Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-15

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 5.5)

In today's modern era, fashion is one of ternding topic among the public and have its global influence.appearance is largely noticable thing now a days Consequently many as oects of the way people dress today influced by global fashion trend.

i am inclined to believe that, global fashion is a new trend,which help to think about thereselves and leave a posetive impact on them.fashion is always in trend, since not only due to the digital media before the digital era to dress better was a sign of the better social status.Todays age how people carry thereself is noticable thing,which help to boost their confidence.Due to the

advancement of technology, fashion influenced globally and impacting more on people's lives in result people become more fashion aware. by becoming a hot topic over the glob, it provides more oppurtunity to the people economically.For instance social media influcers got paid for promotions, it also provides oppurtunities in another ways like many women in middle east countires like pakistan, start there own brands by providing better cloths by working from there home which significantly increase employment.

Although global fashion influence posetively in people's lives but its also have down sides, like

people judge other by whome they are wearing and people become more brand consiouse.

many middle class families cannot afford famous brands.Consequently, fashion become a new medium for social class.

Nevertheless we can colude that , the global fashion impact on opressed people pyschologically but ill argue that global fashion also become the meduim of employment for them. Overall it is a positive development among the people.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both parts of the question: you suggest that technology and social media have spread fashion globally, and you give a clear overall view that this is positive despite disadvantages. The examples of paid influencer promotions and women starting clothing businesses help explain economic effects. However, the explanation of how fashion became influential is less fully developed than the discussion of its effects; the reference to digital media is brief, and the earlier role of clothing as a status symbol is not clearly connected to today’s global influence. The negative side—judgement, brand-consciousness and affordability—is relevant but could be explained further. Develop the causes more explicitly and support each main point with a clearer example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph on positive effects, a paragraph on disadvantages, and a conclusion. This gives the reader a basic route through your ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow, and linking phrases such as “Consequently,” “Nevertheless,” and “Overall” do not always show the precise relationship between points. The conclusion also introduces “oppressed people” without establishing that idea earlier. Some sentences run together or are separated awkwardly, which weakens the flow. Use one clear topic sentence per paragraph, group related explanations and examples together, and make references in the conclusion consistent with the points already discussed.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “digital media,” “social status,” “confidence,” “brand conscious,” and “employment.” These choices show some ability to discuss social and economic effects. However, spelling errors and imprecise or unnatural phrases are noticeable, sometimes making the intended meaning harder to understand: “ternding topic,” “fashion aware,” and “fashion become a new medium for social class” are examples. Repetition of “fashion” and “people” also limits the range. Work on accurate spelling and collocations, and choose wording that expresses the relationship between ideas precisely—for example, whether fashion reinforces social divisions or creates employment opportunities.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “Although” and a reason clause with “since.” This shows an effort to vary sentence structure. However, control is inconsistent: errors in agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries occur throughout. For example, “fashion is one of … topic … and have” does not maintain agreement, while “Although global fashion influence positively … but its also have” combines incompatible clause structures and has several verb-form problems. Capitalisation and punctuation also make some sentences difficult to parse. Practise building accurate subject–verb patterns and complete clauses first, then add subordinate clauses; check each sentence for a clear subject, verb and appropriate punctuation.

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