Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-06

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 5.0)

Nowadays, various way of the people dressed is today which influenced by global fashion trend has become increasingly common. I believe this a positive development because it's influence on people's live and strengthen financial market too.

One major reason why this is positive development is that it's really change people's Appearance. This is because the various aspects behind the people dress today are global trends which significantly increased. For instance, a person who follow the global trend, after dressed you did not find who the actually person was after seeing his Appearance. Consequently, nowadays people often earn the money by doing this kind things.

Another important factor is that the global fashion became such a strong influence on our lives that has massively changed our financial market too which is a positive sign. Whenever, new trend hit the market that time people spend their money on that trend for buying the clothing and others thing too. For example, growing country such as Bangladesh, you can see the changes regarding the new fashion trends when arrived as a result people always purchase their desirable dress, clothing and other grooming staff as well. Therefore, I strongly believe that we can easily say it is a positive development.

In conclusion, I consider the fashion trend a postive development overall because appearance and other is stable our financial market too.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You state a clear overall view—that global fashion is positive—and give two relevant areas: changes to appearance and spending that supports the financial market. However, the task asks both how global fashion became such a strong influence and whether this is positive or negative. The explanation of how it gained influence is largely missing; the response mainly describes effects, such as people buying clothing when a new trend arrives. The examples about following trends and Bangladesh are also unclear or insufficiently explained, so the ideas remain limited and under-developed. The conclusion repeats your positive position but adds little. The response is 24 words below the required minimum, which further limits the space available to explain and support both parts of the task. Develop the causes of fashion’s reach and give a specific, clearly explained example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs signalled by “One major reason” and “Another important factor,” and a conclusion. This helps the reader identify the main points, and linking expressions such as “For instance,” “Consequently,” and “Therefore” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is often difficult to follow. For example, the link between changing appearance and “earn the money” is unclear, while the Bangladesh example does not clearly explain how it supports the claim about the financial market. Some transitions feel mechanical, and “Whenever” is followed by an incomplete or awkwardly connected time clause. Make each paragraph develop one clear point in a logical sequence, and use references and connectors only where their relationship is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “global fashion trend,” “Appearance,” “financial market,” and “purchase.” This gives the response a basic range for discussing clothing and spending. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the intended meaning difficult to understand. Phrases such as “various way of the people dressed,” “grooming staff,” and “desirable dress” are not natural in this context; “staff” appears to be an incorrect word choice. There are also spelling errors, including “postive,” and repeated use of “trend,” “people,” and “clothing.” Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check whether each word fits its context. For example, describe people as following trends and buying fashionable clothes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a reason clause beginning “This is because” and a conditional-style example beginning “Whenever.” However, the range is limited, and errors in sentence construction and verb forms occur frequently enough to make several sentences hard to follow. The opening, “Nowadays, various way of the people dressed is today which influenced…,” lacks a clear grammatical structure. In “I believe this a positive development,” the verb “is” is missing, and “a person who follow” has a subject–verb agreement error. The sentence beginning “Whenever, new trend hit the market” also has problems with punctuation, articles, and clause structure. Practise building accurate subject–verb sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking agreement, articles, and tense.

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