Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-18

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 this rapidely growing world, global fashion has affected the dressing of socitey in a significant manner. It has a strong influence on people's lifestyle, and have considerable positive development on their lives. I will discuss how this global fashion have that strong influence on society and what are its positive effects.

There are numerous reasons of how the global fashion affected people's life. Its one of the major reasons is the advancement of technology and Artifical intelligence as indivudual's are getting more inclined towards the social media and taking more interest in other global trends, so they are geting more aware of the ongoing world wide trends. To illustrate, more and more users are increasing on social media paltform and some content creators have to be meticulous about there looks, as they are an inspiration of their followers so that's why they have to be well acquainted with trending fashion.

As per my opinion , I think it has shown a positive trajectory as it helps every socitiey to know each other's culture and heritage as every nation's dressing style reflect the significance of thier culture. For instance, In north India their is a great importance of a traditional set of daman and kurti which reflects north Indian culture and due to this westren culture is also getting attracted and aknowledged about a country's culture through the use of social media.

In conclusion, I think global fashion is affecting the way how people dress up through the development of technology and having a very positive effect on global world by promoting their culture.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify social media and technology as influences, and you clearly present global fashion as positive because it can promote cultural awareness. The examples of content creators and North Indian clothing are relevant. However, the explanation of how fashion became influential is narrow: technology and social media are mentioned, but the role of global brands, online shopping, advertising, or celebrity influence is not explored. The positive effect is also asserted more than developed; the link between seeing traditional clothing online and gaining meaningful understanding of another culture needs clearer explanation. Develop these points with specific cause-and-effect reasoning and support your position more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure, with an introduction, one paragraph explaining the influence, a paragraph giving your opinion, and a conclusion. The progression from social media to cultural exchange is generally easy to follow, and phrases such as “To illustrate” and “For instance” help signal examples. However, the introduction repeats the task rather than previewing distinct points, and the conclusion largely restates earlier claims. Some connections are awkward or unclear, particularly the long sentence beginning “Its one of the major reasons” and the link between North Indian clothing and Western culture. Use clearer topic sentences, divide complex explanations into manageable sentences, and make each paragraph develop one main idea.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “global trends,” “social media,” “trending fashion,” and “culture and heritage.” There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “significant manner” and “positive trajectory.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which limits precision: “positive development on their lives,” “users are increasing on social media platform,” and “well acquainted with trending fashion” do not express the intended meanings naturally. Spelling errors such as “rapidely,” “socitey,” and “Artifical” are noticeable. Build a more reliable range of collocations and check spelling; precise, natural wording will make your ideas clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a cause-and-effect structure with “as” and an example introduced by “which.” However, control is inconsistent, especially in longer sentences. For example, “It has a strong influence on people's lifestyle, and have considerable positive development” has a subject–verb agreement problem and an incomplete or unclear grammatical relationship. In “individual's are getting more inclined … so they are geting more aware,” the apostrophe and verb forms are incorrect, while “In north India their is” contains an incorrect there/their form. Articles, plurals, and sentence punctuation also need attention. Practise building accurate complex sentences, then proofread agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries.

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