Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-14

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)

Nowdays basic needs such as food,water and good standard of living is thing that everyindividual need. However in some big metro cities take a charge of water to supply in households.I strongly disagree with this to take a chagre for basic necessacity of human. A further expalantions will discuss in next paragraphs.

Firstly water is basic human right and every day basic nessecaity which is important for survival for living beigns.Governments should not take a tax or any form of charge to provide water in every household. water is everyday life essential which as every human need and do not waste water use as it much needed. Similalry government should provide education and advertisement to citizens that how to save water instead of charges , so this helps to citizens understand how important water it is. For instance government oragnize camp in weekends to how to save water for emergancy cases and how to use water in meaningful ways so these kinds of camps helps to citizens.

Secondly citizens should take awarness seriously about saving the water. However do not waste water unnecessarily using water with limited use such as for hygein and cooking and other essentials. For feeds plants and animals. Apart from that government should annouce the how much water liter uses is free of cost , so people keep in their minds and use water as per that which is useful way of saving water and governemnt should apply tax who use water upper the limit.

To conclude , water supply should be free of cost however citizens use as per limit and government should provides way to citizens to how save water instead of apply charges.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you disagree with charging households for essential water, while accepting that excessive use could be taxed. You address the main issue and give relevant supporting points, including government education campaigns and a free-use limit. However, some ideas are more fully explained than others. The discussion of awareness campaigns includes an example, but the claim that water should be free is mostly repeated rather than supported with a developed reason, such as the impact of charges on low-income households or public health. The final paragraph also introduces a limit-based tax without explaining how it would work. Develop each main point with a clear explanation and a specific, relevant example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present related points, and a conclusion restates your position. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “To conclude” help readers follow this structure. However, connections within paragraphs are sometimes mechanical or unclear. For example, “Similarly” does not clearly link the government’s duty to provide water with the suggestion to run campaigns, and “Apart from that” introduces the point about plants and animals without showing its relationship to the preceding ideas. Some sentences also combine several points, making progression harder to follow. Use clearer links between each claim and its explanation, and organise one main idea at a time within each paragraph.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “basic human right,” “survival,” “household,” “tax,” and “saving water.” This gives you enough language to communicate your central argument. However, the range is limited and several spelling, word-form, and collocation errors make parts of the response difficult to read, such as “basic necessacity,” “take a charge,” and “organize camp.” Repetition of “water,” “government,” and “citizens” also reduces flexibility. Build a more accurate set of topic phrases and check spelling carefully. For example, use natural combinations such as “charge households for water,” “raise public awareness,” and “conserve water,” while varying repeated nouns where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a reason-and-result structure in “so this helps to citizens understand how important water it is.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles, and verb forms make several sentences awkward or unclear. For instance, “every day basic necessity which is important for survival for living beings” is not a complete sentence, and “government should provides” has an incorrect verb form. The opening also has agreement problems in “food, water and good standard of living is thing.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check agreement and verb forms when editing.

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