Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Access to clean water is a basic human right. Therefore every home should have a water supply that is provided free of charge.

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)

Accessibility of the clean water is the basic human right and access to it without even paying is the right of humans and i completly agreed with the statement.

Water is the necessary thing specially for the living things and we have to drink water on the daily basis for survive and each peson have rights to consume or use it. Water is the common thing which is used at anything such as cooking, drinking, cleaning and for other different activities to perform. Drinking clean water is good for the health of humans and supplying clean water tom plants is good to the plants well so, drinking the healthy water load to the healthy body as well as environment so it's good to use the water without even paying for it.

Aditionally, Paying for the water is normal for the many peoples but when it's comes to the person who'se can't afford the clean water and it leam them to drink the water form river and pond which is risky and cause the water infested disease such as diarrhea and vomiting. Although, if the government supply the clean water for free every person able to drink it and the risk of causing water borne diseases may reduce. Furthermore, It's the responsibility of the government to supply the water which is basic human need so they have to provide or supply it for the public without even paying for the water.

In conclusion, drinking the clean water for free is the basic human right and it have to be same for each and every single person and supplying the basic need such as water for the peoples is the kind of responsibility of the government and they have to do it at any cost.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the opening: you completely agree that clean water should be provided without charge. You give relevant reasons, including water’s importance for daily needs and the health risks faced by people who cannot afford safe supplies, and you explain that government should ensure access. These points address the question, but they are not all developed equally. The discussion of water’s uses is broad, while the claim that free provision would reduce water-borne illness would be stronger with a specific example or explanation of how access would be ensured. The conclusion restates your view but adds little. To develop the response further, explain how free household supply could be funded or managed, and support key claims with a concrete example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The ideas generally move from water’s importance to affordability and the government’s role. You also use linking expressions such as “Additionally,” “Although,” and “Furthermore.” However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the second paragraph shifts from human health to plants and the environment without explaining the connection, and the third combines affordability, disease prevention and government responsibility in one long sequence. Some connectors are not used accurately, particularly “Although,” which does not introduce a clear contrast. Organise each body paragraph around one main reason, then explain and illustrate it; use referencing and transitions to show the relationship between ideas rather than simply adding another point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “basic human right,” “clean water,” “government,” and “water-borne diseases.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “afford” and “responsibility.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear. For example, “water is the common thing” and “load to the healthy body” do not express your intended ideas naturally; “water” and “supply” are also repeated frequently. Spelling errors such as “completly,” “Aditionally,” and “peson” further affect accuracy. Build a bank of natural topic collocations and check spelling and word forms during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a conditional structure in “if the government supply the clean water for free every person able to drink it.” This shows an effort to express cause and effect, but control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and verb forms occur in examples such as “it have to be same” and “if the government supply”; articles and sentence construction are also problematic in “Accessibility of the clean water is the basic human right.” Several sentences run together, with punctuation that does not clearly separate clauses, making some relationships harder to follow. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles and complete conditional patterns, then divide long sentences into clearer units. More reliable control of these forms would make your argument easier to read.

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