Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-29

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)

According to employes working in week should be shorter and also a longer weekend. I completely agree with this views because workers should spend time with their own family and live a life longer without any distrub on health problems.

The first main reason why I agree with views is that employe should have enough time to spend on family. This means that a large number of individual have a employment oppournity for fulfill their basic need in life and also don't have time for their family. For example, people are doing job for support their life and also want to improve their mental health by spending time and effort in the society. As a results, government should watch these problem and measure the issue of employee to reduce working week however, increase of weekend for worker in the nation.

Furthermore, another reason is that health issue. In other words, worker should have to improve on their health by getting longer weekend in the nation. The authority of nation solve the issue of health facalities for the staffs. This means when people are working in week should have mental problem like wise, deppression, memory loss as well as heart problems. For instance, CEO also contribute their role for their staff in the company by providing a basic needs like longer weekend and also reduce the working hour in week. Worker will get benefit from longer holiday for maintain their life and health issues because of that it will expand of worker life.

In conclusion, I strongly agree with this statement because of spend time with family and aslo reduce their health issue in the nation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction (“I completely agree”) and conclusion, and you give two relevant reasons: more time with family and potential benefits to workers’ health. These points address the question, with examples such as workers needing time for family and the mention of depression and heart problems. However, the support is uneven and some ideas are unclear or only briefly explained. For instance, the point about “a large number of individual have a employment opportunity” does not clearly show how a shorter working week would help, and the health paragraph lists possible problems without explaining how longer weekends would reduce them. Develop each reason through a clearer cause-and-effect explanation and a specific, relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate reasons, and a conclusion. Signposting such as “The first main reason,” “Furthermore,” and “In conclusion” helps the reader follow the main direction. However, connections within paragraphs are sometimes mechanical or unclear. Phrases such as “This means” and “As a result” do not always introduce a clear explanation or consequence, and the relationship between government action and longer weekends is difficult to follow. Some references, including “these problem” and “this statement,” are also vague. Improve progression by arranging each paragraph as a clear claim, explanation, and example, and use linking expressions only when the logical relationship is explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “mental health,” “depression,” “memory loss,” and “heart problems,” and you attempt more formal expressions such as “contribute their role.” However, the range and control are limited, with repeated use of “worker,” “weekend,” and “health,” and several inaccurate word choices or collocations that make meaning less clear. For example, “live a life longer without any distrub on health problems” and “expand of worker life” do not express the intended ideas naturally. There are also spelling errors such as “employes,” “oppournity,” and “facalities.” Build a more precise topic vocabulary and check spelling, word forms, and common collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses beginning “because,” “when,” and “by providing,” and the overall message can usually be understood. However, some sentence structures are faulty, particularly when several ideas are joined together. For example, “This means when people are working in week should have mental problem” lacks a clear subject and has an incomplete clause, while “Worker will get benefit from longer holiday for maintain their life” has errors in verb form and sentence construction. There are also issues with articles, plurals, and subject–verb agreement, as in “a large number of individual have.” Practise building accurate sentences around one main idea, then add subordinate clauses and check agreement and verb patterns.

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