Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-08-31

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries, primary and secondary schools close for two months or more in the summer holidays.

What is the value of long school holidays?

What are the arguments in favour of shorter school holidays?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Two people discusion on many countries high school off for two monts or more in the summer vactions

The value of long school holidays the student take rest in this months and eazy from school boring rutation. Some student did not like boring work of school. This holidays is a period of fun and enjoy .The student can lernt diffrent activites on this free time. Student take intrest in others game and activites. When the student play games such as cuecet and other they would active and healty. In this holidays the student lernet diffrent lesson of dally life or this school life . In long holidays student can cover his ramining lesson and he prepae your self for comining test oe exams.When he relis his lesson of some books is not good prepar he prepar them.

The arguments in favour of shorter school holidays is good for students becaus the student go school dally he work hard and take intrest in his study. The advantages of short holidays after short leave student go school he no lost his more lesson .When a student go on long holidays he take intrest in othres actives . Whwn he go back to school he would no take intrust in his study. The mind of student go bach on the holiday memoris . A short holiday is rest for student after rest he tale intrest in his stydy .And the other hand the long holidays is good or not good some talented student not loss his time but most of the student loss this vaction in other activites after this holidays student con not take his full time to his study .

In my openionthr long holidays is good but not mire then short holidays. In long holidays student lost his more lesson and shor holidays student take rest and study with new zeel

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: the value of long holidays and the arguments for shorter ones. However, the development of ideas is limited and repetitive. For instance, the argument about students forgetting lessons is repeated in different ways throughout the second and third paragraphs. The position is generally clear, but the lack of depth and the reliance on simple, repetitive points prevents a higher score. To improve, you should provide more specific, well-reasoned examples rather than repeating the same general statements about students losing interest or forgetting lessons.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is organised into paragraphs, which is a positive step. However, the progression of ideas is often disjointed. There is a lack of effective cohesive devices; sentences are often linked in a mechanical or repetitive way, such as the frequent use of 'The student' at the start of sentences. The transition between ideas is often abrupt, and the logical flow is hindered by the limited range of linking words. To improve, focus on using a wider variety of transition signals (e.g., 'furthermore', 'consequently', 'on the other hand') to connect your ideas more fluidly.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The vocabulary is quite basic and repetitive, which limits the ability to express complex ideas. Words like 'boring', 'good', and 'activities' are used frequently. There are also several spelling errors (e.g., 'discusion', 'monts', 'vactions', 'rutation', 'lernt', 'cuecet', 'dally', 'zeel') that occasionally make the text difficult to read. The range of vocabulary is insufficient for a higher band score. You should focus on learning synonyms and more precise academic collocations to replace simple, repetitive words and ensure you proofread your work to correct basic spelling mistakes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The response relies almost entirely on simple sentence structures. There are frequent grammatical errors, including issues with subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'the student take rest'), article usage, and tense consistency (e.g., 'student lernet diffrent lesson'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, with missing spaces after periods and incorrect capitalization. While the meaning is generally understandable, the high frequency of errors and the lack of complex sentence structures significantly impact the quality of the writing. You need to focus on mastering basic sentence construction and subject-verb agreement before attempting more complex structures.

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