Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-01

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 6.0)

In recent years, it has been argued that employees should work shorter and have a longer weekend. Although having long weekends is better for workers to have enough time for themselves, I firmly disagree that working week should be shorter than usual.

On the one hand, most of the employees work five days a week. This will give them an adequate time to accomplish all the necessary task to accomplish. For instance, a teacher in the Philippines should handle the students from Monday to Friday, while the rest days are Saturday and Sunday. This will give them enough time to teach all the lessons given in the curriculum alloted for the school calendar for the whole year. As a result, students will attain the objectives set every academic year. If there will be shorter days to teach, learning goals tend to not pursue due to the lack of time.

In addition, schools or companies might be bankrupt. If the employees' salary is fixed for a month, and the workers only work for three days a week, there will a discrepancy with the money. For example, an accountant in the Philippines work six times a week from Monday to Saturday, the only rest day is Sunday. The workers have fixed salary in each month. If there will be longer weekends, they might not accomplish all the tasks assigned to them. They will be able to receive their full salary, however they did not work hard for it.

In conclusion, I believe that workers should have longer working week than longer weekend. A short working days will lead to procastination of the employees, and this will be the reason for being unproductive in the working area.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you disagree with a shorter working week, and you give relevant reasons involving teaching time and the completion of workplace tasks. The examples of a teacher and an accountant in the Philippines help connect your argument to practical settings. However, the support is uneven. The claim that schools or companies “might be bankrupt” is not clearly explained, and the accountant example shifts from a six-day schedule to the effects of longer weekends without showing how this would cause financial loss. The conclusion also introduces procrastination without developing it earlier. To strengthen the response, explain the causal links more carefully and develop each main reason with a specific, convincing example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting reasons, and a conclusion. “On the one hand” and “In addition” signal the progression between points, while examples generally follow the claims they illustrate. However, the first transition suggests a contrast that is not developed, since the essay does not present an opposing view in that paragraph. Some links between ideas are also unclear: the discussion moves from fixed salaries to bankruptcy and then to whether workers deserve their pay, without making the relationship explicit. The conclusion’s point about procrastination feels newly introduced. Use transitions that accurately reflect the relationship between ideas, and make each paragraph follow a clear claim–explanation–example sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your argument, including “curriculum,” “academic year,” “fixed salary,” and “assigned tasks.” Some attempts at more formal wording are useful, but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “the necessary task to accomplish,” “learning goals tend to not pursue,” and “working area.” Spelling errors such as “alloted” and “procastination” also reduce accuracy. These issues do not prevent the reader from understanding the main position, but they make parts of the argument less precise. Build a reliable range of collocations for work and education, and check spelling and word forms; for example, describe goals as being “achieved” and tasks as being “completed.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex forms, including a concession in the introduction (“Although having long weekends…”) and conditional sentences beginning “If there will be…”. The overall meaning is usually clear, but some errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction remain. Examples include “a teacher…should handle the students,” “an accountant…work,” “there will a discrepancy,” and “A short working days.” The conditional pattern “If there will be” is also not appropriate for these hypothetical situations; use “If there were” or “If employees worked fewer days.” Review subject–verb agreement and singular/plural forms, and practise accurate conditional structures. Greater control of these patterns would make your reasoning easier to follow.

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