Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-22
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 5.5)
Some intellectuals believe that a person's clothes can reveal a great deal about their culture and character. My advocacy is that it is not possible to someone's character accurately based only on their appearance.
Which will be elaborated in the essay citing relevant examples.
Out of all arguments of person's appearance, the strongest one to prove my view is that clothes do not always serve as refection of an individual's culture and character because people are obliged to follow their tradition even if they do not like them. In other words, they required to wear traditional outfits despite their preferences on many occasions, regardless of whether they like them or not. Furthermore, people often choose what to wear according to their profession, job, business and other factors. This is to say, that people more likely to wear a cloth according to their preference and requirement. For example, employee may have to wear formal clothes at work even if they prefer casual clothing.
In Additional, one of the important rationale is fashion id growing in popularity due to which significant number pf people dress according to that. This is to say, that people follow the social media trend related to clothes. Moreover, some people who regularly choose bright and unusual clothes may be expressing creativity or a desire to stand out. Beside this person who have fashion influencers more likely to wear variety of clothes according to their creativity and skills. For instance, many social media influencers wearing a fusion clothes and increase their popularity in this field.
To conclude, my advocacy is supported by the fact that sometimes it compulsory to wear traditional attire as they need to follow the rules and some people wear a cloth according to their workplace and increasing fashion trend are also responsible for current dressing sense and some are fashion vloggers wear unique clothes for standout among many people.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response addresses the prompt by taking a clear position that it is not possible to accurately determine a person's character and culture solely from their clothing. Main ideas are presented, such as the constraints of professional dress codes and traditional expectations, as well as the influence of social media trends and fashion. However, some arguments lack full development and contain minor logical leaps or over-generalizations. For instance, the transition from traditional clothing to professional requirements and then to fashion influencers feels slightly disjointed within the body paragraphs. Nevertheless, all parts of the task are addressed with relevant supporting points, earning a solid Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with clear paragraphing separating the introduction, two body paragraphs, and the conclusion. However, cohesive devices are sometimes faulty, mechanical, or awkwardly phrased, such as starting paragraphs with 'Out of all arguments of person's appearance...' or 'In Additional, one of the important rationale is...'. Referencing and logical progression between sentences occasionally falter, creating a slightly bumpy reading experience. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct themes, placing the cohesion firmly at a Band 6.0 level.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common lexical items such as 'intellectuals', 'advocacy', 'fusion clothes', and 'fashion vloggers'. However, there are noticeable word-choice, morphological, and collocation errors throughout the text, including 'not possible to someone's character', 'fashion id growing', 'pf people', 'a cloth', and 'sometimes it compulsory'. These errors occasionally cause mild strain for the reader, although they do not completely impede communication. These characteristics align well with the Band 5.5 descriptors.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is inconsistent. Frequent grammatical errors occur, such as missing verbs ('Which will be elaborated', 'they required to wear'), preposition errors ('according to their profession...'), and plural/singular agreement issues ('employee may have', 'person who have'). Punctuation and sentence boundary issues are also present, such as sentence fragments and run-on structures. While communication is generally maintained, the density and frequency of errors prevent the grammar score from rising above Band 5.0.
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