people follow thier influencer or superstar and copy thier fashion. for example,salmankhan indian bollywood actor. most of the the people in indians follow his clothing style. moreover, bradpitt letter jacket style very popular in the world.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 250 words, containing only 154 words. This severely limits the candidate's ability to develop their position adequately, leading to an under-developed task response. Although the writer attempts to address the prompt by taking a clear position and providing some examples, such as Indian clothing styles and celebrities like Salman Khan and Brad Pitt, the ideas remain superficial and lack extension. Consequently, the task achievement is constrained by the length penalty and insufficient elaboration.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text demonstrates some organizational structure, using basic linking words and phrases like 'first of all', 'however', and 'for example' to introduce points. However, paragraphing is poorly handled, with a lack of clear separation between distinct ideas and introduction elements run together. Cohesive devices are sometimes used mechanically or inaccurately, and the lack of overall length prevents the establishment of a smooth progression of ideas throughout the response.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The lexical resource is limited and basic, with frequent spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'belive', 'reprecent', 'globlalization', 'diffrent', 'pent', 'lether', 'thier', 'charecter', 'cout', 'wearm', 'nowday', 'choise', and 'bradpitt'. While the candidate attempts to use some topic-related vocabulary like 'globalization', 'culture', and 'fashion', the high frequency of spelling mistakes and basic word choices restricts the score to the lower bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The student uses a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying primarily on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are numerous punctuation and capitalization errors, such as starting sentences with lowercase letters ('however', 'first of all', 'for example'). Complex structures are rarely attempted and, when used, are inaccurate, such as in 'this is 21th century we lived in globlalization world wear people carry diffrent style'. Frequent errors impede readability and understanding.

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