Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-10

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)

A proverb goes,"Water is life". In my opinion, supply of water in every house should be charge free.

Water is an essential element of our body and home. An adult human body requires certain amount of water in regular basis. It is also natural component. Having it available for usage is a right of common residence. There is no point of buying this. Water is essential and regular usage commodity. Unfortunately it's not free. The suppy of water requires permission and people uses purification tools with their own purchase.On the otherhand, the sources it's received, it require mechanical infrastructure to reach ours end. This entire process is costly and individual entity has to buy it.

Although, water comes from different sources and reaches to home. It needs certain infrastucture to process. Here comes the crucial part, which is purification.The water we receive from environment is not clean. It has to be stored and filterd many times to remove the dirt. After all of these procedure, then it comes to common people's end. This entire process is costly. Still it's peoples right to have this natural element rather than purchasing it. Government should fully subsidise this entire process and make it sure it's availability to each and every single residence. This is the right of common people and basic right should not be purchased.

Overall, water availability should be free of cost and available for everyone's residence.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you believe household water should be free, and you explain that water is essential and that treatment and delivery involve costs. The discussion of purification and infrastructure is relevant, but the response does not fully develop the central question of who should pay or how free provision could be funded. The claim that water is a basic right is repeated rather than supported with a specific example or fuller reasoning, and the opposing concern about costs is mentioned without being weighed against your position. The response is also 14 words below the required minimum. Add a developed example and explain how government funding or subsidies could work to address these gaps.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, so the reader can identify its overall position and main topic. However, progression within the paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the first body paragraph moves from water’s importance to permission, purification tools and infrastructure without showing how each point supports the argument. Linking phrases such as “Although” and “After all of these procedure, then” are not always used to express the intended relationship, and the conclusion largely repeats the opening claim. Organise each paragraph around one clear reason, then explain and illustrate it. Use referencing and transitions more precisely so the connections between cost, access and government responsibility are easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “purification,” “mechanical infrastructure,” “subsidise” and “natural element,” which helps communicate the subject. However, the range is limited by repeated use of “water,” “essential,” “costly” and “right,” and several word choices or collocations are unnatural or unclear, such as “charge free,” “regular usage commodity” and “common people's end.” Spelling errors, including “suppy,” “infrastucture” and “filterd,” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise expressions for household access, treatment and public funding, and check spelling carefully. More varied, natural phrasing would make your argument clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including “Although, water comes from different sources and reaches to home” and “The water we receive from environment is not clean.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in articles, agreement, verb forms and sentence construction occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to read. For example, “An adult human body requires certain amount” needs an article, while “people uses” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. The sentence beginning “The sources it's received” is also structurally unclear. Practise building accurate sentences with subordinate clauses, and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb, correct agreement, and necessary articles before adding complexity.

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