Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-26

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)

Nowadays, Individuals wants to work in short of time period rather than too much of time to do work. Also many proffessionals required long weekend for spending a time with other activities. I strongly disagree this kind of requirements affects negative effects on individuals.

Currently, Individuals and many workers plays vital role in specific manufacturing units to more working hours. My country India increased capacity a lot in manufacturing industry to increase their production goods. Alternatively, if workers can work for short of time it affects on production loss in particular industry. It may impact on economically and personally for individualy. As an epitome, Pharmaceutical industry produce medicines for better health of people in our country india. If production loss in this industry that my be affect on supply chain to provide medicine on time to patients.

Secondly, as per my beliefs, There is no any requirements of longer weekend in marketing industry for individuals. if any workers went for longer weekend as saturday and sunday, it may affects production loss in industry. Neverthless, if any workers required long weekend, company do not have specific alternatives in working proffesionals. So it may be affect on role of particulars. As an example, Marketing person required mental break to go for long weekend in specific industries, no one can take place this postions to handle their followup and discussions.

Mental health plays a vital role for performance of individuals and proffesionals in industries. In my country India, Many director approved a long holidays for their workers to required some short break from their work in specific festivals. Because workers worked in company in full time at least eight or ten hours a day and increase their production and sales. So it is more benefits to company economically as well workers for mental and physical health.

In conclusion, working a hours is more important for specific production industry weather worker totally depends on company's outcome. Mental and physical health is also necessary for individuals to perform well in their working place.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is stated as disagreement, and you give relevant reasons involving manufacturing output, continuity in marketing work, and workers’ wellbeing. The pharmaceutical example also helps connect reduced working hours with possible effects on medicine supply. However, the response only partly addresses the proposal: it does not clearly explain whether the working week should be shorter, whether the weekend should be longer, or how these two changes relate. Some claims, such as longer weekends causing production losses, are asserted rather than fully explained, and the final paragraph about festival holidays introduces a more supportive view of breaks that makes your position less consistent. Develop each reason with a clear link to the exact proposal and explain how the example supports your stance.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion, so the reader can identify its broad structure. Paragraphs also generally focus on a topic, such as manufacturing or marketing. However, progression between ideas is not always clear: the paragraph beginning “Mental health plays a vital role” shifts toward the benefits of holidays without explaining how this fits your disagreement. Linking expressions such as “Alternatively,” “Secondly,” and “So” are sometimes used mechanically or do not show the precise relationship between claims. References such as “this kind of requirements” and “it” can also leave the reader unsure what is meant. Use a clearer sequence of reasons, connect each example explicitly to its point, and make references more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt topic-related vocabulary, including “manufacturing industry,” “production,” “supply chain,” and “mental health,” which gives you some means of discussing the issue. However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, collocation, word-form, and spelling errors make parts difficult to interpret. Phrases such as “work in short of time period,” “production loss,” and “no any requirements” are not natural in this context; “proffessionals” and “Neverthless” are also misspelled. Repetition of “industry,” “individuals,” and “production” further restricts expression. Build a bank of accurate phrases for working hours, productivity, and time off, and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You try to form both simple and more complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “If workers can work for short of time…” and a reason clause beginning “Because workers worked…”. However, complex attempts are often faulty, and frequent errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction can make meaning difficult to follow. For example, “Individuals wants” and “workers plays” have subject–verb agreement errors, while “If production loss in this industry” is an incomplete clause. The sentence beginning “I strongly disagree this kind of requirements” also lacks a grammatical connection between the verb and its object. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then add subordinate clauses and check each clause for a complete verb.

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