Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-16

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)

In the past the people wore simple and almost traditional dresses according to their culture ,area and custom.That was very comfortable for them.But now a days people requirment are changed with passage of time and they want to compete with people in all the field of life including fashion trends.Dressing sense according to fashion demand leave great influence on the people mind of society.Global fashion trends make people celebrity and enhance the personality.It is a demand of modern age to accept fashion trend so that a person can move among the society with confidence and without suffering the complex.It also make the personality of people attractive ,gorgeous, beautifull,awesome and supperb.It also improve and broaden the people mind.There are so many reasons of rising the globle fashion trend but most important are social media and internet like instagram, tiktok, facebook, youtube etc.On the other hand celebrities are also play a vital role in increasing the global fashion trends.People watch them and also like to follow their trends just like kylie jenner and in brands just like zara ,nike,adidas,j.etc made this tremds affordable and accessible.Their stores and online shopping exist in almost evey major city from lahore to london ,karachi to canada making it easy for people to copy global fashion style.According to my opinion this is a more positive development then negative .It enhance improve and make stylish a person life an become an international language and self expressions .However there are some nrgative aspects in which it is a great source of loss of cultural identity and traditional cloths.In colculsion global fashion become a powerful brand.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both parts of the prompt: you identify social media, the internet, celebrities and accessible brands as reasons global fashion spreads, and you state that you see it as mostly positive while acknowledging cultural loss. These are relevant ideas, and examples such as Instagram, Kylie Jenner and Zara help make the explanation concrete. However, the positive effects—confidence, attractiveness and broader thinking—are asserted rather than explained, and the negative effect of losing cultural identity is only briefly mentioned. The conclusion, “global fashion become a powerful brand,” does not clearly restate your overall judgement. Develop the effects with a specific explanation or example and make your final position explicit to address all parts more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response contains a recognisable progression from changes in clothing habits to reasons for fashion’s influence, then to your opinion and a concluding sentence. Linking expressions such as “On the other hand,” “According to my opinion” and “In conclusion” signal these stages. However, the ideas are presented as one continuous block, so the reader cannot easily distinguish the introduction, explanation and evaluation. Several points are also joined in long sequences, and the contrast marker “On the other hand” introduces another cause rather than a clear opposing idea. Group related points into paragraphs and use clearer links between causes, benefits and drawbacks. This would make the overall progression easier to follow and reduce the impression of a list.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “cultural identity,” “traditional clothes,” “accessible” and “self-expression.” Brand and platform names also provide relevant examples. However, inaccurate spelling and word choice are noticeable and sometimes make the message less clear, as in “requirment,” “globle,” “tremds” and “nrgative.” Some combinations are unnatural, such as “make people celebrity,” “suffering the complex” and “broaden the people mind.” Repeated general praise—“attractive, gorgeous, beautiful, awesome and superb”—uses several similar adjectives without adding much precision. Choose fewer, more exact expressions and check spelling and collocations; for example, explain how fashion can help people express identity or feel socially confident.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use mostly simple statements but also attempt longer structures to explain causes and effects, including “People watch them and also like to follow their trends” and the sentence about stores and online shopping. Meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “It also make” should use a verb agreeing with “it,” while “celebrities are also play” combines incompatible verb forms. The opening also has an unclear construction in “the people wore simple and almost traditional dresses.” Punctuation and spacing around commas are inconsistent, and several ideas run together. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and build longer sentences around one clear main clause, checking each sentence’s verb and punctuation.

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