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)

The working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend.I agreed that is interesting topic that the worker weekend is shorter.

The workers can spend a quality of times with family and friends that these things make the worker like balance. The workers should not take a stress about the work in office and do not effect the mental health. The weekend is short so the worker can take well rest workers concertrate better and complete their tasks.

Parents can spend the quality of time with their chlidren therefore nowadays it is significant to look after the children and also take care about herself. Workers will have more time to take diferent exercise sports and proper rests. People can learn new skills in free time and prused hobbies.

We can discussed the some disadvantage of longer weekend have many problem nowadays. The hospital school and staff have long times duties and overtime so the workers take stress and also effect the mental helath. The long weekend worker can not take a proper time to her family and children. Some private companies shouldnot off the weekend therefore they can invest the huge amount on the companies so the worker faced many difficulty like time management and etc. If the worker not take a proper rest then it can not concertrate good and not complete their tasks well.

In conclusion a shorter working week and a longer weekend could improve workers quality of life health and family relationsjips. However the change should be introduced carefully so that busisnesses and essential service are continue to operate effectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a generally supportive position, especially in the conclusion, where you say a shorter working week could improve quality of life, health and family relationships. You also give relevant reasons, including time with children, exercise and rest, and acknowledge that businesses and essential services need to keep operating. However, the position is not clearly stated at the start: “I agreed” is followed by an unclear comment about the topic. Several points are repeated or insufficiently explained, and the disadvantages paragraph is confusing—for example, it says a longer weekend means workers “can not take a proper time to her family,” which does not clearly support the point. Develop fewer ideas with specific explanations or examples, and make your degree of agreement consistent throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph about benefits, one about possible disadvantages, and a conclusion. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear, and the ideas sometimes contradict or repeat one another. For instance, the disadvantages paragraph shifts from hospital and school duties to family time and company investment without showing how these points connect. Linking words such as “therefore” and “so” are used, but the relationships they signal are not always logical. Use one clear main idea per paragraph, arrange supporting points in a deliberate order, and explain how each example supports your position. Clearer paragraph development and more precise connections would make the argument easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “mental health,” “overtime,” “proper rest,” “hobbies” and “essential service.” These choices show an attempt to discuss both workers’ wellbeing and practical concerns. However, the range is limited and several word choices or combinations are inaccurate enough to make meaning unclear, such as “spend a quality of times,” “workers concertrate,” and “invest the huge amount on the companies.” Spelling errors, including “chlidren,” “diferent” and “busisnesses,” also reduce clarity. Build a bank of accurate phrases for work-life balance and business operations, and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would help you express the ideas without relying on repeated words such as “worker” and “time.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences using words such as “that,” “therefore” and “if,” but these complex structures are often faulty, and many sentences rely on simple patterns. Errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction occur frequently. For example, “I agreed that is interesting topic” has problems with tense and article use, while “If the worker not take a proper rest then it can not concertrate” lacks the required auxiliary and has unclear pronoun reference. Punctuation also needs attention: the opening runs directly into the next sentence, and several ideas are joined without clear boundaries. Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a correctly formed supporting clause before attempting longer combinations.

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