Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-08

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)

There are different viewpoints of the people dress nowadays are effect in the global fashion trends. while this trend may have some advantages, I believe that it is a positive development beacuse they social media or mazagine wide range of people know about current trends.

The main reason why i consider this trend to be a positive is the main focus is on globally the trend and vast number of individial are follow this fashion. This is because todays world have social media, mazagines, fashion newspaper and various platform which attarcted towards this trend. As a result various people will see the latest trands and try to follow their fashion. For example, in todays world koran fashion is vast popular and though it food is also popular between people. Therefore, We saw people on socail media and we are influced by them because of their hairstyle, clothes etc making this a siginacant positive development.

Another important benefit of this development is that it global fashion became such a string influence on people lives because its mark their personality in fashion inductry for example, bell bottom jeans, a line dress, beggy jeans,off shoulder top and various types of styling clothes is popular beacuse of global trends. Consequently, the result which further demonstrate why this trend should be viewed positively.

In conclusion, although there are many advantges i cannot see any disadavnteges. I firmly belive that global trends should being positive

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You give a clear overall opinion that global fashion is positive, and you mention social media and magazines as ways trends spread. However, the response only partially answers the task: the explanation of how fashion became influential is brief, and the positive effects are asserted more than demonstrated. The example of Korean fashion is difficult to interpret, while the clothing examples in the second body paragraph list styles without explaining their impact on people’s lives. The conclusion also repeats your view rather than drawing the ideas together. The response is 11 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to develop relevant reasons and examples. Explain each cause and benefit more fully, using a specific, clear example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. You also use basic linking expressions such as “As a result,” “For example,” and “In conclusion,” which help signal relationships between ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear: the first body paragraph moves from social media to Korean fashion and then to hairstyles and clothes without clearly connecting these points. The second paragraph begins with “Another important benefit” but does not explain the benefit, and its final sentence is incomplete in meaning. Some linking phrases feel mechanical or do not accurately express the relationship between ideas. Build each paragraph around one clear point, then explain and illustrate it before moving on.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “global fashion trends,” “latest trends,” “personality,” and examples of clothing styles. This gives the response a basic range suited to the subject. However, spelling errors and inaccurate word choices are frequent enough to make parts difficult to understand, as in “mazagine,” “individial,” “att arcted,” and “siginacant.” Some phrases are also unnatural or unclear, such as “mark their personality in fashion industry” and “it food is also popular.” Repetition of “trend,” “fashion,” and “popular” further limits variety. Work on accurate spelling and natural collocations, and choose words that express the intended meaning precisely; for example, explain how clothing can “express personal identity.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You try to use both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a concession in the introduction (“while this trend may have some advantages”) and cause-and-effect structures such as “This is because…” and “As a result…”. However, many sentences contain errors in sentence construction, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation, which sometimes make the meaning hard to follow. For example, “There are different viewpoints of the people dress nowadays are effect…” does not form a complete, clear sentence, and “global fashion became such a string influence” has faulty structure. Other examples include “people will see” followed by inconsistent tense and “global trends should being positive.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, then check agreement and verb forms.

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