Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-09

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 5.0)

Nowadays Some people buy a new clothes on festival and function. some people purchase countety of clothes and other some is buy a good quilty and genuien product brand. lets talk about this in this i am agree or dis agree.

I think is festival comes in yearly some time time so everybody get new clothes. But choice depend of every people. for my side I always buy branded clothes just a few and expensive because i belive that not a lots of cheaper clothes buying in to few expensive clothes are good choice.

Many resoan to this topic but I am expalin a few example.

My friends always buying a clothes from Mall and Super Market beyond that a large range of clothes. But not a costly it is a cheap means low price tag so it means not a price tag low so clothes are bad but some times it call very bad experiance to my friends. They wear their clothes some clothes looks like colour dull and the clothes tear after only a shor time.

Instead of that I purchase always to Raymond and jocky from branded clothes shop. The clothes are live very long time and its colour same to same buying to last day

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a relevant opinion: you prefer buying a few more expensive branded clothes, and you support this by contrasting their durability with cheaper clothes that may fade or tear. This addresses the central choice in the prompt, but the response only partially develops the task. Your opening says “lets talk about this” without clearly stating your position, and the comparison is mostly based on brief personal observations about your friends and your own purchases. Explain more fully why durability or value over time makes the higher price worthwhile, and consider acknowledging a reason someone might choose cheaper clothes. The response is also 41 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to develop and support your ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: you introduce the topic, state a preference, give an example about your friends, and then contrast it with your own experience. The contrast signalled by “Instead of that” helps readers follow the main comparison. However, the overall progression is not consistently clear, and several sentences are difficult to connect or interpret, such as “Many resoan to this topic but I am expalin a few example.” Linking phrases are limited and sometimes awkward, while the large spaces between sections do not create clear, purposeful paragraphs. Organise the response into distinct paragraphs for your position, supporting reasons, and conclusion, and use clear links such as “For example” and “As a result” to show how each point supports your opinion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant clothing and shopping vocabulary, including “branded clothes,” “cheap,” “colour dull,” and “tear,” so the reader can identify the topic and your main comparison. However, the range is limited and several word choices or spellings make the message harder to understand. Examples include “countety,” “genuien,” “quilty,” and “experiance”; phrases such as “the clothes are live very long time” and “same to same” are also not natural English. Build a more accurate set of expressions for discussing price, quality, and durability, and check spelling carefully. More precise phrases such as “last longer” and “fade after a few washes” would help you explain your examples clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can generally recognise your preference and examples. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently in basic sentence formation, verb forms, articles, and agreement. For instance, “I think is festival comes in yearly some time time” lacks a clear grammatical structure, while “everybody get new clothes” has an agreement error. “My friends always buying a clothes” also needs a correctly formed verb phrase and article use. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then connect them with clauses using “because,” “although,” or “when.” Check that each sentence has a subject and a correctly conjugated verb, and use full stops to separate complete ideas.

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