Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-14
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)
Some people beleive that working week must be shorter and workers have a longer and great weekend. This essay completely disagrees from this notion because of their distraction from work and to work on their maximum capacity.
Primary reason to support my side is that, longer weekends can cause worker to loss their track and being distracted. If someone is having long break without completing the proper task the break can feel disturbing and individual also can not be able to enjoy properly. Moreover, everything in the world is well settled two days of weekend is more than enough for particular body to relax and feel calm. For instance, if someone is working on some great thing and in between he is asked to have rest and call it a weekend, this can disturb the work as well as individual. In overall everything in the world is arranged perfectly and the weekend that indiviual is having is more than enough.
Secondly, Longer weekends can result into laziness in individual's nature. If one is having long break than needed it can lead them to be demotivate and they can not perform to their best because they will going to have that hope of being relax in upcoming days. For example, if a person knows he is having a off from work in upcoming days he can not be focused on his work. Hence, person should only have balance weekend to be more sufficient and to show its maximum potential.
In sum, weekends are the very well set. Long weekends can lead to the above destructions that are discussed in this essay.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
Your position is clear: you disagree with a shorter working week, and you give two reasons—longer breaks may disrupt work and reduce motivation. The examples about pausing an important task and anticipating time off are relevant to the topic. However, the response only partially develops these points. For instance, the claim that two days are “more than enough” is asserted rather than supported with a reason or evidence, and the link between a longer weekend and reduced focus before it begins needs clearer explanation. The conclusion repeats the position but does not draw the arguments together. Develop each reason through a clearer cause-and-effect explanation and use a specific, plausible example to show why the proposed change would be harmful.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The essay has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs signalled by “Primary reason” and “Secondly,” and a concluding paragraph beginning “In sum.” This helps the reader identify your main points. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several ideas are repeated rather than advanced: the claim that the current weekend is sufficient appears in both the first body paragraph and the conclusion. Some linking expressions are awkward or do not show the relationship precisely, such as “Moreover” before a broad assertion and “Hence” before the recommendation. References such as “this” in “this can disturb the work” are also vague. Organise each paragraph around one claim, explain it step by step, and use linking phrases only when their logical function is clear.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “working week,” “weekend,” “break,” “motivated,” and “potential,” and the reader can generally understand your position. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive. Phrases such as “longer and great weekend,” “loss their track,” “result into laziness,” and “above destructions” do not express the intended ideas naturally. Spelling errors such as “beleive” and “indiviual” also reduce accuracy. Aim to learn vocabulary in useful combinations, rather than replacing individual words in isolation. More precise expressions for productivity, concentration, and recovery would help you explain your argument clearly and avoid repeating “long” and “weekend.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “If someone is having long break…” and a reason clause introduced by “because.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include “This essay completely disagrees from this notion,” “individual also can not be able to enjoy properly,” and “they will going to have that hope.” There are also problems with articles, agreement, and sentence construction, as in “a off from work” and “the weekend that indiviual is having is more than enough.” Practise building accurate basic sentences first, then add subordinate clauses. Check verb forms after modal verbs and auxiliaries, and review articles and subject–verb agreement.
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