Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-01
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)
Nowaday people's point of view has change a lot towarde dress that is influenced by global fashion trends, however its creats strong influence on people's lives and I belive it has positive effect on developement.
In Today's time the fashion changes according to upcoming trend and its all spread through social media. Some people who has lots of knowledg and intrest in fashion, they become influnces on social media and teache about new fashion trends globally. However, it also become living hood for those people who became influencer. There are many positive effect on development. First, Fashion influences who earn through teaching about way of dressing is now contrubite to economic moreover it also motavite people to buy trendy cloths or become influencer like them.
Second positive things is that in the market of cloths gets a dramatic change as per the fashion trends spread amoug peopls mostly youngester. Furthermore due to this the shops such as wholesaller, reatiler, online stores or import and export of wearable is also increses rapidly
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the task only partially. It attempts to discuss how global fashion influences lives and whether this is positive, but the ideas remain limited and under-developed throughout. For instance, the writer states that fashion influencers contribute to the economy and motivate buyers, but this point is not extended with specific examples or clear reasoning. Furthermore, the writer's position is not always entirely clear. Most importantly, the response falls significantly short of the required length, containing only 171 words compared to the minimum of 250 words, which heavily restricts the depth of the discussion.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The text demonstrates some organisation with an introduction and two body paragraphs, but there is no clear overall progression of ideas. Cohesive devices are often repetitive, inadequate, or inaccurate, such as starting multiple sentences with 'However' or 'Second positive things'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal flow of ideas is disjointed. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the logical links between arguments, such as the sudden shift from social media influencers to the retail market in the second body paragraph.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited in range, though minimally adequate for conveying basic thoughts. There are noticeable errors in word choice, word formation, and spelling that cause some difficulty for the reader, such as 'Nowaday', 'towarde', 'influnces', 'living hood', 'motavite', 'cloths', 'wholesaller', and 'reatiler'. These recurrent spelling and morphological mistakes prevent the response from achieving a higher band, as they highlight a lack of control over less common lexical items and standard forms.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing exhibits a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple sentences joined by basic conjunctions. Attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty, such as 'Some people who has lots of knowledg and intrest in fashion, they become influnces'. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement ('people's point of view has change', 'trends and its all spread'), articles, and plurals. These frequent grammatical errors cause strain and difficulty for the reader throughout the text.
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