Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-12
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)
Access to clean water is a basic human right .Therefore every home should have water supply that is provided free of charge.It is widely a fundamental for every human to drink clean water.
On the one i am agree with that because every human body need clean and high amount of water to maintain their body funtions ,so it a basic fundamental right for every person or home to avail pour and clean water that Government should provide free of cost. It creat a significant benifits for us or our society to decrease their health issues which are connected with clean water .When we provide clean water to every home with free of cost it would generate abundant opportunities for our society or become a source of health enviornment . When the people are healthy our hospitals will be empty and that will be a outstanding task if we should provide this kind of opportunity to our society in each home and person.
On ther other hand, clean water mainly clean our lungs whe our lungs are clean our body feel more energentic or our mind creat sharp and meaninful idea, this will help us in different circumstances.
However, when we provide substantial amount of water to every home or person they should start to wasting the water instead of save and avail this oppurtunity.They will wasting the water by washing cars,pans etc instead of fill up your tanks, tabs and other kinds of things where we should save clean water which are benficial for us .
In a conclusion,i agree that clean water should be guaranted as a human right, but i disagree that i should be completely free.The best solution is that Government should provide a fixed amount of water to every home and demands an extra charge if the public demanding much more water.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
You give a clear, relevant position: you support clean water as a right but argue that unlimited use should not be free, proposing a fixed free allowance and charges for extra consumption. This addresses the central question and offers reasons, including public health and the risk of waste. However, the two sides are not equally developed. The claim that clean water “clean[s] our lungs” is unclear and does not convincingly support your argument, while the point about hospitals becoming empty is overstated. Explain more precisely how free basic access could protect health, and support the proposed allowance with a practical example. The response meets the task’s length requirement; the 22 words copied from the prompt were not counted.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
Your response has an overall structure, moving from an introduction to supporting points, a counterargument and a conclusion. The final proposal also follows logically from your concern that people may waste water. However, progression within the body paragraphs is uneven: the discussion shifts from health benefits to lungs and mental sharpness without clearly connecting these ideas. Linking phrases such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “However” help signal relationships, but some are used mechanically or introduce ideas that do not form a clear contrast. Paragraphing and clearer topic sentences would help each paragraph develop one main point. Use pronouns and references carefully so readers can tell who “they” and “their” refer to.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “fundamental right,” “health issues,” “substantial amount,” and “fixed amount.” These choices show an effort to express abstract ideas, but the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning difficult to follow. For example, “clean our lungs” and “health environment” do not express your intended points clearly, while “abundant opportunities” is not a natural description of the benefits of water provision. Spelling errors such as “benifits,” “enviornment,” and “oppurtunity” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check spelling and collocations; the suggestions below offer practical replacements.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a conditional idea about what may happen if water is provided freely. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and punctuation sometimes make the reader work to understand your meaning. Examples include “every human body need,” “so it a basic fundamental right,” and “they will wasting the water.” The opening also joins sentences incorrectly: “right .Therefore” needs appropriate punctuation and spacing. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and complete verb forms, and break long sentences into clearer units. More reliable control of these patterns would make your argument easier to follow while retaining some complex structures.
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