Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-15
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 fashion is very common for people.And now it become a basic need of every people and they influenced by global fashion trends and it become a strong influence on people's lives.People's follow all the trend now and mostly they influenced by global fashion.I discuss both positive and negative development in detail.
Too start, The global fashion become a strong influence on people's lives just by using social media.If they does a fashion they put it on social media and it beome a trend after that everybody want to copy that trend rather is it good or not.The global fashion develop many of other things to trend like if they decorate there house it become a trend for people's.
On the other hand, I think it is positive development in this way at least people's have time too think about themselves like how they look in dress.And the people's beome a creativity.And it is good for them they look good in that dress and they only focus on trend.
Secondaly, It also have negative aspect thath the future is not in safe hand if they influenced by global fashions trends our future growth also make there own trend even they can't have time to think about thier future they only connect with social media and there trends.Then they only have time to dress and global fashion trends.
To conclude, In my opinion i think people only dress well when they need and not influenced by global fashion trends.Because it is not good for them in future.They have only time to foucus on there trending dress then.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses all parts of the task prompt, including the causes of global fashion's strong influence and whether this development is positive or negative. The writer presents a position and discusses both sides, noting aspects like social media propagation and personal expression alongside future concerns. However, the ideas are underdeveloped and repetitive, often circling back to social media without deep elaboration or robust supporting examples. For instance, the statement 'they decorate there house it become a trend for people's' is brief and lacks depth. Furthermore, the introduction mistakenly states 'I discuss both positive and negative development in detail' while following a structure that also addresses the causes. Because the arguments lack full extension and extension of examples, the response aligns best with Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text exhibits some organizational structure with basic paragraphing and transitional phrases such as 'Too start', 'On the other hand', 'Secondaly', and 'To conclude'. However, the overall progression is frequently disrupted by mechanical, repetitive, and occasionally inaccurate cohesive devices. Referencing is sometimes unclear, particularly with pronoun use ('If they does a fashion they put it on social media and it beome a trend after that everybody want to copy that trend'). Paragraphing is attempted, but individual paragraphs lack internal cohesion and smooth logical flow, resulting in an erratic progression of ideas. These features are characteristic of Band 5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and limited in range ('very common', 'basic need', 'strong influence', 'trend'). There are frequent word choice and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'Too start' instead of 'To start', 'beome' instead of 'become', 'there' instead of 'their', and 'Secondaly' instead of 'Secondly'. The student attempts to use less common items like 'creativity' in an awkward grammatical context ('the people's beome a creativity'), which causes some difficulty for the reader. The lexical control is constrained, limiting the response to a Band 5 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and repetitive clause patterns joined by conjunctions. Attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty, leading to run-on sentences and punctuation errors, as seen in 'If they does a fashion they put it on social media and it beome a trend after that everybody want to copy that trend rather is it good or not.' Grammatical errors are frequent—such as subject-verb agreement issues ('every people and they influenced'), tense inconsistencies, and incorrect verb forms ('they does a fashion', 'future growth also make there own trend'). These frequent errors can cause difficulty for the reader, placing the grammar firmly in Band 4.5, which rounds to Band 5.
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