Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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, access to clean water is a basic human need. Some people believe that every home should receive a free water supply. I completely agree with this statement because water is important for human beings. However, water is necessary for human health and everyone can afford it.

Having a free water supply in every home is very important. Firstly, every person need water to stay healthy and hydrated. For example, kids and older people need clean water, if they have no clean water, so they suffering from many diseases. Moreover, water is necessary for cooking, washing dishes and cleaning. However, many people do not afford water bills. For instance, many individuals in Pakistan belong to poor families and they can not afford clean water, so I think governments should provide every house free water supply to ensure every person drink clean water because having a water supply in home would be great help for him.

Secondly, having free water supply reduces poverty and improves quality of life. For example, if people have free water supply they save their money and spend money on useful things such as education, utility bills and hospitals. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of governments to make sure that every citizen has access to free water and basic facilities. However, people also should not waste water, even if it is free. Moreover, it is also our responsibility to save water and use it carefully because water is a limited natural resource.

To sum it up, water is a basic need for every human being. However, certain people strongly agree that every home should have a free water supply. I agree with this view because water is very important for health and our daily life. Furthermore, government in all country provide free water supply and make sure every individual has access to clean water, especially poor families.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that households should receive water without charge, and you give relevant reasons concerning health, household needs, poverty and government responsibility. The examples about children and older people, and low-income families in Pakistan, help connect the argument to real circumstances. However, some points are asserted rather than fully explained. For instance, the claim that free water “reduces poverty” would be stronger if you explained how much household spending it might save or why this support is especially important for poorer families. The opening also says “everyone can afford it,” which conflicts with your later argument that many people cannot afford water bills. Clarify this contradiction and develop the consequences of your main reasons more fully. The response meets the stated length requirement; eight words copied from the task prompt were not counted.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting reasons, and a conclusion. The ideas generally progress from health and daily needs to poverty and government responsibility, so the reader can follow the overall argument. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical because “Firstly,” “Moreover,” “However,” and “Furthermore” are used repeatedly, and “However” does not always signal a clear contrast. For example, “However, water is necessary for human health and everyone can afford it” does not connect logically with the preceding sentence and conflicts with the later discussion of affordability. Some references, such as “him” in “a great help for him,” are also unclear. Use fewer linking expressions and make the relationship between each sentence explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate your main ideas, including “hydrated,” “poverty,” “quality of life,” “basic facilities” and “limited natural resource.” These choices show some range beyond very basic terms. However, several phrases are repetitive or imprecise, such as “free water supply,” “water is very important,” and “useful things.” There are also collocation and word-choice problems: “every home should receive a free water supply” is clearer than “provide every house free water supply,” while “people do not afford water bills” would be more natural as “people cannot afford their water bills.” Aim for more precise expressions and vary repeated wording, while checking that each phrase fits its context.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if people have free water supply they save their money” and a subordinate clause beginning “because water is a limited natural resource.” This gives the response some structural variety, and the main message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors nevertheless recur. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “every person need water,” the faulty conditional sequence “if they have no clean water, so they suffering,” and missing articles in “having free water supply.” The sentence beginning “For example, kids and older people need clean water” also joins clauses awkwardly. Practise accurate conditional forms, agreement, articles and punctuation, then review longer sentences to ensure their clauses are connected correctly.

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