Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that it is possible to tell a lot about a person’s culture and character from their choice of clothes.

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

It is believed by many that people's culture and character can be judged by their clothing. I completely disagree with this statement because with the growing urbanization everybody is changing their clothing style.

Although traditional clothes can help learn about someone's culture, with the globalization and modernization people nowadays have a large variety of clothing to choose from. In the earlier decades inappropriate way of clothing revealed the personality traits of some people like actors, dancers and others. However, none of this is implemented in today's world.

Firstly, it is an irrefutable fact that globalization has introduced western clothing to all over the world. People get influenced by the American culture and want to adopt comfortable attires rather than wearing heavy traditional clothes in their everyday life. For instance, India is a diverse country with people from different states and religous backgrounds, despite of living in different parts to India they pefer to wear "salwar suits", a comfortable clothing. Therefore, clothing choices do not represent people's culture or religion.

Subsequently, in this contemporary world everyone possess the freedom for making choice regarding their clothing despite being character assassinated by the public. It has become impossible to intrepret someone's character from clothes when everybody can wear similar clothes like jeans, shorts, tops, skirts and so on. To illustrate, while socializing with friends, individuals prefer to be in their comfortable zone, thus dress according to the place where they are going and celebrations.

In conclusion, undoubtedly some particular clothing can tell about some cultures. Whilst modern clothing does not allow people to know about neither culture nor character Nevertheless, I do not support the idea of judging people's background from their clothing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: you completely disagree that clothing reliably reveals culture and character. You address both aspects of the claim and give relevant examples, including the influence of Western clothing and people choosing outfits for comfort or social occasions. The qualification that traditional clothes can indicate culture adds some balance. However, the support is uneven: the India example is difficult to follow and does not clearly show why clothing cannot indicate culture, while the point about character is asserted more than explained. Develop each reason with a clearer link to the question and a specific example, and distinguish between clothing sometimes offering clues and being a reliable basis for judging someone.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and the main ideas generally progress from globalisation to personal choice. Paragraphs also have clear central topics. Some connections, however, are mechanical or unclear. “Firstly” and “Subsequently” announce points but do not always show how the reasoning develops, and “However, none of this is implemented in today’s world” has an unclear reference. The conclusion’s “Whilst” sentence is also awkwardly connected to the following sentence. Use linking expressions only where they clarify the relationship between ideas, and make references explicit. A more direct transition from the traditional-clothing qualification to your argument about modern choices would improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “traditional clothes,” “globalization,” “modernization,” “personality traits” and “comfortable attires.” These choices help communicate the main argument, and some less common expressions show an effort to vary your language. At times, however, word choice and collocation are inaccurate or unnatural: “learn about someone’s culture,” “introduced western clothing to all over the world,” and “character assassinated by the public” do not express the intended ideas naturally. There are also spelling errors such as “religous,” “pefer” and “intrepret.” Aim for precise, conventional collocations and proofread spelling; this will make your argument sound more fluent without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex forms, including concessive clauses (“Although traditional clothes can help…”) and a conditional structure (“when everybody can wear similar clothes”). Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. Examples include “with the growing urbanization everybody is changing,” where the article and punctuation need attention; “despite of living,” which uses an incorrect preposition pattern; and “everyone possess,” where the verb does not agree with its subject. The final sentence also needs clearer sentence boundaries and a complete construction: “Whilst modern clothing does not allow people to know about neither culture nor character Nevertheless…” Practise agreement, preposition patterns and punctuation, then check long sentences for complete, logically connected clauses.

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