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)

Nowadays there has been noticable trend that people believe that fascility of clean water is a basic humen right for this Goverenment should provide water in every home without any type of charges. In my opinion this believe represent a largely positive devolopment because clean water is a basic humen need while dirty water can cause so many health issues as well as paying bill for water is totaly unfair.

Water is important part of every persons life dirty water can cause so many heath issuess for example dirty water can be harmfull for gut health even overall health samonela normally produced easily in dirty water and it can cause typhoid stomach problem and uncleaned water is not good for skin it can cause skin irritating.

in this busy and expensive years paying all bills already big issue for normal income Earning person and addition of water bill is a big problem it can lead to physiological issue. For example if some one think about buying cleen water every day for drinking and for other necessary jobs can be very disturbing and he may drink dirty water.

Government should arrange good systems to free access to cleen water which is basic human need it would effect positively for everyones health and also less burden for health system and also without taking any stress of water bill also beneficial for overall system.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a clear position in favour of free household water and give relevant reasons: clean water protects health, while bills can burden people on low incomes. The examples of illness and the difficulty of buying drinking water help connect your argument to the question. However, the ideas are only partly developed: the health risks are listed rather than explained in detail, and the financial point is repeated without much supporting evidence. The response also does not meet the stated 250-word minimum, which limits the opportunity to develop your reasons. To strengthen the response, explain how free provision would work and support each main reason with a specific example or consequence.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic overall structure: an introduction states your view, the middle develops health and cost arguments, and the final paragraph recommends government action. This makes the main line of reasoning understandable. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and several ideas run together without clear sentence boundaries—for example, the discussion of dirty water moves from gut health to typhoid and skin effects in one long sequence. Linking is also repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “also” and “for example,” while the final paragraph largely restates earlier points. Use clearer topic sentences, divide related points into separate sentences, and vary linking expressions so each paragraph advances the argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the central ideas, with relevant terms such as “basic human right,” “health issues,” “income,” and “health system.” However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, including “clean water,” “dirty water,” and “problem.” Frequent spelling errors—such as “noticable,” “Goverenment,” “humen,” and “devolopment”—make the writing less fluent and can distract the reader. Some choices are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “physiological issue” for the stress caused by bills and “produced easily” when describing bacteria. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning natural collocations for public services, health risks, and household costs.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas using clauses and examples, but the response relies mainly on simple structures, and longer sentences are often difficult to follow. For instance, “Water is important part of every persons life dirty water can cause…” joins separate ideas without appropriate punctuation. There are frequent errors with articles, agreement, and sentence construction, as in “Water is important part” and “this believe represent.” The final paragraph also contains a long sentence with several linked claims, making the relationships between them unclear. Practise writing complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, then combine ideas using accurate conjunctions and punctuation. Check articles and singular/plural agreement during revision.

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