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)

Water is a necessity for every house hold and it is important that everyone should have access to it. Clean water is a basic human right and i completely agree with it and the use of water should be unlimited to every household even if it's rural or urban areas water is a basic need for survival.

I believe that the access to water should be unlimited but it should be used for multiple purposes and not for wasting. To some extent i think the water should be limited because some people just keep the tap open for a long time and get busy in other activities and then they forget that they kept the tap open. We need to save water especially when we have less resources.

As we all know that clean water is our basic need we need to make sure we build dams to store more water for future use. Whenever we use water we should close the tap when we dont need it anymore. We should use water for the basic needs. People living in villages donot have limited access to water but still whenever they get the water they use it properly.

People living in urban areas have access to clean water but people in rural areas have to go through worst conditions. I think there should be proper drainage system built in villages so every household should have access to clean water. The supply of water should be unlimited as water is a basic human need and no one can survive without it. The supply of water should be free of cost as mostly people who belong to poor class who can't afford can also get clean water and easy access to clean water.

Last but not the least the supply of water should be free of charge and everyone should get unlimited access to clean water and it is also an act of humanity to provide water services to the people who can't afford to buy clean water but in general the supply of water should be provided free of cost. Clean water is also good for health.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you agree that clean water should be available to every household free of charge, and you connect this to survival and affordability for poorer people. You also address unequal access in rural areas and suggest improving infrastructure. However, the response only partly develops the central issue of whether the supply should be free. Much of the discussion shifts to unlimited use, saving water, and closing taps, without explaining how free provision could be balanced with conservation or the costs of supplying it. The claim that access should be “unlimited” also needs qualification. Develop two or three reasons in more depth and support them with specific examples or explanation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph, so the reader can identify its broad structure. Ideas about conservation and rural access are grouped to some extent. However, progression is limited because the same points recur: free supply and universal access are repeated in the opening, later paragraphs, and conclusion. Linking phrases such as “As we all know” and “Last but not the least” feel formulaic, and the relationship between unlimited access and the need to limit use is not clearly signposted. Some sentences also combine several points without a clear sequence. Give each paragraph one main purpose, use references and transitions more precisely, and make the conclusion summarise rather than repeat the argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “basic human right,” “rural areas,” “drainage system,” and “free of charge.” These terms show awareness of the subject, and the meaning is generally understandable. However, the range is limited by repeated use of “water,” “access,” “basic need,” and “free,” while some expressions are imprecise or unnatural, such as “worst conditions,” “poor class,” and “unlimited access.” There are also spelling and form issues, including “house hold,” “donot,” and “i,” which reduce accuracy. Build a more varied set of precise terms for supply, affordability, infrastructure, and conservation, and check spelling and standard written forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate your main position using mostly straightforward sentence patterns, and you attempt to connect ideas with clauses such as “because some people just keep the tap open” and “as water is a basic human need.” However, sentence structures are often repetitive, and several long sentences join multiple ideas without effective punctuation. For example, the opening combines agreement, unlimited use, rural and urban access, and survival in one sentence. There are also errors in capitalization and sentence boundaries, such as lowercase “i,” and missing apostrophes in “dont” and “it's” where standard forms are needed. Practise separating related points into controlled sentences and using a wider range of accurate complex structures.

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