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)

One of the most common human right is having free drinkable water in our houses. I agree with that because it's not consider as luxury and the developpment of thechnology we can drink the occan water after the neccesairy traitemants.

First of all,we can agree that water is the secret of life and it's not a luxury it a basic demand that human, animals and plants need and should be free for everyone for exemple in tunisia we have topay for the water in our houses and it's not cheap wich lead to a lot of chaos in the country.people defend their selves and demand the goverment to make the water free or maybe less expensive.

secondly, water have a lot of sources like rain and underground water. with technology we can now drink the seas and occan water so its not consider as a dissapearing ressourses like oil. so it can be free.for example we can see the that this experience is succseuful when we see the UAE wich is a dessert country surviving with sea water.

in conclusion having water for free in our homes is a basic right. we can see that water has renewable sources and it's not a consider as a life expenses.so its a basic right for human being

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you agree that household water should be free, and both body paragraphs give relevant reasons. You explain that water is essential for people, animals and plants, and argue that desalination makes supply possible in water-scarce places, using Tunisia and the UAE as examples. However, the response addresses the issue only partially because the reasons are asserted more than developed. For instance, the claim that water should be free because it is essential does not explain how the cost of providing and maintaining a supply would be met. The UAE example also needs a clearer link to free household water. The response is 35 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to develop these points. Add explanation and a specific example to support each main reason.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs signalled by “First of all” and “secondly,” and a conclusion. This makes the overall line of argument easy to identify. Some connections, however, are mechanical or unclear. The first body paragraph moves from water as essential to the cost of water in Tunisia and then to public protests without fully explaining the links. In the second, “so it can be free” does not clearly follow from the fact that water has several sources. Referencing is also occasionally confusing, as in “this experience” when the UAE example is introduced. Use clearer transitions that show cause and effect, and organise each paragraph around one reason followed by its explanation and example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “basic human right,” “underground water,” “renewable sources” and “sea water,” so the reader can follow the subject and your main position. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or spellings make the writing less clear, such as “drinkable water,” “traitemants,” “dessert country” and “dissapearing ressourses.” Some phrases are also unnatural, including “drink the seas and occan water” and “water is the secret of life.” Aim for more precise collocations and check spelling carefully. For example, “desalinate seawater” is clearer than “drink the seas,” while “water is essential for life” expresses your point in a more appropriate academic style.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a relative clause in “a basic demand that human, animals and plants need” and a cause-and-effect construction with “which lead to a lot of chaos.” However, the range remains limited, and errors in agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to read. Examples include “One of the most common human right is,” “water have,” and “it's not consider as luxury.” Several sentences also run together after commas, such as the opening of the first body paragraph. Practise checking subject–verb agreement and verb forms, and use full stops to separate complete ideas. Building accurate complex sentences will help you express the links between your reasons more clearly.

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