Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

To work somewhere the working days should be shorter. But some workers need a longer weekend but it has some negative points.

All people need to earn money but it is possible to do any kind of jon and earn money and keep servive it. Most of people do a hard type of job and spend 10 to 13 housr with that job, they feel tired and want to rest to keept healthy and maintain their mental health. For example a person do a 12 hours job and they sleep just 4 hours it is imposible that person can maintain their health it cause a anxiety and many other health problems.

Other hand some people want to work a shorter in week and also want a longer weekend it has a very big disadvantages. Supose a peron work in a company and he work just 4 hour and do not spend his more time to the company and he also want a longer weekend that person can not be maintain thier financial balance definitely if a person send alot of time to his company and work with punctuality the comapny give alot of money and it might be possible to give promostion to that person.

In conclusion I suggest that the company should be reduce a duty hours to prevent their employes health and they should spend thier time with hso family. In addition a employee work hard and spend his more time to thier company it will be a good point for the company but not good for his health.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the topic by discussing both the benefits of shorter working hours and a possible disadvantage, and your conclusion recommends reducing employees’ hours. The example of a worker doing a 12-hour shift helps explain the health argument. However, the response does not consistently answer whether the working week itself should be shorter and the weekend longer: the discussion shifts between shorter daily hours, working only four hours, and spending more time at a company. The financial-balance and promotion point is also not clearly connected to the proposed longer weekend. State your position directly in the introduction, then develop two relevant reasons with clearer explanations and examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, so there is some basic organisation. The health argument appears before the counterargument, and phrases such as “For example” and “In conclusion” signal the purpose of sections. However, progression is difficult to follow because the first paragraph moves from earning money to job types and then to sleep, while the second combines shorter hours, weekend length, financial balance and promotion. Some links are unclear, including “Other hand” and the connection between working longer and receiving a promotion. Organise each paragraph around one main point, use clear transitions such as “On the other hand,” and make references between sentences explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “mental health,” “financial balance,” “punctuality” and “promotion,” which helps communicate the main concerns. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make meaning less clear, such as “keep servive it,” “a hard type of job,” and “spend his more time to the company.” Spelling errors such as “imposible,” “comapny” and “promostion” also distract the reader. Build a more precise set of phrases for working hours and wellbeing, and check spelling and word forms carefully. For example, use “maintain a healthy lifestyle” rather than “keep servive it,” and “work longer hours” rather than “spend more time to the company.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a conditional example beginning “if a person…” and a sentence explaining the effects of insufficient sleep. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction can make the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “a person do a 12 hours job,” “it cause a anxiety,” and “the company should be reduce a duty hours.” Several sentences also run ideas together without clear punctuation. Practise accurate basic patterns first: “a person does a 12-hour job,” “it causes anxiety,” and “the company should reduce working hours.” Then add subordinate clauses while checking each sentence’s subject and verb.

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