Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Dressing sense makes people confident and strong. In this era, People dressup according to the fashion trends that makes them amazing and stunning. Sometime, people who can't afford designer dresses or expensive dresses make the same design by themselves mostly common in girls who knows about good stitching, make themselves looking beautiful and attractive.

Nowadays, internet is the global and a huge source of finding new trends. people are influenced by global fashion trends by watching videos and pictures in different social media plateforms. In asia, youngsters including girls and boys, are following the europian, britian and american fashion trends only by watching or listening through internet. Nowadays, instagram is the best way to purchase different trendy clothes for both men and women through different pages. Whatsup is the another option that encourages people to follow different channels from the section that is called "explore". People join different groups on whatsup as well for shopping new trendy wearings. Online shopping is the most popular source of purchasing things like clothes, assessories or home appliances. But we are talking about fashion trends.

So, I think it is a positive development. Because of internet world is become a global village. Consequently, it makes lives easier and people can follow new trends by home just by watching new trends on social media and also I will include one more thing that is online shopping. People can get anything they want, they can get by staying at home in just 5-6 working days. No worry to visit malls or markets, search for new things, and get exausted.

Overall, it creates a very huge effect on people lives and mostly it has postive impacts that encourages people to live their lives with full of confident. Even those people who know good stitching but can't affort expensive fashion trends can also make trendy clothes by themselves.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you explain that social media and online shopping spread fashion trends, and you clearly state that you see this as positive. The examples of Instagram pages, WhatsApp groups and people copying designs through sewing are relevant. However, the explanation of how fashion became influential is mostly a list of platforms, rather than a developed account of why their reach and visibility shape people’s choices. The positive view is also supported mainly by convenience and confidence; the response could consider another effect or explain these benefits more fully. The opening comments on confidence do not establish a clear position until later. Develop each main point with a specific example and make the link between global exposure and people’s clothing choices explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: it introduces the topic, discusses online sources, gives your opinion, and ends with a summary. This helps the reader follow the general direction. However, progression within the main body is uneven: the discussion moves from social media to shopping channels and then to general online shopping, with some repetition of the same convenience point. Connectors such as “Nowadays,” “So,” and “Overall” are used, but the links between ideas are sometimes mechanical or unclear. For example, the sentence beginning “But we are talking about fashion trends” interrupts the flow rather than guiding the argument. Use clearer topic sentences and group related examples together, then explain how each supports your view.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “global fashion trends,” “designer dresses,” “social media,” “online shopping,” and “stitching.” There are also attempts at more descriptive language, such as “confident and strong” and “amazing and stunning.” However, the range is limited by repeated general words such as “different,” “people,” and “trends,” and several choices or spellings are inaccurate, including “plateforms,” “assessories,” “exausted,” and “affort.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “new trendy wearings” and “live their lives with full of confident.” Aim for more precise fashion vocabulary and check spelling and collocations so your meaning sounds natural and controlled.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including clauses with “because,” “who,” and “that,” but control is inconsistent. Errors occur in agreement and verb forms: “trends that makes” should be “trends that make,” and “people who know good stitching … make themselves looking” needs a clearer grammatical structure. There are also problems with articles and sentence boundaries, as in “Because of internet world is become a global village,” which should be recast as “Because the internet has made the world a global village.” Several fragments, including “Because of internet…” and “No worry to visit malls…,” weaken accuracy. Practise building complete sentences and checking subject–verb agreement, verb forms, and punctuation before adding more complex clauses.

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