Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-13

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, A vast majority of people argue that clean water is basic human need. Every home should have a water supply that is provided free of charge. I completely agree with this statement because water is necessary for survival.

Firstly, clean water is necessary to health and live, without it people will not be clean, and fresh. If it not provided to free of cost then it may cause of people forced to drink the dirty water from river and ponds. After that it create many disease. Therefore, It have should be water supply connection to every home through a pipe line. Providing clean water protects peoples from disease and decrease the burden of hospitals.

Secondly, free water can help poor families and maintain equality. Some countries facing these problem like they have not enough pure clean water that's the reason they sell water in high price. The poor peoples of these countries facing financial problem. For example in Kenya many of families living in villages. They have not facilities of clean water. They drink unsafe and dirty water. It may cause many of health problems. If the government provides clean and free of charge water these families can live a more better and healthier life. Many of counties facilitates their people.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that clean water should be fully free for each family because it is basic need of life and better health. Government should take responsibilities for providing it. so that no one suffer just because they are poor.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear from the introduction and conclusion: you agree that households should receive clean water free of charge. You give relevant reasons about health and support for poorer families, and the Kenya example helps illustrate the second point. However, the ideas are only partly developed: explain more precisely how free household supply could be funded or managed, and expand the example rather than relying on broad claims. The response is also 241 words, so it is 9 words below the required minimum; the 13 words copied from the task prompt are not included in that count. This shortfall limits the space available to develop your arguments fully. A more detailed explanation and example would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate reasons, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “In conclusion” make the main stages easy to identify. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several links feel mechanical. For example, “After that it create many disease” does not clearly connect the consequence to the preceding point, while “Many of counties facilitates their people” is not integrated into the example. Use clearer cause-and-effect links and make each sentence build on the previous one. More precise referencing and a fuller explanation of the Kenya example would make the argument flow more smoothly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “clean water,” “unsafe,” “financial problem,” “equality,” and “burden of hospitals.” These choices show awareness of the subject, but the range is limited and several word-choice or collocation errors make the writing less natural. Examples include “basic human need,” “free of cost,” “many disease,” and “a more better and healthier life.” Repetition of “clean,” “water,” and “people” also restricts precision. Build a wider set of accurate expressions for access, affordability, sanitation, and public health, and check whether words combine naturally. This would make your meaning clearer and more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “If the government provides … these families can live…,” and your overall position remains understandable. However, errors are frequent, and attempts at longer structures are often faulty. For example, “If it not provided” is missing an auxiliary, “it create” has incorrect subject–verb agreement, and “It have should be water supply connection” has an incorrect verb construction. There are also problems with articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries, as in “After that it create many disease.” Practise accurate present-tense clauses, agreement, and sentence construction before adding more complexity; careful proofreading would also help.

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