Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-07
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)
While some people believe that working days should be no more longer now and working people should have a longer off days. In my opinion, people with longer weekend can improve their productivity, health and life style. This essay will discuss positive perspective.
A longer holiday can improve employee productivity and their health. Employee who spend extra time on their work. Can easily take rest on extended holidays. Through having rest in their weekend can refresh. They can easily give their best on work. Most of worker cant have time to give to their families because they have a lot of other duties to finish on their weekend. Through longer weekend they can spend time with their families which will alternatively lead them to be stress free. For example, a company noticed that people who have longer weekend of three days. Are performing very well on 4 working days and their health is not disturb because of work. Mostly those employees who are in the age between (35-40).
A weekend that is longer will help employees with personal development. Employees who are doing study or any courses with their job will alternative help them to manage time. They can easily take classes or study without disturbing their physical health. Through this they dont need to skip their study to manage their living expense. For instance, a company in UK allow their worker for longer weekend to study their extra courses. Which will benefit their company they know that.
In conclusion, longer weekend can help employees to spend more time with their families and as well prioritize they health with work. Many employees with longer weekend can do extra courses. Which will ultimately give benefit to their own organization
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt by taking a clear position in favor of a shorter working week. The ideas regarding productivity, health, and personal development are relevant; however, the development is somewhat superficial. For example, the claim that a company in the UK allows a longer weekend for study is a vague anecdote rather than a well-supported argument. The essay tends to over-generalize, and the conclusion is repetitive rather than synthesizing the main points. To improve, you should provide more detailed explanations and concrete, logical links between the shorter week and the specific benefits mentioned.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is organized into paragraphs, but the flow between ideas is often mechanical and sometimes confusing. You rely heavily on repetitive sentence starters like 'Through having rest...' and 'Through longer weekend...'. The use of cohesive devices is limited and occasionally inaccurate, such as using 'alternative' instead of 'alternatively' or 'alternatively' where a causal connector like 'consequently' would be more appropriate. Referencing is sometimes unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the progression of your argument. Improving your range of transition words would significantly enhance the logical flow.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary is adequate for the task but lacks the precision and variety required for a higher band. You use basic terms like 'good' or 'well' repeatedly. There are also issues with word choice and collocation, such as 'health is not disturb' (should be 'undisturbed') and 'manage their living expense' (should be 'living expenses'). While the meaning is generally clear, the lack of sophisticated vocabulary and the presence of word-choice errors limit the score. Try to incorporate more topic-specific collocations related to employment and well-being.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay contains frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede readability. There are many sentence fragments, such as 'Can easily take rest on extended holidays' and 'Which will benefit their company they know that.' Subject-verb agreement is inconsistent, and there are errors with articles and pluralization (e.g., 'a longer weekend of three days' vs 'a three-day weekend'). While you attempt some complex structures, they are often faulty. To improve, focus on basic sentence construction, ensuring every sentence has a clear subject and verb, and work on consistent verb tense usage.
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