Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-24

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)

Many perspectives of the way individuals dress now are attracted by global fashion trends.I agree with both aspects and I am going to provide the information in the following paragraphs.

In this contemporary era, majority of the word population is attached with the social media which helps them to learn as well as to convey thier messages.It is also one of the biggest medium for advertising varities of fashion which are in trending in the world.For instance, if any person has to go on particular event, he/she try to discover a trending dress which he/she will wear to gain attraction and to look elegant in the audience.I have also experienced this like last week I went to a bithday party of my friend I was a little bit confused that what should I wear and I started searching from instagram and suddenly I have noticed that one of the dress was in trending so I decided to wear it than i have just ordered it from the page link which also provided with it.Consequently,its a positive development which facilitate most of the people's way of dressing.

On the other side, there are some human beings which are extremists in the matter of dressing and following the inapropriate ways of dressing which does not have the positive impact on the society

especially on the children because they are in their learning phase they will implent those pratices in thier lives which are common in the society either the dressing sense or any other one.Because in the growing age ther aren,t mature enough to decide what is good and what is bad.For instance last month I have seen that a young teenaged girl was wearing very inapropriate dress to look cool but she doesn't knew the consequences of that.

To conclude, these global fashion treands have both positive nad neg

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions by explaining social media’s role in spreading fashion and by presenting positive and negative effects. The Instagram example gives a relevant personal illustration of how trends can influence clothing choices. However, the position is not consistently clear: “I agree with both aspects” does not specify what you mean, and the conclusion is cut off after “both positive nad neg,” so your final judgement is missing. The negative point about young people copying inappropriate clothing is also asserted rather than fully explained, and the response says little about why global trends have become influential beyond social media advertising. Develop that explanation and state a clear, balanced view that is supported throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable introduction, two body paragraphs and a concluding opening, and the paragraphs broadly separate the influence of social media from a possible drawback. Connectors such as “For instance,” “Consequently” and “On the other side” show an effort to guide the reader. However, progression is uneven: the first body paragraph moves from advertising to a long personal anecdote and then to a positive judgement, while the second shifts quickly to children without clearly linking the point to global fashion’s influence. Some linking phrases are awkward or inaccurate, and the conclusion is unfinished. Use shorter, clearly focused paragraphs, make each example support one main point, and complete the conclusion with a direct answer to both questions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt topic-related vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “social media,” “advertising” and “consequences,” and some phrases communicate the general subject clearly. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “perspectives … are attracted by” does not express that clothing choices are influenced, and “attached with the social media” is not a natural collocation. There are also noticeable spelling errors, such as “thier,” “varities,” “inapropriate” and “treands.” Build a more reliable range of phrases for influence and clothing, and check spelling and word forms carefully. The suggestions below offer more precise alternatives.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a conditional-style example beginning “if any person has to go,” and you use clauses to explain effects on children. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure, agreement, tense, articles and punctuation frequently make the reader work to understand the message. For example, “majority of the word population is attached” has problems with the article and agreement, while “a young teenaged girl … but she doesn't knew” combines incompatible verb forms. Several sentences run together without appropriate punctuation, particularly the long account of ordering a dress. Practise accurate sentence boundaries and basic verb patterns first, then build longer sentences with conjunctions and relative clauses.

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