Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-23

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 hours should be reduce and increases vacation time for workers. employees can not properly focus on their projects. I will explain both views in the upcoming paragraphs with relevant examples.

Initially, companies can provide more leisure time, so workers become a lazy. To elaborate, free time can lead to people's mind distractions, they involves in the other activities except company's work. Therefore, people can not shown more interest in file works. and dilay works. In addition to this, it is totally affect on the company's aims. To elaborate, shorter working times can not provide proper office atmosphere. So that reason, companies do not interpret with their employees. And not discuss proper information. Hence, sometimes people can feel misunderstood. Later, projects can be present in different ways.

The positive way is that employ give more time for their family. Most of the companies follow strict schedule and more engage people on their companies works. If jobs can give specific holiday so that employees freely celebrate festivals and balance their both life easily. Furthermore, people can do part-time jobs. An individual have more free time so that they involves their time in other works. and enhance their daily income. and fullfile basics needs.

To conclusion, longer weekend can make people more lazy and later companies' aims can not succeed. However, free time offer mental peace and much better lifestyles. Also become a financially stable.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the topic by presenting a concern that shorter hours could reduce company performance and a benefit in workers having more time for family, festivals, and additional income. However, the response does not clearly answer whether you agree or disagree: the introduction promises to explain “both views,” and the conclusion gives advantages and disadvantages without stating your own position. Several points are also difficult to follow or remain undeveloped, such as how shorter hours would prevent companies from communicating with employees. The response is 16 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to explain and support your ideas. State your position directly and develop each main reason with a clear explanation or relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: an opening, paragraphs covering disadvantages and benefits, and a concluding paragraph. Linking expressions such as “Initially,” “Furthermore,” and “To conclusion” show an attempt to guide the reader. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear, and some connections are mechanical or inaccurate. For example, “To elaborate” is repeated without adding a clear explanation, while “Therefore” introduces a point that does not clearly follow from the preceding sentence. Short fragments such as “and delay works” and “and enhance their daily income” interrupt the flow. Use topic sentences that identify each paragraph’s main point, then connect each explanation and example logically; avoid starting incomplete sentences with “and.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “leisure time,” “strict schedule,” “balance,” and “financially stable,” so the reader can identify the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make ideas unclear, such as “people’s mind distractions,” “file works,” and “interpret with their employees.” There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, including “dilay,” “fullfile,” and “employ.” Aim for more precise phrases for workplace communication and productivity, and check spelling and word forms carefully. Reusing broad terms such as “free time” and “works” also makes the response repetitive; more specific vocabulary would help distinguish family time, rest, and paid work.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer clauses, for example, “If jobs can give specific holiday so that employees freely celebrate festivals,” but the longer structures are often faulty. Errors in verb forms and agreement appear in “hours should be reduce,” “they involves,” and “an individual have.” Articles and sentence construction are also inconsistent, as in “become a lazy” and “If jobs can give specific holiday.” Several fragments and punctuation problems affect readability, including “and delay works” and the lower-case sentence beginning “employees.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships difficult to understand. Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check agreement, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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