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)

The working week should be shorter for the workers and weekend should be longer .

Working days for all the workers should be minimized while weekends should extended for them for their physical health as well as mental health because long working hours can effect them .The most wanted thing from the employers are such kind of things which they always desire.

According to my perspective working days should be less than the weekend beacuse individual are not able to spend time with their loved on as well as family Moreover, they have such a tough routine due to which they get stress and depression .While due to lack of free time they often able to perform their work also lack of accuracy occur ,

To extent if a person is going to office after a weekend so he or she will be definetly stress due to inproper time managment if on weekend they focus on there work they will not able to enjoy with their familes and same if they do it in a opposite way its important to increase holidays for the improvment of employers life . If they plan a trip so they will have enough time to enjoy as well they will be able to perform there given tasks.

At the end ,their should be a proper time table for workers,Their boss should not give them pressure to perform work in a few hours in addition he or she should extend their holidays so they will be able to give time to there familes and projects also.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a generally clear position in favour of a shorter working week, and the points about stress, physical and mental health, and time with family are relevant to the question. However, the response addresses the issue only partially because the reasons are mostly asserted rather than explained or supported with a specific example. For instance, you say that workers may experience “stress and depression” and that a trip would give them time to enjoy themselves, but you do not show in detail how a longer weekend would improve work or wellbeing. The opening claim that this is what employers desire is also unclear and does not support your position. Develop two main reasons with explanation and a concrete example, and state your view more precisely in the introduction and conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the response moves from an opening position to reasons and then a concluding recommendation. The ideas about health, family time and holidays are broadly related to the topic. However, progression within paragraphs is difficult to follow, and several points run together in long sentences. For example, the passage beginning “To extent if a person is going to office after a weekend” shifts between stress, time management, family enjoyment and work tasks without clearly showing how these ideas connect. Linking words such as “Moreover,” “While” and “in addition” are used, but some are awkwardly placed or do not clarify the relationship between claims. Use separate paragraphs for distinct reasons, and make each paragraph follow a clear point–explanation–example sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “physical health,” “mental health,” “stress,” “depression” and “time management,” so the reader can identify your main concerns. However, the range is limited and several word choices, collocations and spellings are inaccurate or repetitive, sometimes making meaning less clear. Examples include “the most wanted thing from the employers,” “lack of accuracy occur,” and “enjoy with their families.” The repeated use of “workers,” “weekend” and “time” also limits precision. Build a wider set of natural phrases for discussing productivity, work-life balance and rest, and check spelling and word forms. Choosing precise expressions will help you explain the benefits of a shorter working week more convincingly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, such as the sentence beginning “because long working hours can…” and the conditional idea about planning a trip. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in sentence boundaries, agreement, articles and verb forms make parts of the response difficult to read. For example, “weekend should be longer” needs an article, “weekends should extended” is missing a verb form, and “individual are not able” has a subject–verb agreement error. Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly where several ideas are joined with commas. Practise writing shorter, complete sentences first, then combine related ideas using accurate conjunctions and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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