Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

Water plays a significant role in human life for survival and having a source of clean drinking water in their homes became essential human right. some people argue that water supply have to be free of cost in homes and i strongly agree to this because it is something everyone need and without this survival is not possible.

The primary reason behind why i agree to this statement that yes it should be free is that, In today's era everything is become an item that can be taken only on exchange of money and many people are not able to affort it. For example, India is considered as highest populated country where many million people lives in which majority of people are consided as poor class people who are not having a fixed source of income so if water become chargeable they are not able to affort or they start consuming less water which converted into a problem as many health problems and disease.

It is also helpful in creating advantages for country and individual life by improving economical growth by reducing the financial burden from individuals hands that made them capable for their daily requirements for instance, if a person is able to use water free of cost they can use their money in other works such as food and electricity charges and education which improve their standerd of living and people can use it in improving infrastructure that will directly increase the economy of their country.

In conclusion, making water free for every one will create equality among people which will help in every aspect of life by surving better opportunity and provide them the chance of using it in different works.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction: you strongly agree that household water should be free, and the conclusion returns to equality and improved opportunities. You give relevant reasons, including affordability for poorer households and the possibility of using saved money for food, electricity and education. These points address the question, and the India example helps illustrate the affordability argument. However, the economic-growth point is less fully explained, and the response does not consider what “free” provision would mean in practice, such as how water services would be funded. To strengthen the argument further, develop each reason with a clearer explanation or specific example, and connect the benefits more directly to the claim that every home should receive water free of charge.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting reasons, and a conclusion. The ideas generally progress from access and affordability to wider economic benefits, and phrases such as “For example,” “It is also,” and “In conclusion” help signal the stages of the argument. However, some links are mechanical, and the long sentences in the body paragraphs make relationships between claims harder to follow. For instance, the India example moves from population to poverty, then to reduced water use and disease without clearly separating each step. Use shorter sentences and clearer referencing, and make the connection between each example and its main point explicit. This would make the progression smoother and cohesion less dependent on formulaic transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “clean drinking water,” “financial burden,” “daily requirements,” and “standard of living.” There are also attempts at more formal expressions, such as “economical growth” and “infrastructure.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “free of cost,” “affort,” “poor class people,” and “surving better opportunity.” Spelling errors such as “standerd” and “consided” also reduce accuracy. These issues do not prevent the reader from understanding your position, but they limit precision and naturalness. Build a reliable set of collocations for this topic and check spelling and word forms carefully; for example, use “afford,” “low-income households,” and “economic growth.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “if water become chargeable they are not able to affort” and a relative clause in “where many million people lives.” This shows some range, but control is inconsistent, and errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence boundaries occur across the response. Examples include “water supply have to be,” “everything is become,” and “many million people lives.” The opening also joins several ideas into a long sentence, while capitalization after full stops is inconsistent. These errors sometimes make the reader pause to interpret the meaning. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and verb forms, and divide long sentences into shorter units while retaining a few well-controlled complex structures.

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