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)

Clean water is one of the most important basic needs for human survival. In recent years, many people in the world are struggle to drinking water because a lot of industries are relased huge amount of wastes onto rivers. In my opinion, I firmly believe that every household should be supply clean drinking water for human beacuse it is essential for prevents diseases and reducing lower-income people overall expenses.

One main reason is that clean drinking water is very important for preventing diseases, such as cholera. Water is one of the best fundamental element for survianl and approximately 80% of our body parts dependends on water. Recently, a lot of people affeted waterborn diseases due to polluted water. If someone do not drink clean water, they must be affeted dangerous waterborn diseases, such as cholera, dangue and maleria. For example, people who are lives in lower-derveloped country died more than those are lives developed country due to lackes of clean water. Subsequenty, this concern maybe create global pendemic situation in the future.

Another significant reason is that people who are earned low salary faced difficulties for buying clean water. Currently, most of the people in the world are struggle to bear daily needed expenses, such as electricity bills, rents, gas bills and water bills because of economical unstability. If authorities take steps for giving clean water without charges, it is reduce pressure on the poor and low-income family. Therefore, people are easily survive their life without any burden.

In conclusion, I agree that clean water should be free for everyone, although it can create some pressure on households owner.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you agree that clean water should be free, and you give two relevant reasons—preventing disease and easing costs for low-income households. The examples of cholera and household bills help address the question, and the conclusion restates your view. However, the two arguments are not developed equally: the health paragraph makes broad claims about disease and a future pandemic without explaining how free provision would reduce these risks. The final qualification that free water “can create some pressure” on household owners is also introduced without explanation, leaving your position slightly less fully supported. To strengthen the response, explain how the proposed policy would work and develop one specific, credible example for each reason.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate reasons, and a conclusion. Signposting such as “One main reason,” “Another significant reason,” and “In conclusion” makes the progression easy to follow. Within paragraphs, however, some links are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Subsequently” does not clearly show how the preceding disease claims lead to a global pandemic, and “Therefore” introduces a conclusion about surviving without burden without fully connecting the steps in the argument. Some references, such as “this concern,” are also vague. Use more precise links that show cause and effect, and make sure each sentence develops the paragraph’s main point rather than adding an unsupported claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of topic vocabulary, including “clean drinking water,” “waterborne diseases,” “polluted water,” “low-income,” and “expenses.” These choices show an effort to discuss health and affordability rather than relying only on basic terms. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable and sometimes make the meaning less clear: “relased,” “survianl,” “affeted,” and “economical unstability” are examples. Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “fundamental element for survival” and “bear daily needed expenses.” Aim for accurate collocations and check spelling carefully; more natural phrasing would make your ideas clearer and more persuasive. The vocabulary is relevant, but control is not yet consistent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If someone do not drink clean water” and a subordinate clause beginning “although” in the conclusion. This gives the response some structural variety, but errors occur across verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “many people … are struggle” should use a suitable verb form, while “every household should be supply” has an incorrect passive construction. In “people who are lives,” the verb form does not agree with the relative-clause subject. These errors sometimes make the reader pause, although the main ideas remain understandable. Practise forming accurate present-tense statements and conditionals, and proofread each sentence for a clear subject and correctly formed verb.

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