Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-30

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)

That is a good statement. I agree for that the workers should have a longer weekend. Because the workers work in many times day and year and many longer hours.From my prespective, they have a lond weekend in the end of the month for five to six days because they are relaxing and enjoying the most of their time for your family and friends. And go to other areas for reliaze the beauty of nature.

The workers completed the work exact in time.And gain their own knowledge and experience put on your works. In my opinion, the workers is very energetics and helpful for your own project.In many facilities for their workers help in many times they are countinues other topics and gain their extra time and completed the works in earlier.

so,they are many manager and other peoples are contact for their project in my types and many workers for me.Like many years experiences and talented people. From my prespective, you contact basic and good company for completed the project.Many compaines treated the workers for exact way and others they are not provide the many facilities. The team workers are best opinion for their relaxing the long weekend they are relax and back for work.Their are in excellent way and completed the work in exact line and hard working and complete the building farm house and many others.

In conclusion, the workers said the long weekend for relaxing and gaining the experience and knowledge for back for your work in exact way.And sometimes they are working hard and completed the project in before time.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You state a clear preference in the opening—“I agree” that workers should have a longer weekend—and return to the benefits of rest in the conclusion. However, the response only minimally develops the task’s central issue. It does not explain how a shorter working week would work or give a clear, relevant comparison of its benefits and drawbacks. Ideas such as spending time with family, enjoying nature, and completing projects early are mentioned, but their connection to a shorter week is unclear or unsupported. The discussion of companies and building projects also moves away from the question. To strengthen the response, explain two relevant reasons, develop each with a specific example, and maintain a clear focus on the proposed change to the working week.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic overall shape: an opening position, several supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. Some linking expressions, including “From my perspective,” “In my opinion,” and “In conclusion,” help signal the writer’s intentions. However, ideas are not arranged in a clear progression, and several sentences are difficult to connect to the main argument. For example, the discussion shifts from family time to workers’ knowledge, then to managers, companies, and building projects without explaining the relationships between these points. Sentence boundaries and spacing are also inconsistent, as in “hours.From” and “time.And.” Organise the response into focused paragraphs, with one main reason in each, and use clear links to show how each example supports the position.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a basic range of topic-related words, such as “workers,” “weekend,” “relaxing,” “experience,” and “project,” so the general subject is recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and many word choices or combinations are inaccurate, which often strains the reader’s understanding. Examples include “a lond weekend,” “reliaze the beauty of nature,” “very energetics,” and “completed the work exact in time.” Spelling errors such as “prespective,” “countinues,” and “compaines” also reduce clarity. Build a more reliable set of phrases for discussing work schedules and their effects, and check spelling and collocations. Using precise, familiar expressions is more effective than attempting phrases whose meaning is unclear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to express reasons and connect clauses, but sentence structures are very limited and errors occur frequently, sometimes making the intended meaning difficult to follow. For instance, “I agree for that the workers should have a longer weekend” has an incorrect clause pattern, while “the workers is very energetics” shows problems with subject–verb agreement and sentence construction. Other examples include “they are relaxing and enjoying the most of their time for your family” and “The team workers are best opinion,” where relationships between the words are unclear. Sentence fragments such as “And go to other areas” also interrupt the flow. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then add controlled clauses using “because,” “so,” and “which,” checking agreement, articles, pronouns, and punctuation.

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