Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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)

Personally, I believe the working week should be longer than longer weekened. I totally disagree to you, I think longer working week activated you and shorter week push you into comfort zone which is totally unfair to human to rest in three days. Furthermore, if we shorter the week, we would work for longer day and its totally effect to our daily schdule. Longer working working day make you exhausted. Thats why I would prefer shorter weekend which also reduce whole day working time. Back in 2025, when I was working electrition at shop they they offered our team to work whole day extra 2 hour and we will off friday as well with staurday and sunnday. We accepted the offer and start working 2 hours extra whole working day. But eventully we disturbed our whole routine of family and health. The time which was only for children we spent on duties.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You give a clear disagreement with the proposal and include a relevant personal example about working extra hours to gain Friday off. This shows an attempt to support your view with experience. However, the argument is only partially developed: the opening claim that longer working weeks “activated you” is unclear, and the response shifts between supporting longer weeks and preferring “shorter weekend” without explaining the distinction. The example suggests that longer daily hours harmed family life and health, but you do not fully connect this to a clear alternative or explain why your preferred arrangement is better. The response is also 98 words below the required minimum, which limits the development of your reasons and examples. Expand the position and explain its implications more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic sequence: you state your opinion, give reasons, and then describe a workplace experience. Connectors such as “Furthermore” and “That’s why” show an effort to link ideas. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the position changes from disagreeing with a longer weekend to preferring a shorter weekend, and the relationship between shorter weeks and longer working days is not clearly explained. The personal example is placed at the end without a concluding sentence that draws out its relevance. There is also repetition, such as “working working day,” and the response is presented as one block rather than clearly organised paragraphs. Use separate paragraphs for your position, supporting reasons, and example, and make each link explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “working week,” “comfort zone,” “routine,” “family,” and “health,” so the reader can identify the general subject of your argument. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or unclear choices make meaning harder to follow. For example, “longer weekened” and “shorter weekend” do not clearly express the contrast you intend, while “activated you” is not a natural way to describe the effect of work. Spelling errors such as “electrition,” “staurday,” and “schdule” are noticeable. Aim for precise phrases such as “a four-day working week,” “longer daily shifts,” and “disrupt family routines.” Check spelling and collocations carefully, especially in the key statements of your argument.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a conditional structure in “if we shorter the week, we would work for longer day.” This shows some effort to vary sentence forms, and the main idea is often recoverable. However, the range remains limited, and errors occur frequently in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “if we shorter” needs a verb form such as “if we shortened,” and “Longer working working day make you exhausted” has problems with both the noun phrase and subject–verb agreement. The sentence beginning “Back in 2025” also shifts awkwardly between past and future forms. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea, then add subordinate clauses only when you can control their grammar.

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