Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-14
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 5.0)
It is an undeniable fact that traditions and cultures help individuals to connect with their ancestors. However, few spectators deem that the person attires style assist to know about the people personality and their background. As far as I am concencered I am partially agree with this notion that I will explain in the upcoming paragraphs.
To commence with the disagreement points, the main reason is that nowadays most of families move to abroad for higher education and better life standard or job opportunities where they are under the influence of western culture and wearing a dresses on occasions and nobody able to comment from which background they are coming from untill unless they will communicate in their mother tongue. Besides this, in today's era everbody have different choices so it is very difficult to judge a person based on their clothing style. For example, people who belong to indian family but they born and brought up in canada and in school theyinteract with people who came from different countries but speaking the same language and wearing a same uniform nobody can say which cultures they followed.
On the paradoxial side, at some extent people can get an idea of the person personality and culture from their cloths. For instance, people who are from asian side they usually prefer to wear burkha because in their culture they beileved that women prefer to cover their body so that give a regardin
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response attempts to address the prompt by presenting a partial view, arguing both for and against the idea that clothes reflect character and culture. However, the text suffers from a major negative constraint issue: it falls short of the 250-word minimum, containing only 240 words and cutting off mid-sentence at the end ("so that give a regardin"). This incomplete conclusion severely limits the development of ideas and prevents full task achievement. While the position is stated in the introduction, the arguments regarding multiculturalism and traditional attire are underdeveloped due to the premature ending. Consequently, the score is capped at Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay displays some overall organization with transitional markers such as "To commence with" and "On the paradoxial side." Paragraphing is attempted, with distinct sections for the introduction, body paragraphs, and the intended conclusion. However, cohesion is frequently faulty or mechanical. For instance, referencing and conjunctions are misused in sentences like "As far as I am concencered I am partially agree with this notion that I will explain in the upcoming paragraphs." Furthermore, the lack of a proper conclusion due to the text cutting off disrupts the overall progression. Cohesive devices are sometimes inadequate or inaccurate.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited but minimally adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting words like "spectators" (used inaccurately for commentators/observers), "multiculturalism" (implied), and "paradoxial." There are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as "concencered" for concerned, "attires style" for attire style, "everbody," "indian," and "cloths" for clothes. These errors and awkward collocations cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher band. Less common lexical items are attempted but lack precision and stylistic appropriateness.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but attempts at complex structures are frequently faulty. Examples of grammatical errors include "person attires style assist", "wearing a dresses", "nobody able to comment", and "nobody can say which cultures they followed" without correct prepositions or subject-verb agreement. Punctuation and run-on structures are also problematic, such as long, unpunctuated sentences in the second body paragraph. Frequent errors in grammar and word forms cause difficulty for the reader, though the core meaning can usually be deciphered.
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