Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-29

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 modern days, people often get influenced by international fashion trends and culture. Moreover, they often spend more than require on expensive clothes just to satisfy their scarcity. This is negative development because this trend cost them to spend on expensive clothes and due to this they often ignore local fashion.

Firstly, Many individuals buy unusual clothes just to follow global fashion trends. Due to this, people spend high budget on shopping, which sometimes disturb their purse. Moreover, these clothes often provide discomfort because of their unique designs. For instance, many people buy their clothed from brands such as Prada, Gucci, Armaani Exchange which designs revealing types of dresses. Women love to purchase these dresses. When they wear it on social gathering, they get stared by many individuals which leads them to feel insecure and anxious.

Secondly, many people often ignore local brands, just to follow global fashion trend. Due to this people miss chance to explore local fashion trends. Moreover, this leads significant drop of cultural dress. Thus, gradually local public forget about about the clothes which represents their own culture and tradition. As an epitome, back in time women used to wear saree in many occassion. But nowadays due to excessive exposure of global fashion trends leads people to buy and wear modern clothes.

However, by following global fashion trends, people can explore clothes and culture of many different nations. Moreover, global fashion trends gives them chance to wear variety of clothes.

To conclude, it can be said that influence of global fashion trends make people spend high amount on international clothes and local market also get affected by this. But it also gives chance people to browse ongoing trendy clothes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear negative view overall and support it with relevant concerns: spending on costly clothing, discomfort, and the decline of local fashion and cultural dress. The example of sarees helps connect the discussion to a specific cultural change. You also acknowledge a benefit—that global trends expose people to other cultures and a wider variety of clothes—so both parts of the question are addressed. However, the explanation of how global fashion became influential is largely missing; the essay mainly describes its effects rather than explaining the causes, such as social media, advertising, or international brands. Several claims, including that revealing designs make women feel insecure, are asserted rather than carefully explained. Develop the causes and support each main point more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two paragraphs presenting disadvantages, a paragraph acknowledging a benefit, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “To conclude” make the stages easy to identify. However, progression is somewhat mechanical, and repeated links such as “Moreover” and “Due to this” do not always show the precise relationship between ideas. Some connections are unclear—for example, the move from expensive clothing to discomfort, and then to feeling insecure at social gatherings. The final paragraph also introduces a positive point briefly without integrating it into the overall argument. Use clearer cause-and-effect links, develop each paragraph around one central point, and make references such as “this trend” more specific.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “local brands,” “cultural dress,” and “international clothes,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “revealing” and “excessive exposure.” However, the range is limited by repeated use of “fashion trends,” “clothes,” and “people,” while several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “satisfy their scarcity,” “spend high budget,” “disturb their purse,” and “drop of cultural dress.” Spelling and word-form slips such as “Armaani” and “clothed” also reduce precision. Aim for more natural collocations and vary repeated terms—for example, use “consumer spending,” “local designers,” or “traditional attire” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “because” and “which,” and the overall meaning can usually be followed. However, errors occur across sentence forms and often make the writing less clear. Examples include “this trend cost them,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “global fashion trends gives them,” which has the same agreement problem. In “As an epitome, back in time women used to wear saree,” article and plural forms are missing, while “leads people to buy” does not fit the sentence’s structure. Punctuation and capitalisation are also inconsistent, as in “Firstly, Many.” Practise accurate agreement, articles, and clause construction, then proofread each sentence for a complete, correctly linked structure.

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