Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

It is obvious that having access to clean and safe water is a basic human right. So, it is often argued that each and every home should have supply of water that does not cost any money. I firmly disagree with this view because access to water that costs no money make people careless about the water usage and it also forces unemployment.

The first reason why I hold this view is because if supply of water became free for every houses, people will be careless about the water usages and they will end up using the water more than that is required. Since water is limited, this can possibly lead to global water issues. For instance, when a person have to pay for water they would be careful about using it in limit but if the water is free of cost they will be reckless and might sometimes forget to close the tap or might use it more than that is necessary. So human's careless nature is one of the reason why water should not be provided free of charge.

Secondly, there are many companies that supplies water in exchange for money and there are many employees that work in the same company. If the supply of water became free for every houses then the company would be forced to shut down leaving many employees to be jobless. For example, if many water providing company were to shut down suddenly, many employees would be unemployed at once which will create economic problems all over the country. Thus, to avoid economic and other related problems, the supply of water shouldn't be made free of charge.

In conclusion, though access to clean water is a basic and fundamental human right, making the supply of water with no cost have significant negative consequences than positive consequences. So, water should not be supplied free of charge

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: you disagree with free household water, and the conclusion restates this view. You give two relevant reasons—possible waste and effects on water-company employment—and support them with examples, so the response addresses the question. However, the ideas are not equally convincing or fully developed. The claim that free household water would force companies to shut down assumes that providers could not be funded or regulated in another way; explain this link or qualify the claim. The water-waste argument is more directly relevant, but could distinguish essential access from unlimited use. Developing these points with more precise reasoning would make the argument more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate reasons, and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “The first reason,” “Secondly,” and “In conclusion” make the progression easy to follow, and examples are placed alongside the points they support. This meets the lower-band expectations securely and shows some features of stronger organisation. However, links between claims sometimes feel mechanical, and repeated references to water being free or companies shutting down limit the flow. The second paragraph would benefit from a clearer explanation of how free access would affect providers and employment. Use pronouns or concise paraphrases where the reference remains clear, and make the relationship between each claim and its consequence more explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your position, including “basic human right,” “limited,” “reckless,” and “economic problems.” Some phrases show an attempt to express more specific ideas, such as “global water issues.” However, the range is limited by repeated wording around “free,” “water,” and “company,” and several combinations are unnatural or imprecise, including “water usages,” “using it in limit,” and “water providing company.” These choices do not prevent understanding, but they reduce precision and naturalness. Build a wider set of accurate collocations for water access, consumption, and employment, and check whether each word fits the intended meaning before repeating it.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if supply of water became free” and clauses beginning with “Since” and “though.” The overall meaning is generally clear, but some errors in agreement, articles, plurals, and verb forms remain. For example, “access to water that costs no money make people” needs a singular verb, while “every houses” should use a singular noun after “every.” In “if a person have to pay,” the verb form also needs correction. The conclusion’s “making the supply … have” shows a similar agreement problem. Review subject–verb agreement and article use, then proofread longer sentences to ensure the clauses remain grammatically controlled.

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