Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Many aspects of the way people dress today are influenced by global fashion trends, and he caused many consequences on peoples lives. I partly agree with this influences, as i agree he have positive and negative points.

In the first hand, i see that global trends have many benefits make people lives better and positive view, people now dress very good and take care about their look, and making sure they look like in beautiful views in their meetings and special events, for example in special weddings now people dressed their best clothes and compare it with others, also in special meeting like job offers employers dress their favourite clothes. global trends make people get offres of jobs like example in many countries, thousands of girls take big jobs in modelling because they had dressed very well and looks beautiful with it.

In the second hand, global fashion trends have also many negative points. people in nowadays dont care about their traditional dress and dressing traditional dress now is decreased sharply, people comes now from other cultures and don't now what is the traditional dress for this places. also he's affect on children and students on general, most of student in rcent years dress illegal and disrespect clothes, most of them goes to schools for example with torn pentalons, and teachers dress bad clothes in respectful places.

Finally, people should chose their dresses carefully and make sure are respectful, also they must dress traditional clothes in international and important moments.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses the main parts of the prompt by discussing both the causes and the positive or negative impacts of global fashion trends. However, the development of ideas remains limited and under-developed. For example, the explanation of how global trends create job opportunities through modelling is simplistic and lacks adequate supporting evidence or elaboration. Similarly, the points regarding traditional dress and school attire are raised generally without sufficient depth or clear extension. The writer does present a position throughout the essay, but the overall treatment of the task is partial rather than fully realized, keeping the response at this level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic logical progression through the use of standard organisational markers such as 'In the first hand' and 'In the second hand', which divides the positive and negative aspects into distinct paragraphs. However, paragraphing and referencing are sometimes faulty and mechanical. The cohesive devices used are often repetitive or inaccurate, as seen in awkward transitional phrases. While there is a discernible overall arrangement that allows the reader to follow the main arguments, the lack of smooth, varied transitions and occasional unclear referencing prevents the text from achieving a clearer and more advanced logical flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for discussing the topic. There are frequent noticeable errors in word choice, word form, and spelling, such as writing 'peoples lives' instead of 'people's lives', 'offres' instead of 'offers', 'rcent' instead of 'recent', and 'pentalons' instead of 'pants' or 'trousers'. The writer attempts to use some less common words, but these efforts often result in unnatural collocations or inaccurate terms, such as 'dress illegal and disrespect clothes', which can cause some difficulty and hesitation for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The grammatical range is limited, relying mostly on simple sentence structures alongside attempts at complex sentences that are frequently faulty. There are persistent errors in verb forms and tenses, such as 'he caused many consequences', 'he have positive and negative points', and 'dressing traditional dress now is decreased sharply'. Furthermore, issues with articles, singular and plural agreement, and prepositions within grammatical patterns appear throughout the text. These frequent errors in grammar and punctuation can cause noticeable difficulty and strain for the reader.

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