Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-02
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people think that it’s a good idea to socialise with work colleagues during evenings and weekends. Other people think it’s important to keep working life completely separate from social life.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
It is a very debateable discussion, either some people should choose to socialize with office collegues on weekend or should stay away from socializing with office collegues.
Both veiws have different perspectives. As far as, my concerned it depends on a personality of a person have. Introvert person always tries to keep their personal life private and try to keep away themselves socialize.They always prefer to enjoy their own company and feel comfortable to stay at home most of the time with family. This is very obvious behaviour to keep them relax and calm. Although, they are remarkable on their proffessional life most of the time.
On the other hand, some people love to spend their weekends outside due to their extrovert nature. They always prefer to explore new activities, adventures and people.So, they want to have meeting with collegues and spend quality of time with them. In office they rarely got a cahance to talk or gossips on other matters. So, it is very good option to meet with collegues on weekend. It helps them to keep themsemves stress free and increase their capablity for work.
I would also choose to catchup with collegues and friends on weekend. When i used to do job. I mostly went to meetup my office friends most of the time. It used to be a great time that spend your energy without any stress and keep yourself align and motivated. Sometimes,body required change enviroment and routine. It is also a beneficial part to stay ourselves heathy and mentaly fit from any stressful enviroment.
I would definately choose to link with coll
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The response addresses the main parts of the prompt by discussing both views—that socialising with colleagues is beneficial versus keeping working and personal lives separate—and provides a personal opinion, primarily supporting the former view. However, the ideas are limited and somewhat under-developed. For instance, the discussion around introverted versus extroverted personalities remains quite basic, stating that 'Introvert person always tries to keep their personal life private' without expanding deeply on how this impacts workplace dynamics or productivity. The position is stated, but the arguments lack the extension and depth needed for a higher score.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some organisation evident through paragraphing and basic transitional phrases like 'On the other hand' and 'I would also choose'. However, there is no clear overall progression throughout the text. Paragraph transitions feel abrupt, and cohesive devices are frequently repetitive or inaccurate, such as starting multiple sentences with 'They always' or 'So,'. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion is sometimes faulty, making the logical flow between ideas difficult to follow at times.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary range is limited but minimally adequate to convey basic meaning. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, such as 'debateable', 'collegues', 'veiws', 'cahance', 'enviroment', 'heathy', and 'mentaly'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with limited success, and spelling mistakes like 'proffessional' and 'definately' cause occasional difficulty and distraction for the reader.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer uses a very limited range of sentence structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are frequent grammatical errors in verb forms, articles, and agreement, such as 'As far as, my concerned it depends on a personality of a person have', 'Introvert person', and 'When i used to do job. I mostly went to meetup'. Punctuation errors are also present, such as unnecessary commas and sentence fragments, which can cause difficulty for the reader.
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