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)

In the modern world we are living in , life became a speed challnge on who can make it first specificly when it comes to worcking since worck takes a huge time of not most time of life leaving workers with weekends only to enjoy thier live , Therefor some people think that working weeks must be shorter so a working citizan could had a longer weekend , from my prespective i totaly agree with this opinion thats why we will be descussing this attitude in the upcoming lines in terms of the impact on humans life and the impact on the economic .

In one hand , most working people are sturuggling the most to have a balance between life and work which is extremly a hard thing to do therefor we found most people either looking to retire fastly or trying bessinus ideas to free them from five days nine to five working weeks , this stress that is aa normal worker is facing evryday is strongly impacting their proformance and highly inreasing the number of people suffring from deprission as we see in asian areas such as korea or japan when both are modern countires with best ways to have a better life but still they have the highest percentage of depression.

In another hand if we take a look on history we will find that working weeks were six days instaid of five and it was a comercial decision to make it five so that people have an additional day to spent so they will buy cars to use back in the day so the thing was always for wining and getting more benifts , with the curent situation and the current performance of individuals at work this could lead to a huge lose for big companies .

To sum things up, happy worker , better work if an individual is suffring with no time to manage their life , they won't do a better work so companies should rethink their rules to mantaine a preminant benift

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that the working week should be shorter, and you give relevant reasons concerning workers’ wellbeing and workplace performance. The discussion of stress, work–life balance and depression addresses the human impact, while the final paragraph attempts to consider economic consequences. However, the economic point is difficult to follow: you say shorter weeks could cause “a huge lose for big companies,” but do not explain how this follows from the historical change you describe. The examples of Korea and Japan are relevant but broad, and the claim about their depression rates needs explanation or support. Develop each main reason with a clearer link to shorter working hours and a specific example to make the argument more convincing and balanced.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present different considerations, and a conclusion restates the central idea. This gives the reader an overall route through the argument. Some connections, however, are mechanical or unclear. “In one hand” and “In another hand” do not express the intended contrast naturally, and the historical discussion moves from a six-day week to consumer purchases and then to company losses without making the links explicit. Several sentences also contain many ideas joined by commas, which makes the progression harder to follow. Use clear topic sentences, divide long sentences, and explain how each example supports the paragraph’s main point. More precise referencing would also help readers track claims.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary suited to the topic, including “work–life balance,” “performance,” “retire,” and “depression,” and you use some relevant terms such as “commercial decision” and “benefits.” However, spelling errors and inaccurate word choices are frequent enough to distract the reader, as in “challnge,” “specificly,” “citizan,” and “preminant benift.” Some expressions are also unnatural or imprecise: “life became a speed challenge,” “looking to retire fastly,” and “a huge lose for big companies.” These choices sometimes make your meaning difficult to interpret. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning common collocations as complete phrases, rather than translating expressions word by word. Aim for precise, natural wording before adding more ambitious vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “since,” “which,” and “if,” so there is some variety in structure. However, many sentences contain errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries. For example, “life became” needs a more suitable tense, “a working citizan could had” has an incorrect verb form, and “happy worker, better work” is not a complete sentence. The opening sentence and the first body paragraph also run on through several clauses, with comma use that obscures the relationships between ideas. These errors sometimes make the reader work to understand your meaning. Practise accurate sentence patterns and verb forms, and use full stops to separate complete ideas.

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