Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-07

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)

I totally agreed with this because Water is fundamental for our life and public health. Charging for it is a heavy burden of low income family and violates basic human rights.

Clean water is essential for people. Clean water prevents waterborne diseases like cholera or typhoid. It's a government responsibilty to give clean water to public. But if governemnt give free clean water to people, it may lead to severe resource depletion and financial inefficiency. When a vital commodity is completely free and easily accessable to every house, consumers often lose the incentive to conserve it, resulting wastage of water as people leaving taps running or using clean water for other unimportant purposes the washing clothes, cars, or lawn. There is also one concern in this aspect, that if a government gave free clean water to public houses, they may waste clean water. In this way, government suffers more. They have to provide purifying, filtering and piping to every house that provides alot of management and funds.

To address both concerns, a solution of this problem is that government should plants filered water points to every area especially where people faces the water issues that causes health problems. That water filter should only use for drinking purpose and in this way, people will not wasting clean water. That should free from government.

in conclusion, while clean watee is undeniably a basic human right, providing umlimited supply free of charge to every house could be financially unsustainable. A balanced system that grant a free access to people for drinking purpose only and people have to walk and get clean water.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear overall view that clean water should be free, while recognising that an unlimited household supply could encourage waste and strain public finances. The discussion of disease prevention and the cost of treatment and piping is relevant, and the proposed free drinking-water points offers a practical response. However, this solution shifts away from the question of whether every home should receive a free supply: requiring people to walk to collection points does not fully support your opening position. The argument also repeats the concern about waste without developing the opposing case in much detail. To strengthen the response, state precisely what “free access” means and explain how your proposal would protect household access while encouraging conservation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an opening position, discussion of benefits and drawbacks, a proposed solution, and a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “But,” “To address both concerns,” and “in conclusion” help signal these stages. However, progression within the main paragraph is uneven: the point about waste is made twice, and the shift from household supply to public water points is not clearly bridged. Some references, including “this aspect” and “That water filter,” make it harder to identify exactly what is being discussed. Organise the body into distinct paragraphs for the human-rights case, the risks of unrestricted free supply, and your proposed policy. Use clearer references and avoid repeating the same point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “waterborne diseases,” “resource depletion,” “financial inefficiency,” and “purifying, filtering and piping,” which helps communicate the central issues. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “basic human right” and “financially unsustainable.” However, the range is uneven and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors reduce precision: “heavy burden of low income family,” “easily accessable,” “plants filered water points,” and “unlimited” misspelled as “umlimited.” Repetition of “clean water” and “free” also limits flexibility. Build accuracy by checking spelling and choosing natural combinations, such as “place a financial burden on low-income families” and “install water filtration points.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “if … completely free … consumers often lose the incentive to conserve it” and a relative clause in “purposes the washing clothes, cars, or lawn.” These attempts show some range, but control is inconsistent, and frequent errors sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Examples include “I totally agreed” for a present position, “It's a government responsibilty to give clean water,” and “people will not wasting clean water.” Agreement and verb forms are also problematic in “government should plants” and “people faces.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation need attention, particularly the long sentence beginning “When a vital commodity…” Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and verb patterns, then proofread each sentence.

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