Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-17

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 the today modern era many people doing different kinds of wearing trends. Mostly individual are inspired by their idols. In my prescriptive behind this trends the biggest roleplay is collaboration with famous actors for advertising. It have both sides.

Firstly, I help to share different culture all over the world and maintain brotherhood among person's. It also promotes international business opportunities. For instance one of my neighbors who sales the new international new trends clothes,many people love to follow this trend. Many follow this due to their favourite celebrities wear it.

Similarly, It also effect the local culture because of many people enjoying foreign trends rather than own's. It also affected to those people who can't able to afford it. For instance in my area lots of neighbors follow the and influence to others and local culture is going drawback. It not only affects culture but the small child specially who are from middle class.

In my opinion, It affect the negative effect on local culture rather than development. It also affected lifestyle those individuals who are financial weak . One things which can help to both is that using both trends with their local culture can be better.

In conclusion, I help to modernize and promote different culture but also affected the local culture of individual too. It is good for those people who are interested to know different culture and enjoy it . It have both positive and negative effect we can see how people can took it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt, discussing the reasons for the strong influence of global fashion and offering an opinion on whether this development is positive or negative. However, the development of ideas is limited and often repetitive. For example, the reasons for global fashion's influence are restricted to celebrity endorsements and advertising, and the discussion of positive and negative effects lacks depth and clear examples. The opinion is stated in the conclusion and body paragraphs, but the arguments are not fully extended. The response meets the minimum length requirement, which prevents further penalty in this area, but overall, the task is addressed only partially, aligning closely with the Band 5 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction and a conclusion. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by unclear referencing and abrupt transitions, such as starting paragraphs with 'Firstly, I help to share...' where the pronoun 'I' is misused instead of a impersonal transition. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or inaccurately, and referencing within and between sentences is often confusing, as seen in the phrase 'Many follow this due to their favourite celebrities wear it.' Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal cohesion of the body paragraphs lacks clarity, resulting in an overall arrangement that falls into the Band 5 category.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with noticeable errors in word choice and collocation that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader. Examples include 'doing different kinds of wearing trends', 'sales the new international new trends clothes', and 'financial weak'. While the student attempts to use some less common vocabulary such as 'collaboration', 'advertising', and 'modernize', the frequent inaccuracies in word formation and collocation prevent the response from achieving a higher band. The lexical range is minimally adequate for the task, reflecting the Band 5 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The student uses a very limited range of sentence structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are persistent, highly intrusive grammatical errors throughout the text, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('many people doing', 'many people enjoying', 'It affect the negative effect'), tense errors ('who can't able to afford it', 'celebrities wear it' instead of wearing), and incorrect pronoun usage. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also problematic. Because errors are frequent and often cause difficulty for the reader, the grammar aligns with the Band 4 descriptors.

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