Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

Nowadays, people are working so long because of expenses and work load in daily life. Some people argue that, weekend should be longer and working days should be smaller to overcome all affects which faced by company employees and all other feilds related people. I completely agree that government and employeers should focus on this issue, which automatically help persons to spend some time with their families and take few relief from hectic routine.

Children often feel that their parents do not have time for them because they spent all time at working space and outdoor and leave children's at home alone. Similarly, same situation on other side like parents also realize that they don't give at home due to responsibilities of household expenditures and their family needs. That's why authorities should take action on this and apply some rules on work places. For example, those organizations which get extra time from labour and their employees like whole week without any holiday, they need to follow orders of government to limit working hours and saturday and sunday off and not cut any salray. In result, people spend more time with their family and relatives with the salray penalty fear.

On the other side, this busy routine put bad affects on mental and physical health because workers stuck in a full day schedule and continuous tasks which contributes in less phsical activities and running of brain nerves without break. So if they get long weekend then they spend some time on personal habits from where they gain satisfaction. For instance, if a person who loves gardening but he does not give time to it, then just because of few holidays he works on this activity which help him to get out this stress from mind.

In conclusion, longer weekend is realy necessary today instead of full busy week due to couple of reasons such as family time and stress free days at the end of week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction (“I completely agree”) and remains consistent in the conclusion. You give two relevant reasons: longer weekends could improve family relationships and support workers’ mental and physical wellbeing. The examples about parents spending time with children and a worker returning to gardening help make these points concrete. However, the first argument shifts towards government rules and employers’ practices, and the proposed policy is not fully explained; the health argument is also more developed than the practical case for a shorter working week. To strengthen the response, explain how reduced working hours could be implemented and why the benefits would outweigh possible costs to employers. This would make the support more consistently developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate reasons, and a conclusion that restates your view. The progression from family life to health is easy to follow, and examples are generally placed alongside the points they support. Some linking is effective, such as “Similarly” and “For instance,” but other transitions are mechanical or unclear. “On the other side” does not accurately signal a contrasting view, since the paragraph adds another reason for agreement. References such as “this issue” and “this busy routine” could also identify their subject more precisely. Use transitions that show whether you are adding a reason, giving an example, or contrasting ideas, and connect each policy detail more clearly to its main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “responsibilities,” “expenditures,” “mental and physical health,” and “satisfaction,” which helps communicate the main ideas. However, the range and control are limited by repeated general words and several inaccurate or unnatural choices. Phrases such as “all affects,” “bad affects,” “running of brain nerves,” and “salray penalty fear” make parts of the argument difficult to interpret. There are also spelling errors, including “feilds,” “phsical,” and “realy.” Aim to learn common collocations for work and wellbeing, and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would let you express the same relevant ideas with greater clarity and flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses beginning with “because,” “which,” and “if,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, complex structures are often not controlled accurately, and errors recur in sentence formation, agreement, articles, and verb forms. For example, “Some people argue that, weekend should be longer” has an unnecessary comma and a missing article, while “which automatically help persons” does not agree with its subject. The sentence beginning “For instance, if a person who loves gardening” is also incomplete in structure. Practise building complete sentences around one main clause, then check subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb forms. This will make your varied sentence attempts more reliable.

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