Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-16
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)
It has been observed that global fashion is trending day by dad and people see how others are doing fashion and dress exactly like them.I think it is positive development, although it has some negative impact too.I have large extend for the situation and my perspective is justified further in the upcoming paragraphs.
To begin with,there are several reasons but one foremost is people have various choice for the way they dress.Individuals see the variety of fashions on social platforms such as Instagram, facebook and snapchat.As a result, they can easily decide what types of clothes suit on them and they exactly dress up according to there body types.In addition,it creats more opportinities for the employee who work in the fashion related field. More and more design they create and upload on the social platforms and sometimes,it become globally well known eventually they can earn in foreign money which helps to economical growth.
to add to this,in many case,people adopt foreign culture, at that time probaly they loose interest in cultural clothes which is easily affordable.Because of it they spend lots of money on the name of global trend.Furthermore, some clothes are not acceptable in a traditional way such as shorts and some type of jeans.Which cause bad impact on others.
To conclude and prefrence my perspactive, although global fashion have positive side for instant multiple choice, it can lead to some problems such as spend lots of money on clothes and some religious problems.We can use global trend by balancing religiun perspactive and body types.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing why global fashion has become influential and giving a clear view that it is generally positive while acknowledging negative aspects. The ideas are relevant, noting social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, as well as cultural and financial impacts. However, the development is somewhat restricted by brief explanations and generalisations, such as stating people dress according to their body types without deeper elaboration. The writer establishes a position throughout the essay, fulfilling the core requirements of Task Achievement at a Band 6 level, where all parts are addressed with relevant ideas, though some are under-developed.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with basic paragraphing, introducing the topic, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, cohesive devices are sometimes faulty or mechanical, and referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'at that time probaly they loose interest' without clear pronoun links). Paragraphing is present, but transitions between ideas feel abrupt in places. Punctuation errors, such as missing spaces after commas (e.g., 'To begin with,there'), disrupt the flow. These features align closely with Band 5 or 6 descriptors; while there is logical intent, cohesion and referencing limitations point to a solid Band 5.5 performance, rounded to a 5.5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting some less common phrases like 'global fashion', 'foreign culture', and 'economical growth' (though the latter should be economic growth). There are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'trending day by dad' instead of day by day, 'choise' instead of choices, 'creats' instead of creates, 'opportinities' instead of opportunities, and 'religiun' instead of religion. These errors do not entirely impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to Band 5.0, as the vocabulary remains limited and errors cause some distraction for the reader.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'Individuals see the variety of fashions on social platforms such as Instagram, facebook and snapchat.' However, there are frequent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('global fashion have positive side'), incorrect preposition use ('suit on them'), and sentence fragments ('Which cause bad impact on others'). Punctuation and capitalization errors are widespread (e.g., lack of capitalization for 'facebook' and 'snapchat', missing spaces after commas and periods). Because errors are frequent and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, the grammar performance sits firmly at Band 5.0.
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