Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Some aspects of the way people dress today are influenced by global fashion trends.

Overall, people wear dress very modern and beautiful fashion trends which is famous for its desgin. It also colour are amazing and well decrocated on the dress. Nowadays modern fashion has change a strong influence on person's life.

Initially, in the past had not sense of wearing of fashionable dress when they goes outside with their family annd friends. Sometimes when they went to the relatives house they dre ss very and old design. In that time people are very simple and cultural and they maintain their traditional wearing on their wedding and also on their functions. After the time passes people are well educated and they changed their lifestyle by watching the british individuals. Definitely, time passes citizen get to alter their old fashion with the new one of style in their practical life. Gradually, global fashion take place in every house due to its new look and famous design decrocated with the diffreent colour and yams on the suit. Nowadays people trends to change the clothes when they saw the new style and new design of dress in the market. Their progress to buy this dress because they are beautiful with attracted design on it. Sometime i think it is a positive feedback for whose citizen who has the ability to buy this expensive dress which in the market. In term of it is a negative feedback when saw the new colour and design are present in the shop. They try to buy it although they don't have money to buy it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses both questions to some extent: it suggests that exposure to British people and changing lifestyles helped spread global fashion, and it recognises both benefits and drawbacks. However, the explanation of how fashion became influential remains general, and the reference to “watching the british individuals” is not explained or supported with a specific example. The positive view is also unclear: “positive feedback” is mentioned, but the benefit is not developed, while the concern about people buying clothes they cannot afford is more concrete. The opening repeats the prompt rather than establishing a clear position. To strengthen the response, state your overall view directly and explain each main point with a relevant example. The 13 words copied from the task prompt were not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is some organisation: the response begins with an introduction, moves into an account of changing clothing habits, and ends by contrasting people who can afford fashionable clothes with those who cannot. However, the progression is difficult to follow because several ideas are crowded into one long paragraph, and the sequence from past traditions to British influence and then shopping is not clearly signposted. Connectors such as “Initially,” “After the time passes,” and “Gradually” attempt to guide the reader, but some are awkward or do not clarify the relationship between ideas. The final contrast is also confusing because “positive feedback” and “negative feedback” do not clearly express the writer’s evaluation. Use separate paragraphs for causes and effects, and make each paragraph develop one central point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some topic-related vocabulary, including “global fashion trends,” “traditional,” “lifestyle,” “design,” and “colour,” so the reader can identify the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “positive feedback” and “negative feedback” are not suitable for describing whether a development is beneficial, and “famous for its design” does not clearly explain the appeal of fashion. Spelling errors such as “desgin,” “decrocated,” and “diffreent” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of expressions for influence, affordability, and consumer behaviour, and check spelling and natural word combinations when editing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a few longer structures, including “when they went to the relatives house” and “although they don't have money to buy it,” but most sentences rely on simple patterns, and complex attempts are often faulty. Errors in verb forms and agreement occur frequently, as in “modern fashion has change” and “global fashion take place”; the sentence “people trends to change” also has an agreement problem. Articles and sentence construction are inconsistent, for example “in the past had not sense” and “when they goes outside.” These errors can make the reader pause or infer the intended meaning. Practise forming complete clauses with a clear subject and correctly matched verb, then check tense consistency and punctuation in each sentence.

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