Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

After all working days, an individual is not willing to work on weekends and demanding for shorter working hours in an week. In my perspective i strongly agree that shorter working hours per week should be lesser because every individual have right to spend a long weekend with his or her family members.

An individual must need a longer weekend to relax, more over need to spend a quality time with friends and family. The research conducted by World Health Organisation in early 2000, cloncludes that one must have given a short time to unwind to get more efficient and precise results from work. According to the research, an individual efficiency negatively affected by multiple factors, working more than 25 hours a week may effect their health and rise mental pressure.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

Your position is clear: you strongly agree that the working week should be shorter, and you give relevant reasons about family time, relaxation and work efficiency. However, the response addresses the task only partially. The reasons are stated rather than explained in depth, and there is no specific example showing how a longer weekend benefits workers or employers. The claim that working more than 25 hours a week harms health is also left unsupported and does not fully explain why the weekend should be longer. The response is 119 words below the required minimum, so it lacks the space needed to develop its argument. Add a developed example and explain the link between shorter hours, wellbeing and productivity.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some organisation: you state your opinion first, then introduce reasons related to family time and work efficiency. This gives the reader a basic sense of direction. However, the response is very brief and does not develop a clear progression from one reason to the next or provide a concluding paragraph. Connections between ideas are sometimes unclear; for example, the move from spending time with family to the research claim is abrupt. The linking phrase “more over” attempts to connect points, but the ideas would be clearer if each paragraph had one main purpose and transitions showed how the reasons support your position. A fuller structure with an introduction, developed body paragraphs and a conclusion would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “relax,” “efficient,” “precise results,” and “mental pressure,” so the main ideas are generally understandable. There are also attempts at more formal language, such as “conducted by” and “negatively affected.” However, the range is limited, and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “demanding for shorter working hours,” “a quality time,” and “rise mental pressure.” The spelling error “cloncludes” also affects accuracy. Aim for natural phrases such as “call for shorter working hours,” “spend quality time,” and “increase stress,” and use a wider range of precise terms to explain the effects on wellbeing and productivity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a sentence that introduces research and another that explains its findings. However, the range remains limited, and errors are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include “every individual have right,” “one must have given a short time,” and “an individual efficiency negatively affected,” where agreement, articles and verb forms are not controlled. The opening sentence is also structurally unclear, and the final sentence joins several ideas without a clear grammatical relationship. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then extend them with clauses such as “because” or “which.” Check articles, agreement and verb forms during revision.

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