Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-21
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
It is better to buy just a few expensive clothes, rather than lots of cheaper 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 5.5)
In recent years, where taxes are increasing their rate in many feilds. I agree that buying a few expensive clothes instead of buying cheapest one. This will not only benefial to your financial income but also gives you the royal treatment after you dress-up.
Buying an expensive clothes have both pros and corns. The main significant reason to buy a few expensive clothes is that the stuff and quality they provides to their costumers are much more beneficial to local shops. Additionally, they have provides more new designs and colors, that they affacted on people eyes. I agree that they charged more than the local markets. For instance, there are several clothing brands globally, which provides better quality of their products. However, sometimes they costs expensive as comapre to the product quality. Somehow, they prefer to dress-up an expensive clothes in landlords or few closed relatives. Due to they got impressed by their dressing sence.
On the contary, many individual who are not in that financialy position to buy such an expensive clothes. They just go to the local market and buy cheapest one. However, within one to two months the clothes got damaged since they were washed them with detergent which is full of chemicals. After that they must be go to buy again rather than buying expensive clothes once in a blue moon. Although, the local markets also charged some taxes as well as clothing brands.
In conclusion, instead of buying many cheapest quality clothes we should buy a few expensive clothes. Which might be charged too much but the quality is essiential for long time use.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt and maintains a clear position throughout. However, the development of ideas is somewhat superficial. For instance, the argument regarding 'landlords' and 'dressing sense' is unclear and does not effectively support the main point about quality versus quantity. While the essay covers the pros and cons, the reasoning is often repetitive or lacks depth. To reach a higher band, you should provide more specific, logical examples that directly relate to the economic and practical benefits of investing in high-quality clothing, rather than focusing on social impressions or vague financial claims.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is organized into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the structure. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or inaccurate. Phrases like 'On the contary' and 'Somehow' are used in ways that do not always logically connect the sentences. Additionally, there are issues with referencing; for example, the use of 'they' is frequently ambiguous, making it difficult to determine whether you are referring to the clothes, the brands, or the people. Improving the variety and precision of your linking words will significantly enhance the flow of your writing.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary range is limited and there are frequent errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'feilds', 'benefial', 'corns', and 'affacted'. Some collocations are unnatural, such as 'royal treatment after you dress-up' or 'dress-up an expensive clothes'. While the meaning is generally understandable, the lack of precision and the repeated spelling errors hinder the overall quality of the expression. You should focus on learning the correct spelling of common words and practicing collocations in context to improve your lexical accuracy.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay relies heavily on simple sentence structures, and attempts at complex sentences often contain grammatical errors. There are frequent issues with subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'they provides', 'they costs expensive') and incorrect verb forms (e.g., 'they have provides', 'must be go to buy'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with comma usage. While the errors do not completely prevent the reader from understanding your message, they are frequent enough to cause difficulty and indicate a lack of control over more complex grammatical structures.
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