Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-12

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 5.5)

Nowdays people thing that the working week should be shorter and workers should have a longer weekend. i strongly agree with this statement. becuase it give improve their performe and reduce the health risk.

Firstly, shorter working weeks give more time to relax and spend quality time with family. The employees work for long hours can makes them stress and frusrated which effect on their performance . but if the longer weekend they give more engerey and spend time their children parents and friends. For example in pakistan many employees work six days a week and only one day for rest an extra day off give them happy and relax life.

secondly, long weekend improve their performes . they get enough time they can spent on their hobbies and can travel to other places. Long days off give another benefit is that they become active or fresh whole week and they can complete their work on time and makes minimum mistakes . This is also benefical for employers or companies as well. If the employye have three days off when they return to work their productivity is better from other days, futhermore company neend healther or productivity people.

However long weekened is not good for compnaies because they need employees work more and gives the more benefit to comapny. As a result, Companies can arrange a shift for more productivity.

In conlusion is that working week should be shorter and weekend should be long because it has seversl advantage for employees . they can improve their performes, spend more time to their families and hobbies. becuase if the employees are happy then company producity increase.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction (“I strongly agree”) and remains consistent in the conclusion. You give relevant reasons: more time for family and rest, improved employee performance, and fewer mistakes. The Pakistan example also helps make the point concrete. This fully covers the main question, while the discussion of benefits for employers adds a useful perspective. To make the response more complete and move further towards a fuller development of ideas, explain the mechanisms and conditions more precisely—for example, how an extra day off could improve performance, or how companies could maintain output through shifts. The counterargument that longer weekends may not suit companies is introduced, but its explanation and response are brief. (13 words copied from the task prompt were not counted.)

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two supporting paragraphs, a counterpoint, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “secondly,” “However,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the main stages. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical, and links between sentences are not always clear. For instance, “Long days off give another benefit is that…” combines ideas awkwardly, while “As a result” does not clearly explain how arranging shifts follows from the concern about company costs. Some references, such as “they” and “their,” could also be clearer. Use topic sentences that state each paragraph’s main claim, then connect each example and explanation directly to it; vary linking methods rather than relying mainly on signposting words.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “quality time,” “performance,” “productivity,” “hobbies,” and “employees,” so the main ideas are generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “health risk” and “minimum mistakes.” However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the message difficult to read: “performes,” “engerey,” “benefical,” and “compnaies.” Some combinations are unnatural, including “give them happy and relax life” and “productivity is better from other days.” Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning common collocations as complete phrases—for example, “improve productivity,” “make fewer mistakes,” and “lead a healthier, more relaxed life.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a conditional idea in “if the employees are happy then company producity increase” and a contrast introduced by “However.” This shows an effort to express relationships between ideas. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation sometimes make the meaning harder to follow. Examples include “The employees work for long hours can makes them stress,” “if the longer weekend they give,” and “company … productivity people.” Several sentences also run ideas together without clear punctuation. Practise building complete clauses with a clear subject and verb, and check agreement and articles—for example, “A longer weekend can help employees feel refreshed” and “a company’s productivity can increase.”

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