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)

Yes i strongly agree with this statement.

As water is basic and most vital thing for everyone, we can not imagine life without water, it is most pecious and priceless gift of nature and everbody should have equal right to use it.

actually we leave in a sociaty where most of the people are greedy in nature they utilise all the natural resources as it is their own property and they also control over the natural resources( Shmeless thing) and also they sold/rent or over use natural sources and thats why we oe people who are unable to take actionagainst them facing many problems like we pay bill for consumption of natural water for our daily uses.

We know that there is only 1.2 persent of total water which we use and drinkable( fresh water) thereare many research article or publicnoticewhere the research found that almost 40 percent of all population on earth use unhygine or unclean water and the results are they pay for it, they suffering from multiple diseases.

Example: As iamalso a pharmacologist i know verywel about the value of clean waterandwhy it necessory for everyone, i read multiple articles review where i found that almost 300+ disease are spread or born with the help of unclean water in which cholera, diarhea, water poisoning etcetra, thats why access to clean water should be basic human right.

and also it should be free of cost the reason behind it very simple as example India has largest democratic country and have almost 1.48 billionpopulation where approx 70 percent people under the poverty ratio and they are unable to survive or not able to high expence at any unnecessory things thats why water supply should be free for them.

Thank you

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the opening—“I strongly agree”—and you address both the right to clean water and the proposal that it should be free. The points about illness caused by unsafe water and affordability for people in poverty are relevant, and your pharmacology background gives a potentially useful basis for the health example. However, some support is unclear or insufficiently explained: the claim that 40 percent of the population uses unclean water is not connected to why universal free provision is the best solution, and the India example needs clearer explanation of how free household supply could be funded or delivered. Develop these links and qualify broad claims so that each reason more fully supports your position.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an overall sequence: it states your view, discusses unequal control of resources, introduces health risks, and then considers affordability. This gives the reader a general sense of your argument. However, the ideas are crowded into long blocks rather than clearly separated paragraphs, and several transitions are abrupt. For example, “Example:” introduces the health point, while “and also” begins the affordability point without a clear link to the previous discussion. Some sentences combine several claims, making the progression difficult to follow. Use one paragraph for each main reason, begin each with a clear topic sentence, and use linking phrases to show how evidence supports the claim that water should be free.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “natural resources,” “poverty,” “clean water,” and names of water-related diseases, so the subject is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “pharmacologist” and “democratic country.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the reader pause: “pecious,” “sociaty,” “unhygine,” and “expence” obscure intended words, while phrases such as “water poisoning” and “under the poverty ratio” are not natural in this context. Some wording is also repetitive, particularly repeated references to “natural resources” and “water.” Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for public services, health, and affordability.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, for example by using “as,” “where,” and “thats why,” and you include both simple statements and more extended explanations. However, the longer structures are often faulty, and errors in sentence boundaries, articles, agreement, and verb forms can make relationships between ideas unclear. For instance, “As water is basic and most vital thing” lacks articles, while “they suffering from multiple diseases” has an incomplete verb form. Several sentences run together without reliable punctuation, including the discussion beginning “actually we leave in a sociaty.” Practise building accurate sentences first, then combine them with conjunctions; also check subject–verb agreement, articles, and full stops.

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