Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-04

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 some countries the education system is seted the rule to be closed for 2 months in mid summer,in my opinion long holidays gives the advantage to do some extra cariculum activities to students.with the school it is bit hard for the kids to manage the activities beside studies beacuse of the exam pressure,weekly assesments,and the hectic routine.

therefore,in 2 month's summer vication can help the students to learn the new skills by joing summer camps,they can trevel along with their families which might be helpfull to their personal growth and family bonding as well.

besides the fact that long holidays could be super benificial in different personality aspects, there is an research says that long holidays makes students disconnected to studies and it effects on student's performance.in that scinerio shorter holidays might more benificial to maintaing consistancy and the connectivity towards the studies.

Also there are some region's educational system is under talk regarding the holidays durations.they are trying to impliment the idea of shorter summer vications and diving the homework to student to not lossing intresest in studies during the holidays.

There are pros and cons in both the ideas.nor the

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses both parts of the task by discussing the value of long holidays and the arguments for shorter ones, but the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For instance, the mention of family bonding and travel is brief and lacks specific examples or expansion. Furthermore, the response is incomplete and trails off at the end with an unfinished sentence ('nor the...'). Importantly, the text falls significantly short of the required 250-word minimum, which heavily restricts the depth of the discussion and impacts the overall completion of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organization with distinct paragraphs attempting to introduce different sides of the argument, but the text lacks a clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are frequently inadequate, repetitive, or inaccurate, such as using lowercase letters at the start of sentences and starting multiple sentences abruptly with transitional words like 'besides', 'therefore', and 'also' without proper punctuation or referencing. Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph is cut off mid-sentence, preventing a logical conclusion to the essay and resulting in a disjointed structure overall.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task. There are noticeable errors in word choice, spelling, and word formation that can cause some difficulty for the reader, such as 'seted' instead of 'set', 'cariculum' instead of 'curriculum', 'assesments' instead of 'assessments', 'vication' instead of 'vacation', 'trevel' instead of 'travel', 'scinerio' instead of 'scenario', 'consistancy' instead of 'consistency', and 'impliment' instead of 'implement'. These repeated inaccuracies show a lack of control over less common lexical items and spelling conventions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer demonstrates a very limited range of structures, relying mostly on simple sentences, and attempts at more complex structures are frequently faulty. There are frequent grammatical errors involving subject-verb agreement ('long holidays gives'), missing articles ('with the school', 'on student's performance'), incorrect prepositions ('connectivity towards'), and punctuation errors including missing capital letters at the beginning of sentences. These frequent errors cause noticeable difficulty and distraction for the reader throughout the text.

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