Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-21

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)

The global fashion trends have affacts or influenced our life so much that now a days everyone wants to wear designing dresses not for the comfort but for showing the globle fashion trends influenced every one lives that now a days its brand and company have become most famous in todays world. Fashion have become one of the top in business sector. the most famous country for fashion is italy which have the world famous designer. And the main city of fashion is milan. the fashion sector have become very popular now a days

Every things have there pros and cons even the fashion have both negitive and positive impact on everyones lives. Some of the Positive And Negitive Impacts I have mention below.

PROS: The pros of todays global fashion is that everyone is looking good. For the fashion designing field it have become good impact that people buying and wear designer dresses and their profit increase and the fact that in the global fashion sector the employement rate have become more and more

Cons: The problems with global fashion trend is that they are expensive and some people can not afford that.Everyone will be judge by there appearence and if they wear expensive cloths they will be favoured. and there is alot who will not afford expensive things they will be treat not well in addition to the global fashion trends have great impact on lives.

global fashion trend should be followed by a person but in in a way that you forget your own culture and your modesity. i prefer to be have knowlege of fashion in the today world but should not forget what your culture teaches.

In The Conculsion i will say that Follow the fashion of todays world is realing important for us because as a Business students its important tohave good appearence.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both questions by mentioning fashion’s business growth and giving positive and negative effects, then stating that fashion should not replace cultural values. However, the explanation of how global fashion became influential is limited: Italy, Milan, brands and companies are named, but the role of social media, advertising, celebrities or international trade is not explained. Your position is also not fully consistent. You caution against losing culture, but conclude that following fashion is “really important,” mainly for business students’ appearance. The pros and cons are mostly asserted rather than supported with specific examples or developed reasoning. To strengthen the response, explain the causes of fashion’s reach and make your overall judgement clear, supporting it with a relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic overall structure: it introduces the topic, separates advantages from disadvantages, and ends with a personal view. Labels such as “PROS” and “Cons” help readers identify the sections. However, progression within and between paragraphs is weak, and the list-like presentation does not build a clear argument. The opening repeats the idea that fashion is popular, while the final paragraph introduces culture and personal appearance without clearly connecting these points to the earlier discussion. Linking phrases such as “in addition” are used where the relationship between ideas is unclear. Organise the essay around a clear sequence—causes, benefits and drawbacks, then your judgement—and use references and transitions to show how each point relates to the next.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “designer dresses,” “business sector,” “employment rate,” and “culture.” This gives you enough language to communicate the general subject. However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, especially “fashion,” “popular,” and “expensive.” Frequent spelling and word-choice errors, such as “affacts,” “globle,” “appearence,” and “favoured,” make the writing less clear and reduce precision. Some expressions are also unnatural, for example “everyone is looking good” and “the main city of fashion.” Build a wider set of accurate collocations for causes and effects, such as “influence consumer choices” or “increase employment,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify your main points. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently in basic sentence construction, agreement, articles and verb forms. For example, “Fashion have become” should use a singular verb, while “the most famous country for fashion is italy which have” contains agreement and clause-structure problems. Several sentences run together without clear punctuation, particularly in the opening and the section on disadvantages, making relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise writing complete sentences with one main idea, then add subordinate clauses accurately. Check subject–verb agreement, sentence boundaries and punctuation before submitting.

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