Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Many aspects of the way people dress today are influenced by global fashion trends.

How has global fashion become such a strong influence on people's lives? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

Certain style of the way individuals dress nowadays are motivated by international fashion trends and this is because increasing usage of the social media and anothor thing is interest in different cultures, I belive that this is postive development, which I will explain in the following paragraphs.

First and foremost, global fashion has a significant influenece on indivdula's lives because of social media.Nowadays, most people use the internet and they eventually see how global people dressed and they also want to try that fashions, so that, from the social media they are motiveted to try these fashions and these type of style will be influenced other people also who see that person so this is how it spread all over the world.For example, famous inconic celebrity who try new clothing style then it becomes a trend around the world and it is possible because people can see them on social media.

Moreover, some people want to know more about other cultures dressing sense.There are many cultural whom have their own clothes and which is become internationally famous because of that people want to dressed like them and also they want to know history about that clothes that why they wearing this type of cloths.For example, nowadays indian cultural dance Garba become globally famous and while playing Garba people have to wear special cloths which is chinyacholi for women and kediya for men which influenced so many people around the world to dree like that.

To sum up, main reason behing people's strong influence on global fashion is using of the internet easilly reels and shorts and other reason is people love to know more about other culture and their dreassing sense.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: social media and interest in other cultures are given as reasons for global fashion’s influence, and you state that you consider this a positive development. The examples of celebrities and Garba clothing help make the explanations relevant. However, the positive judgement is only stated in the introduction; the body paragraphs explain how trends spread rather than why this influence benefits people. The conclusion also repeats the causes without returning to your view. Develop the evaluation with a clear reason, such as cultural exchange or greater choice, and explain how it affects people. This would make your position and supporting ideas more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs addressing separate causes, and a conclusion. Sequencing expressions such as “First and foremost,” “Moreover,” and “To sum up” help signal these stages. Within paragraphs, however, ideas sometimes run together, particularly in the first body paragraph, where the explanation moves from internet use to imitation and then to worldwide spread in one long sentence. Some links are also mechanical, and the conclusion does not clearly connect back to the positive position. Use shorter, clearly punctuated sentences and make each paragraph’s progression explicit: state the cause, explain its effect, then connect it to your evaluation.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “global fashion trends,” “social media,” “cultural,” and “internationally famous,” and the examples show an attempt to discuss specific clothing traditions. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning less clear: “global people dressed,” “dressing sense,” and “influenced so many people … to dree like that.” Spelling errors such as “inconic,” “motiveted,” and “easilly” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of phrases for describing influence and cultural exchange, and check spelling and word forms carefully. More accurate collocations would make your ideas easier to follow.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including explanations with “because” and a relative clause beginning “who try new clothing style.” However, complex sentences are often faulty or difficult to follow, and there are frequent problems with agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence boundaries. For example, “Certain style … are motivated” has a singular–plural mismatch, while “this type of style will be influenced other people” has an incorrect verb pattern. The first body paragraph also contains a run-on sentence. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea at a time, then add subordinate clauses only when their structure is secure. Check subject–verb agreement and punctuation during revision.

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