Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-13
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)
Clean water is basic necessity of life. Its human right to have access to clean water that is why clean water should be available to every house free of cost. I totaly agree to this view because it is important servival, better life and everyday use.
Clean water is important maintain healthy life. As most of our body cells and body mass are constitute of water thus fresh and clean water is needed proper celluler mechanism. Drinking unclean water can cause seriouse health issues. for example dirty water can may several virus or infectiouse agents in them drinking that water can may lead to pendemic and epidemic. Therefore it will disturbe the whole nation or even can spread globlely. It will also result in the lost of economy. In addition drinking unclean water can also cause some other diseases such as diarrhea.
As clean water is needed for everyday use so it should be provided to every house with any charges. As many people can not afford charges as a result they will consume the unclean water which can pose threat to whole nation. If a disease starts to spread it will increase the load in hospitals and healthcare system would be unable to manage it. Therefore policy makers and government should allocate funds to provide clean water to everyone. They should rise the awerness in public about the possible health risks of drinking dirty water.
In conclusion, as we all now how important is clean water therefore it should be available to everyone for free because unclean water can cause seriouse health issues and diseases which are hard to manage.That is why clean water is needed for healthy lifestyle.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt by clearly stating a position agreeing that clean water should be provided free of charge, supporting this stance with reasons related to health, survival, and economic impact. The student presents relevant ideas, such as the dangers of waterborne diseases, the strain on healthcare systems, and the economic fallout of epidemics. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive, with over-generalised assertions rather than deeply extended arguments. Some sentences contain underdeveloped logic, such as claiming dirty water can lead to a pandemic globally without elaborating on the mechanism. Nevertheless, the main parts of the task are adequately addressed, earning a band score of 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct ideas, such as health benefits versus government responsibility. However, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or overused, such as the repetitive use of 'As' and 'Therefore' at the start of multiple sentences. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and logical progression within paragraphs is hindered by abrupt transitions and choppy sentence structures. While the structure is generally clear enough to follow without difficulty, the lack of smoother, more flexible cohesive links places this criterion at a band 5.5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'epidemic', 'healthcare system', and 'policy makers'. However, there are frequent word-choice errors and awkward collocations, such as 'basic necessity of life' (missing article), 'important servival' (incorrect preposition/form), 'constitute of water' (incorrect form for 'constituted'), and 'rise the awerness' (confusing raise and rise, and misspelling awareness). Spelling errors like 'totaly', 'servival', 'seriouse', 'celluler', 'pendemic', 'disturbe', 'globlely', 'lost', and 'awerness' are noticeable and persistent. Despite these errors, the meaning is generally communicated, leading to a band score of 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as conditional structures ('If a disease starts to spread...') and subordinate clauses ('As clean water is needed...'). However, the text contains a high density of grammatical errors, including missing articles ('Clean water is basic necessity'), subject-verb agreement issues ('body mass are constitute'), incorrect preposition use ('provided to every house with any charges'), and punctuation errors. Many complex structures are faulty or awkwardly phrased, which places a processing burden on the reader. Because grammatical accuracy is low and errors are frequent throughout, this criterion is awarded a band 5.0.
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