Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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)

In today's world, dressing sense of the people has been influenced by world's fashion trends in many aspects. In my opinion, this sense has more negative development than the positive.

Now world and its standard has changed in every aspects of life including fashion and they want to compete others in this race. From food to wearable, trends are changing day by day and peoples are in race and also judging others from their fashion sense and trend following. New brands with fascinating and innovative ideas are launching products in markets for trapping people and social media is palying role in it. People are wasting money on useless and baseless fashion trends and brands are overcharging people. Take example of a toy Labobo, this is most useless thing and people are wasting money and time to buy it just to follow the trend.

People are using socail media and always searching for new and eye catching things so, they can get in first priority and show these to other ones. For example, now a days brands are launching new products and to get in early time they have to pre book that thing as it is limited and ultimately overcharging them. These trends lead world towards a useless development where people want to compete other in baseless things.

In conclusion, this thing is just a waste of time and money and this development has a ver negetive impact on life

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear negative view in the opening and conclusion, and you offer relevant reasons, including social-media influence, pressure to follow trends, and brands charging high prices. The Labubu example also makes the criticism more concrete. However, the response only partly develops the question: it explains some effects of fashion trends but gives little detail about how global fashion became influential, such as international advertising, celebrity culture, or online access to trends. Several claims, including that people judge others by their clothes, are asserted rather than explained or supported. The response is also 10 words below the required minimum. Develop both parts of the question with fuller explanations and examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The ideas within the body paragraphs are generally related, and examples follow the points they illustrate. However, progression is limited because both body paragraphs repeat the idea that people compete to obtain fashionable products, while the conclusion mainly restates that trends waste time and money. Linking phrases such as “For example” and “In conclusion” help, but connections between ideas are sometimes abrupt, and “so” in “so, they can get in first priority” does not clearly express the relationship. Give each paragraph a distinct focus and use clearer references and transitions to show how each point develops.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “social media,” “brands,” “limited,” and “overcharging,” so the main ideas are usually understandable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, which makes parts of the response difficult to follow. For example, “wearable” is not a natural noun for clothing, “in first priority” is unclear, and “useless and baseless fashion trends” repeats broad evaluative language rather than specifying the problem. There are also noticeable spelling errors, such as “palying,” “socail,” and “negetive.” Build a more precise vocabulary for describing influence, consumer pressure, and the effects of fashion, and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a sentence beginning “From food to wearable” and a clause explaining that people search for new items “so, they can get in first priority.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some meanings unclear. Examples include “the way … has been influenced” expressed as “dressing sense … has been influenced,” “in every aspects,” and “people are in race”; these show problems with articles, agreement, and sentence patterns. The final sentence also lacks a complete, accurate construction: “this development has a ver negetive impact on life.” Practise accurate basic sentence patterns first, then connect ideas with subordinate clauses while checking articles, plurals, and punctuation.

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