Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-13

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)

The working week should be smaller or emploees should allow for longer weekend and definately I agree for long weekend foe employees.

In the whole week have seven days. Most of the companies have worked five days and saturday and sunday are off and some company work 6 days in a weeked and only one off employees need to relax and demand a long weekend because Long weekend allow to spend a quality of time with their families and friends. short weekend is like one day holiday more of the time was gone in personal problems. For example my father is a government officer and he go to office at 8:00AM in morning and comeback to home at 9:00 PM. Whole day spend in office not spend a amount of time in family However family wait for weekend to spend good time.

On the other hand longest weekend is not good because everyone gone with families in northern areas to enjoy weekend but some place are dangerous roads and driver cannot drive carefully and do accident and danger in our and family lives.

In the end I fully agree to get longweekend. It is good for emploees to reduce stress and relax the mind.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you agree that workers should have a longer weekend, and you give relevant reasons, including family time and reducing stress. The example about your father helps illustrate how long working hours can limit time with family. You also introduce a counterpoint about road danger when people travel, but this is not fully connected to whether the working week should be shorter, and it is not explained in enough detail. Overall, the response addresses the topic but develops its ideas only partially. The response is 46 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to explain and support your reasons. To strengthen the answer, explain how a shorter week could benefit workers and employers, and develop each example more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic overall structure: you state your view, give supporting points, present a contrasting concern, and finish with a conclusion. Linking phrases such as “For example,” “On the other hand,” and “In the end” help signal these stages. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow, particularly in the opening section, where several points about work schedules and weekends are joined together without clear separation. Some connections are also unclear: the danger of travelling to northern areas is not explicitly tied back to the proposed longer weekend. The response would be easier to follow if each paragraph focused on one main idea, with sentences ordered as claim, explanation, and example. Use linking expressions selectively and make the relationship between each point and your position explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small range of topic-related vocabulary, including “weekend,” “families,” “relax,” and “reduce stress,” so the main message is generally understandable. There are also attempts to express ideas such as “quality of time” and “personal problems,” but these phrases are not natural or precise in context. Repetition of “long weekend” and “good time” limits the range, while spelling errors such as “emploees,” “definately,” and “weeked” are noticeable and can distract the reader. Build a more accurate set of expressions for discussing work-life balance, rest, and family relationships. Check spelling carefully, and choose collocations that express your intended meaning directly—for example, describe how workers can spend quality time with family rather than using “a quality of time.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

Your response relies mainly on simple sentence patterns, with a few attempts to connect ideas using “because,” “and,” and “however.” These attempts show some range, but many sentences contain errors that make the reader work to understand them. For example, “Most of the companies have worked five days” has an unsuitable verb form, while “my father … he go to office” has subject–verb agreement and article errors. Sentence boundaries and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in “Whole day spend in office not spend a amount of time in family However family wait for weekend.” Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check tense, agreement, articles, and punctuation. More accurate control of basic structures should come before adding longer sentences.

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