Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-02
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 4.5)
Fashion is key to repersent the ideas and information about the dresses and outfit. There are different tastes of people about fashion in different ages. The people dress now according to the gobal fashion trends. People of all over the world now too much thinks about the major fashion aspects. In my views the thinking about the fashion should been moderate because the few power of brain should been safe for other powerfull ideas.
Firstly modren age is full of fashion people follows the gobal trends. Fashion has pently of perks in many ways. Fashion is the art as well as career making subject. There are many school which teachs the subject fashion. For instance; according to reporting of one international new channel the interest of pupils about the fashion studies is growing day by day.
Futhermore, besides the fashion there are some apects where we should keep an eye of problems of surrounding world like many people in the world have no meal, some have no money for thier children for education purposes. So the trends of fashion changes everyday like wise the rates of stuff which belongs to fashion also surge day by day. Therefore, we should spend moderate money on fashion.
To sum up, the fashion is a part of every society . The people should keep eye on it because it is also career making subject however, there is pently of things besides which should be noticeable too much following the fashion trends is wasteage of money. We should also leep eye on needy persons.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response addresses the prompt minimally, touching upon both parts of the task regarding why global fashion influences lives and whether it is a positive or negative development. However, the ideas remain limited and under-developed. For instance, the writer mentions that fashion is 'career making' and taught in schools, but fails to extend this point with robust explanation or specific real-world illustration. Similarly, the negative aspect—that people should focus on societal problems like poverty instead of spending excessively on fashion—is expressed in a repetitive and overly simplistic manner without deep exploration. The position of the writer is discernible, but the overall treatment lacks the necessary depth, extension, and robust development required for higher band levels.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some basic organization present, with the response divided into distinct paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the essay lacks a clear overall progression throughout. Cohesive devices are frequently inaccurate, inadequate, or mechanical. For example, transitional phrases like 'Futhermore' and 'To sum up' are used, but internal cohesion within paragraphs is weak. Referencing is sometimes unclear, such as in the sentence 'so the trends of fashion changes everyday like wise the rates of stuff which belongs to fashion also surge,' where the logical connection between global fashion trends and material costs is disjointed. Paragraphing is attempted, but the flow of ideas between sentences often feels abrupt and repetitive.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.5
The vocabulary used is limited and repetitive, which minimally suffices to convey basic meaning but strains the reader at times. There are frequent spelling, word choice, and word form errors throughout the text, such as 'repersent' instead of represent, 'gobal' instead of global, 'pently' instead of plenty, 'modren' instead of modern, and 'wasteage' instead of wastage. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary items like 'international new channel' or 'surge', but these attempts are marred by inaccurate collocations and incorrect forms. These noticeable errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader and prevent the lexical range from moving beyond a basic level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The response demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentence forms. Attempts at more complex sentences are frequently faulty, leading to frequent errors in grammar, subject-verb agreement, and articles that can cause difficulty for the reader. Examples of grammatical lapses include 'The people dress now', 'people follows', 'teachv the subject fashion', and 'the few power of brain should been safe'. Additionally, punctuation and preposition use are problematic, such as 'interest of pupils about the fashion studies'. There is a lack of accurate control over complex verb tenses and auxiliary verbs, keeping the structural variety minimal and error-dense.
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