Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend.

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)

These days, weakends are one of the most enjoyable thing amoung all corporate employees. They want big vocations, so that they can enjoy there life in some fun activites with their famalies and friends. But unfortuneately, getting long leaves is quite hard in the industry. In this essay iam completely disagree with the topic and i will explain my opinion with strong examples.

First of all, two holidays are more than enough to refresh our mind.

Working five days in a weak is not a bad deal, moreover if copmanies increase the holidays than the intensity of work will also increase in the job days. This thing will increase the disatisfaction amoung people, and this will increase depsression. For example, if company gave you a one task which you must have to submit in the ongoing weak, so now you have five days to complete that, but if the holidays will increase than this is inversely propotional to deadlines, and you have to work more and your working hours will definietly exceeds form normal routine.

Secondly, If non working days will increase than it directly put negative affect on the organization performance. Which may lead towards the revenue loses, and this thing will force employeer to do some layoffs. Which will be very bad news for the workers. For example, if the the companies income are unstable and they are unable to pay the salries so what they do, they will reduce thier emlpooyes.

On the other hand, some people believe that long weakends will help them to do rest, and when they came back to office with a fresh mind their will performance enhance automatically.

In conclusion, working weak can be reduce, we can increase the off days, but if its not increasing the stress level, and if the company performance is also not affecting because working for the betterment of organization is a corporate social responseibility.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear in the introduction: you disagree with a shorter working week, and you give two relevant reasons—possible increases in workload and harm to company performance. The examples about deadlines and layoffs help illustrate these concerns. However, the argument is only partly developed: the link between fewer working days, greater daily intensity, and depression is asserted rather than explained, while the revenue argument needs clearer support. You also mention the opposing view that longer weekends may improve workers’ performance, but do not respond to it. The conclusion then says working weeks “can be reduce” and days off “can” increase, which makes your final position less definite than your opening. Develop each reason more fully and state a consistent conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs, a counterpoint, and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “First of all,” “Secondly,” and “On the other hand” help readers identify the stages of your argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow: the first example moves from a deadline to longer working hours without clearly explaining how the proposed shorter week would cause this. Some links are also mechanical or unclear, including “This thing” and “Which may lead towards.” The counterargument is introduced but not connected to your position, and the conclusion does not clearly resolve the discussion. Use clearer references and explain the relationship between each claim and its supporting example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to work and business, including “intensity of work,” “deadlines,” “organization performance,” and “layoffs.” These choices show an attempt to discuss the topic beyond very basic terms. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the response harder to understand, such as “weakends,” “vocations,” “disatisfaction,” and “revenue loses.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, for example “put negative affect on” and “working for the betterment of organization.” Aim to use accurate collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise terms for productivity, workload, and financial consequences would help you express your ideas clearly and avoid relying on vague phrases such as “this thing.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if companies increase the holidays” and a concession beginning “On the other hand.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “the intensity of work will also increase in the job days” has an unclear grammatical relationship, while “their will performance enhance” does not form a correct clause. The conclusion, “working weak can be reduce,” also contains errors in the verb phrase. Practise building shorter, accurate sentences first, then combine ideas using controlled clauses. Check subject–verb agreement and ensure each sentence has a clear subject and verb.

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