Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-23

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)

It is often asserted that outrwear apprence can be a window to know to person's culture and character. I partially agrree with this view as I believe you can judge perosn's culture from their clothes. However, it is very hard to judge personal chracteristics from their style of clothes. This essay will elaborate more on my point in the following paragraphs.

To start with, people always love the clothes which they used to were from their childhood which can help other people to know their roots. people usually adopot their culture because of their families and prefere to pass in their next generation. For example, women with saree always belongs from the India. Anyone can easily guess this as saree is the culture in India. Moreover, every community have their own rules to follow. Some of them always add visual ornaments or specific style of colthes to show their culture. They feel proud while wearing them in their daily life.Such as, turbun in Punjabi culture. They feel very proud to represet their culture.

On the other hand, it is big mistake to judge anyone about their character from their dresses. It can not give excet blueprint or charater certificate about the people. Every person is different and you never get right assumption about them without communicating. For example, people from the different contries prefer to wear their own clothes that dosen't mean that they have any specific charactaristics. Proponents needs to talk and spend some time to know more about them.

To conculde, although many people carry their culture in their clothes and it can be very easily guess, I believe it is very difficult to know about their personal charactaristics without any communication. However, people still judge eachother based on their physical apprence. It is very negative practice for the future generations.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by presenting a clear position on both aspects: agreeing that clothing reflects culture while disagreeing that it reveals character. The ideas are supported with relevant examples, such as Indian women wearing a saree and Punjabi culture featuring turbans. However, the development of ideas tends to be slightly repetitive and brief, particularly in the discussion regarding character. The position is maintained throughout the essay, but some arguments are under-developed rather than fully extended. Overall, the task is adequately fulfilled, corresponding to a Band 6.0 descriptor profile.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay is divided into four distinct paragraphs with a clear overall structure, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Logical organisation is visible, and the writer uses cohesive devices such as 'To start with', 'Moreover', and 'On the other hand'. However, referencing and cohesion are sometimes faulty or mechanical, as seen in phrases like 'pass in their next generation' and abrupt transitions between sentences. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate distinct ideas, but the progression within the second body paragraph could be smoother. This places the performance firmly at Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'proponents', 'ornaments', and 'blueprint'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'outrwear apprence' (outerwear appearance), 'agrree' (agree), 'perosn's' (person's), 'chracter' (character), 'adopot' (adopt), 'prefere' (prefer), 'turbun' (turban), 'repeset' (represent), 'excet' (exact), 'contries' (countries), 'dosen't' (doesn't), 'charactaristics' (characteristics), and 'conculde' (conclude). Although these errors are frequent, meaning is generally clear, which aligns with the Band 5.0 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'It is often asserted that...' and 'although many people carry their culture in their clothes...'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in verb forms, articles, prepositions, and sentence construction. Examples include 'which they used to were from their childhood', 'women with saree always belongs from the India', 'every community have', and 'it is big mistake'. These errors are noticeable and occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the Band 5.0 criteria.

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