Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-22
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)
In many countries, summer holidays are about two or more months in primary and secondary schools.Which have a great value in the life of students, they are free of daily routine of school allthoe there are some arguments in favour of shorter holidays, says students lost the dicipline in whole day they become lazy because of staying long free from daily routine of school.
Long hoildays play a vital role in student's life by bring the freedom from boring daily routine of school, many students also I found the daily routine of getting ready for school boring students don't run from the studies of school they run from the routine of school. Another good point of long holidays are students can enjoy long vacations with there family, they can go to road trips and also can visit different countries and make good memorys with family and long hoildays make the students mind fresh from the stress he got from the hard work of school.
In the favour of shorter holidays there are arguments that says long hoilday make students lazy and undiscipline because they don't have much work to do so they become more and more lazy and unfit because of staying only in one place, the students stay active in school days because they have work to do but in hoildays they don't have stress of work so they become less active in holidays.
Inn conclusion, long hoildays give the time to students and familys to enjoy trips together and can make good memory, but the argumments says long holidays make the students undiscipline and more no active.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt, discussing the value of long school holidays and the arguments in favour of shorter ones. However, the development of ideas is limited and somewhat repetitive, particularly regarding children becoming lazy or losing discipline. For instance, the point about breaking the boring daily routine is repeated multiple times rather than fully extended with varied reasoning. The writer maintains a clear stance throughout the essay, but the overall development fits best at Band 5 due to under-developed arguments and lack of specific supporting examples beyond general assertions.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the internal cohesion within sentences is frequently faulty. Run-on sentences and punctuation errors are common, such as 'Which have a great value in the life of students, they are free of daily routine...' where clauses are incorrectly joined by commas instead of proper conjunctions or full stops. Progression is sometimes obscured by circular reasoning and repetitive phrasing. Paragraphing is attempted, but logical organisation suffers from weak transitions, resulting in a Band 5 score.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, frequently reusing words like 'routine', 'boring', 'holiday', and 'lazy'. There are numerous spelling and word-form errors, such as 'allthoe', 'dicipline', 'hoildays', 'memorys', and 'no active'. While the writer attempts some less common phrasing, the frequent inaccuracies in word choice and spelling place this response firmly in the Band 5 category, as these errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The grammatical range is limited, consisting largely of attempts at complex sentences that are frequently faulty or structurally confused. For example, sentences often lack main verbs or rely on comma splices, as seen in 'Another good point of long holidays are students can enjoy...'. Punctuation is weak, with periods frequently missing at the ends of sentences. Frequent errors in verb agreement, tense consistency, and sentence boundaries cause significant difficulty for the reader, which aligns with the descriptor for Band 4.5 or 5.0. Awarding a Band 5 reflects the presence of some recognisable simple sentence structures.
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