Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-10

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 6.0)

IT IS THE TOPIC OF DEBATE NOW A DAYS THAT WORKING WEEK SHOULD BE MINIMISED AND EMPLOYEES MUST GET A LONGER WEEKEND. I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IN THIS WAY THEY MUST HAVE TO FACE BURDEN OF WORKLOAD AND STRICT DEADLINES.

MORE HOLIDAYS IN WEEK LEADS TOWARD A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME TO DO DAILY TASKS AND PROJECT WHICH IS MANAGED TO BE COMPLETED IN 5 DAYS WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN 2 OR 3 DAYS. THIS WILL DEFINITELY EXHAUST WORKERS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY BECAUSE OF LONG WORKING DAYS AND EXTENSIVE WORKLOAD. AS A RESULT THEY WILL PERFORM POORLY IN PROVIDING QUALITY WORK. FOR INSTANCE A RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE IN CHINA IN WHICH 2 PEOPLE GIVEN THE SAME TASK, ONE WHO HAS FLEXIBLE TIME PERFORMED WELL INSTEAD OF THE PERSON WHO HAVE LARGE WORK PRESSURE IN SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.

MORE NON WORKING DAYS WILL FORCE EMPLOYERS TO MAKE HARD POLICIES REGARDING DEADLINES. COMPLEXITY OF CERTAIN PROJECT DECIDES IN HOW MANY DAYS IT SHOULD BE DIVIDED. WHEN EMPLOYERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEALT WITH IT IN SHORTER DEADLINE IT WILL BE REASON OF TERMINATION AND MORE UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE. MICROSOFT, AS AN EXAMPLE TERMINATED MANY EMPLOYEES WHO WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSIGNED PROJECT IN GIVEN DEADLINE BECAUSE THEIR ACTIVITY DURING START OF WEEKDAYS WAS VERY LOW.

I MUST SAY WORKING WEEK SHOULD REMAIN SAME AS IT PROVIDE MORE TIME TO COMPLETE ASSIGNED TASKS BUT COMPANIES SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF PER HOUR WORKING DAYS. THERE SHOULD BE NO WORK ON WEEKENDS AND PEOPLE SHOULD UTILIZE IT FOR REST AND FUN.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the opening: you disagree with shortening the working week, and the conclusion restates that view while allowing for flexibility in daily hours. The two main reasons—compressed workloads and stricter deadlines—are relevant, and the examples about research and Microsoft show an effort to support them. This meets the task well overall. However, some support is less fully developed: the China study is vague about when, where, and what was measured, while the Microsoft example does not clearly establish that a shorter week caused the dismissals. Explain the link between each example and your argument, and acknowledge briefly that a longer weekend could also improve workers’ wellbeing, to make the discussion more balanced and convincing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present reasons, and a conclusion gives your recommendation. Connectors such as “As a result,” “For instance,” and “As an example” help signal relationships between ideas. This gives the essay a coherent progression. Some links, however, are mechanical or unclear. The move from shorter working weeks to completing five days of work in two or three days needs a more explicit explanation, and the Microsoft example is not smoothly connected to the claim about deadlines. Paragraphing is appropriate, but the long final paragraph combines several claims. Use clearer transitions and develop one main point at a time, with references that make the cause-and-effect relationships easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “workload,” “strict deadlines,” “physically and mentally,” “complexity,” and “termination.” These choices help communicate your central concerns, and some topic-specific language is attempted. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “leads toward a shorter period of time,” “large work pressure,” and “reason of termination.” There are also spelling and form issues, including “now a days” and “non working.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding your position, but they reduce precision and fluency. Focus on natural combinations of words and check spelling and word forms; this would make your argument sound more controlled and appropriately academic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including cause-and-effect structures with “because” and “when,” and the meaning is generally understandable. This shows some range, although control is uneven. Errors include “employees must have to face,” “a research has been done,” “2 people given the same task,” and “will not be able to dealt with it”; these involve verb forms, articles, and sentence construction. Agreement is also inconsistent in “the person who have large work pressure.” Several sentences are long and would benefit from clearer clause boundaries and punctuation. Practise forming accurate subordinate clauses and checking subject–verb agreement and verb patterns. More consistently accurate sentences, alongside your attempts at complex structures, would strengthen this criterion.

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