Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-13

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)

Nowadays global fashion tends have a strong influence on the way people dress. Most of the people gets inspiration from Tiktok, Korean peoples, content creators and influencers. In my opinion, it is a positive development that many of the people gets inspired by them and they get options to describe their personality.

There are several reasons why global fashion is becoming more popular by the time changes. The main reason is social media, many people use facebook, instagram and tiktok. Many videos came across them which they really like that inspired them.

And many international brands are advertising clothes and fashions that are available in many countries. As well as, there are many fashions shows conducted every year in many countries. This inspires many people.

I believe that fashion gives us freedom to wear clothes of our type and it has positive impact on youngsters. Now adays wearing baggy clothes is very common. In my country, the youngers enjoy wearing western clothes like baggy pents, shirts.

Many youngsters get inspiration from Korean people because they are very fashionable, they only wear baggy clothes because nowadays everyone belives that they looks very stylish.

Morever, in some way global fashion trends have disadvantages. In middle class family, many youngsters wanted to buy and wear branded clothes, but they don't have enough money to buy them. For once if they bought them and their is another fashion trending later then they will stop wearing this and they will be wished to buy new one. So we should do fashion according to our needds. We should not wasre our money.

In conclusion, global fashion trends are being popular mainly beacuse of social media. However, global fashion have both positive and negative development. So we should balance them both.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: social media, international brands and fashion shows are offered as reasons for global fashion’s influence, and you present both benefits and drawbacks. Your positive position is stated early, with the idea that fashion lets people express their personality, while the later point about pressure to buy branded clothes adds balance. However, the explanation is only partly developed. For example, you mention videos that people like but do not explain how repeated exposure or online trends shape choices. The examples about baggy clothes and Korean fashion are relevant, but broad claims such as “everyone” finding them stylish need qualification or support. Make your overall view more consistent and explain each main point with a specific example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate discussion of causes and effects, a drawback paragraph and a conclusion. This helps the reader follow the general topic. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several ideas are placed together without showing their relationship. For instance, the paragraph beginning “There are several reasons” moves from social media to brands and fashion shows with little explanation linking them. Connectors such as “And,” “As well as,” and “Morever” are either repetitive or awkwardly used, while “For once” does not clearly express the intended sequence. Use topic sentences and clearer links between cause, example and result; also ensure each paragraph develops one central point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “global fashion trends,” “influencers,” “international brands,” “branded clothes” and “baggy clothes.” However, the range is limited and some wording is repeated, particularly “many people,” “fashion” and “inspiration.” Several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unclear, such as “options to describe their personality,” “fashion shows conducted,” and “fashion according to our needs.” Spelling errors, including “belives,” “Morever,” “beacuse” and “wasre,” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise expressions and check spelling carefully. For example, explain that clothing allows people to express their identity, and describe brands as promoting or marketing styles rather than simply advertising “clothes and fashions.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, grammatical errors occur frequently, including subject–verb agreement (“Most of the people gets”), missing infinitive markers (“fashion tends have”), and inconsistent verb forms (“many videos came across them”). Articles, plurals and sentence boundaries also need attention: “fashion have both positive and negative development” should use agreement and a plural noun, while the opening sentence of the second paragraph joins two independent clauses with only a comma. Some longer sentences, such as the explanation about buying branded clothes and changing trends, become difficult to follow because of faulty structures. Practise accurate basic clauses first, then build longer sentences with clear conjunctions and consistent tense.

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