Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-27
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 4.5)
It is widely argued that worhing week should be shorter. Workers shoud work hard and they get a shorter working week and long weekend. In my opinion, I agree with the workers get a short working week because it affect on there work.
To begin with, when workers get a shorter week for work at time they do not become a sick and they dont take a holidays in there work. When workers not get a hard work in full week so they get a relex mind and they do more work in to the company. For exemplify, in Chayna all the company give a 5 week to work and 2 week for rest so there employe give a benifits to the company.
Furthermore, when employe have a longer weekend so they do not giv a best benifits to the company. They take a longer weekend at time they become a lazy and they think that we do not work hard becouse the get a proper salary. For instance, in Pakistan workers take a more weekend so there company not get a good benifits and so there country also go dowen ayther other country.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that workers should have a shorter working week. In our country goverment s
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response attempts to address the prompt regarding whether a shorter working week and longer weekend are beneficial, but it fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, stopping abruptly at 212 words with an incomplete conclusion. The position is stated in the introduction, but the development of ideas is limited and repetitive. For instance, the argument in the second paragraph claims workers do not get sick, but this is not sufficiently supported with well-reasoned evidence or clear examples. The example of China is factually inaccurate and vague ('5 week to work and 2 week for rest'). Due to under-length performance and underdeveloped ideas, the task response is constrained.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
The essay attempts a basic structure with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a cut-off conclusion. However, logical progression is frequently disrupted by poor referencing and unclear cohesive ties, such as starting the second paragraph with 'when workers get a shorter week for work at time they do not become a sick'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph is incomplete, consisting of only a partial sentence ('In our country goverment s'). Cohesive devices are either missing, repetitive, or mechanically applied, making it difficult for the reader to follow the flow of arguments smoothly.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily flawed. Throughout the response, words are misspelled or misused, such as 'worhing' instead of working, 'relex' instead of relaxed, 'Chayna' instead of China, and 'employe' instead of employees. The student attempts some topic-related vocabulary like 'salary' and 'company', but the lack of control over word formation and collocation severely restricts the range of lexical resource, pulling the score down into the lower bands.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
Grammatical control is weak, with frequent and intrusive errors across almost every sentence. There are basic subject-verb agreement issues ('workers shoud work', 'country also go dowen ayther other country') and persistent article and preposition errors ('in there work', 'in to the company'). Complex sentence structures are attempted, but they are almost always inaccurate, leading to severe strain on the reader. Punctuation is also erratic. The majority of sentences contain errors, which places this response firmly in the lower band range.
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