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?
Sample Response
First of all, I will consider how a person’s choice of clothing reveals his cultureclothes reveal s his culture. this is true in some ways, for example, in many countries people have a distinctive national style of wear and some particular clothes and fabrics are typical of certain areas. Thereforetherefore, clothes can sometimes reveal the ethnic origins and culture of a person, but as so many people nowadays dress in business suits or jeans and Tt-shirts worldwide, thisworldwide this is becoming less and less true.
Regarding characterAs the character is concerned, in some cases, we can tell whetherwe can tell in some places if the wearerwearer of clothes is a follower of fashion. Anotheranother aspect of a person's appearanceof the dress is whether the clothes look clean and ironed or unkempt and very casualgrubb y and very casual. This might indicatethis might tell us how concerned they are with looking smarthow much concerned they are about to be smart. Howeverhowever, the way someone dresses can also be misleading at times. there are some people whowhich wear clothes that seemseems very unusual and strange, but oftenstrange but often they are just following fashion and are not unusual or strange in personalitypeople in their personalities at all.
In conclusion, I would say that we can find out something about a person from their style of dress, butstyle of dress but only superficial traits, not their deeper characteronly the surface things, and not the deeper character.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response presents a clear, nuanced position and organises its discussion sensibly around culture and character. However, it is under length, so its relevant points remain briefly explained, while frequent agreement, relative-clause, capitalization, and word-form errors reduce control; prioritise adding a developed example for each main idea and proofreading sentence boundaries and subject-verb agreement.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response addresses both culture and character with a clear qualified position, but its under-length discussion provides limited development and support.
Reach the required length by explaining each main claim through a specific example and its significance before moving to the next idea.
Coherence and Cohesion
The culture and character points are arranged in a sensible progression, though some referencing and connective phrasing are mechanical or unclear.
Build each paragraph around one explicit topic sentence and use pronouns and linking expressions with clearly identifiable references.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is adequate for the topic and includes some less common items, but word-form errors and awkward collocations occur repeatedly.
Replace unnatural phrases such as "national style of wear" and "surface things" with precise, idiomatic expressions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Simple and complex structures are attempted, but frequent capitalization, agreement, relative-pronoun, and sentence-construction errors weaken accuracy.
Proofread every sentence for capitalization and subject-verb agreement, especially after singular noun phrases and relative pronouns.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
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?
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