Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-19

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 4.5)

Nowdays,many peoples are attracted by the global fashion dressed and different kinds of trends. in addition, alot of aspect from people have a great influence toward global fashion. i firmly believe that its a positive development.

First and foremost, global fashion increase day by day and peoples are attracts too much because excessive use of mobile phone encourage to explore alternative fashion trends.moreover, there are the different streaming platforms for buy clothes through online shopping centres. in addition, advertisements are highly recommended only for more attracting peoples for instance, someone open the youtube and click any videos it maybe educational purpose,societal information etc afterward click this video and today become a trend you need to must watch the advertisement for shoes, clothes or fast food similarly, this is the main reason people are motivate to explore global fashion trend.

on the other side, a strong influence by social media it create a lots of negative impact on people lives. due to social media and other online platform have scam for some cloth buyers.customer needs and their expectation are different however the online clothes are more cheaper.

In conclusion, global fashion for dress peoples in future

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response4.0
Coherence and Cohesion4.0
Lexical Resource4.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy4.5
Overall4.5

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You state a clear opinion in the introduction—“i firmly believe that its a positive development”—and you attempt to explain how online platforms and advertising spread fashion. However, the response addresses the two questions only minimally: the influence of phones, shopping platforms and advertisements is mentioned, but the explanation is difficult to follow and lacks a specific, developed example. The discussion of whether this is positive or negative is also inconsistent: you call it positive, then describe scams and other negative impacts without explaining how these affect your overall view. The conclusion, “global fashion for dress peoples in future,” does not restate a clear answer. The response is also below the required 250 words. Develop both parts of the question and make your position consistent.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

You use paragraph breaks to separate an introduction, a main discussion and a conclusion, and linking expressions such as “First and foremost,” “moreover” and “In conclusion” show an attempt to guide the reader. However, ideas are not arranged coherently, and the progression is difficult to follow. The long example about opening YouTube moves from educational videos to advertisements and then to fashion without clearly connecting each step. The phrase “on the other side” introduces a negative point, but its relationship to your stated positive position is not explained. Several connectors are also used mechanically, while the final paragraph does not effectively conclude the argument. Organise each body paragraph around one clear point, explain it in sequence, and use referencing and transitions to show how the ideas relate.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “global fashion,” “trends,” “online shopping centres,” “advertisements” and “social media,” so the subject is generally identifiable. However, the range is basic and several word combinations or forms are inaccurate, which sometimes strains understanding: “global fashion dressed,” “excessive use of mobile phone,” and “a strong influence by social media” are not natural expressions. Spelling and word-form errors such as “Nowdays,” “peoples” and “alot” also reduce accuracy. Aim to learn common collocations for this topic and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would help you explain the mechanisms and consequences of global fashion rather than relying on repeated general terms such as “people” and “influence.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a sentence beginning “because” and one using “however,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and verb forms occur frequently, as in “global fashion increase” and “people are attracts”; articles, plurals and sentence construction are also problematic in “there are the different streaming platforms” and “due to social media and other online platform have scam.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships difficult to understand. Punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, particularly in the opening and the long YouTube example, where sentence boundaries are unclear. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with subordinate clauses. Check subject–verb agreement, articles and sentence boundaries during editing.

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