Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-09

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)

Nowdays in many countries its very hard to have access to the free water supply. But every human have rights to use clean water. As the results providing clean water free of cost is essintial for every human being. However i completly agree that clean water should not be paid it should be provided free of cost.

Firstly, every human have basic rights to have access to the hygienic water. Using hygienic for their everyday households needs is very essintial. Consequently, drinking clean water or making dishes using clean water is very beneficial for human to be healthy. If they did'nt use hygienic water they can get sick. For instance a poor family who cant afford clean water they will defiently use unhygienic water for their regular needs as the result they can get sick and hard to be healthy, while using unhygienic water. Therefore government should provide free water resources to maintain the people healthy.

Secondly, Nowadays clean water is very costly. However, if this facility provide by government so, the households expenditure will be decline for poor people. If poor people put that money on their educations or invest it on some bussnies which they are paying for basic human rights. Therefore, they can be financially steable. For example a poor family which are strugglying to manage their other expenditure however, they start getting paid for basic human rights, so they will be face more fainancal deficulties. As a result, maintaing peoples regular expenditure they should be free

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you completely agree that clean water should be free, and you give two relevant reasons—protecting health and reducing financial pressure on poor households. The examples of a family using unsafe water and a household redirecting money to education or business help connect your points to real consequences. However, the discussion is only partly developed. The second reason becomes difficult to follow near the end, and the example appears to contradict your point by saying families would face greater financial difficulties when receiving free water. You also do not consider how a free supply could be funded or managed. Explain the implications of your examples more clearly and develop each reason with consistent support.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs, and linking expressions such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” “For instance,” and “Therefore.” This gives the reader a basic route through your argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several connectors are used mechanically or do not express the intended relationship. For example, “As the result” introduces consequences repeatedly, while the final example in the second body paragraph is hard to connect to the claim that free water would reduce expenses. The response also ends abruptly, without a clear concluding statement. Organise each paragraph around one claim, explain the example directly, and finish by restating your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “basic human rights,” “clean water,” “households expenditure,” and “financially stable,” so the main subject is clear. There are also attempts to use more specific terms such as “hygienic water” and “unhygienic water.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation errors make parts of the response difficult to read, including “essintial,” “defiently,” “bussnies,” and “fainancal.” “Hygienic water” is also less natural here than “safe drinking water,” and “everyday households needs” is awkward. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning common topic collocations, rather than repeating “free,” “poor people,” and “clean water.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some complex sentences using “if,” “while,” and “as a result,” and the reader can generally identify your main argument. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence boundaries. Examples include “every human have,” “if this facility provide,” and “the households expenditure will be decline.” The sentence beginning “For example a poor family…” also shifts between singular and plural forms and does not form a clear grammatical sequence. Punctuation is inconsistent, particularly around introductory phrases and clauses. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with subordinate clauses, checking that subjects and verbs agree and that each sentence expresses a complete idea.

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