Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-08-22

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 6.0)

In my opinion, I believe every use of natural resources should come with impose of charge or bill system. Therefore I am disagreeing with the following statement.

To begin with, supplying the freshwater requires a huge capital investment from the government in order to make the water drinkable, an infrastructure for example: water treatment plant, comes in the process for purifying the water by removing the present of microorganism which are harmful for the human. In addition, the government allocated the proportion of budget each year for the maintenance cost of the service of the water supplying pipeline and renovating of the treatment plants hence the state earns the revenue from the bills and charge that is being paid by the citizens.

Furthermore, if the household is being offer the free of charge for the freshwater then it would cause the issues regarding the proper use of water resources. The rate of waste of water would increase drastically since the people would not have that urge to pay bill resulting in misuse of resources. On the other hand, the state would not be able to followup the maintenance cost due to insufficient of funds results in halting the freshwater supply to the household which would expose the large population on the verge of health risk.

In contrast, there are some essential basic right of Human and accessibility of fresh water is one of the crucial. To make the system run properly and uninterruptedly, we need to work responsibly and coordinately, household must ensure the proper use of freshwater and government needs to use the fund (charge/bill) earned from the citizen. Therefore, I believe every thing that we use especially the natural resources must have a price tag.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

You have clearly stated your position against the statement and maintained it throughout the essay. You provided relevant arguments regarding the economic necessity of charging for water to cover infrastructure costs and the environmental concern of wastage. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, the discussion on 'health risks' in the third paragraph is a bit abrupt and could have been better linked to the argument about maintenance funds. To reach a higher band, ensure that your supporting examples are more fully elaborated to demonstrate a deeper exploration of the topic.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is logically organized with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. You use cohesive devices such as 'To begin with,' 'In addition,' and 'Furthermore' to guide the reader. However, some transitions feel slightly mechanical, and there are instances where the flow is interrupted by awkward phrasing, such as 'the state would not be able to followup the maintenance cost.' Paragraphing is used appropriately, but the logical progression within paragraphs could be smoother to ensure that each sentence builds more naturally upon the previous one.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'infrastructure,' 'microorganism,' and 'uninterruptedly.' However, there are several instances of imprecise word choice and awkward collocations, such as 'come with impose of charge,' 'the state earns the revenue,' and 'insufficient of funds.' These errors occasionally hinder the precision of your argument. To improve, focus on learning the correct word forms (e.g., 'imposition of charges' instead of 'impose of charge') and common collocations to express your ideas more naturally and accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, which is good. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including issues with articles ('the freshwater'), subject-verb agreement, and word forms ('I am disagreeing' should be 'I disagree'). Some sentences are also slightly convoluted, such as 'an infrastructure for example: water treatment plant, comes in the process for purifying the water.' While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your main points, they occur frequently enough to impact the overall fluency and accuracy of your writing.

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