Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

At today Era , access to clean water is basic and survival thing . it is fundamental right to get relaible and safe source to water supply. however , I do not completely agree that water should be provided free of charge to every household and industries sectors.

on the other hand , provided free water for the drinking for those who do not afford to buy water , it should free access for them , in today world water shortage is became the main topic because , most of company like pool owner , waterpark owner use more access water to full fill their requirments. government have a responsibilty to ensure that every one had a access of safe and Clean water supply , so they use water in daily life or routine work like washing cloth ,cleaning the household thing , showering.

More effecive approach , should government take steps , who use the water at certain limit , they should use the free water ,otherwise when citzen used their limit of consuming the water amount , goverment should charge without concern , beacuse govenrment should not charging the people , citizen beacome the carless about water usage , they take the time to wash car and long time showring then its cause the problem of water shortage in country.

Inconclusion , I stronge agree that everyone should have access of free and Clean water , to fullfile their needs. i don't believe that people have unlimited access of water supply it cause disaster of everyone.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses the prompt by taking a clear position that clean water is a basic right, but it disagrees with the idea of providing unlimited free water to all households and industries. The student attempts to develop ideas regarding free water for low-income individuals and the need to ration water for heavy users. However, the development is somewhat limited and repetitive, with generalized statements about pool and waterpark owners rather than fully explored arguments. While all parts of the prompt are addressed, the reasoning is occasionally unclear or contradictory, particularly in the conclusion where the student states they strongly agree with free water after previously stating they do not completely agree. This places the performance within Band 5, as the ideas are partially developed and the position becomes somewhat unclear by the end of the text.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays some organizational structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, overall progression is hindered by poor paragraphing, lack of capitalization, and frequent punctuation errors. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or inaccurately, such as starting sentences with 'on the other hand' or 'Inconclusion'. Referencing is sometimes unclear, making it difficult to follow the logical links between ideas. For instance, the transition between discussing low-income individuals and commercial water users within the same paragraph creates confusion. Paragraphing is also disrupted, with sentences clumped together in a way that lacks clear thematic separation. These issues are characteristic of Band 5, where there is some organization but no clear overall progression and cohesive devices are inadequate or inaccurate.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, featuring frequent reliance on simple words like 'water', 'use', 'clean', and 'free'. There are noticeable errors in word choice and collocation, such as 'survival thing', 'relaible', 'industries sectors', 'more access water', and 'full fill their requirments'. Spelling errors are also present ('relaible', 'responsibilty', 'effecive', 'citzen', 'govenrment', 'beacome', 'Inconclusion', 'stronge', 'fullfile'). While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey a basic message about water usage and rights, the frequent errors and limited range restrict the score to Band 4. The student attempts some less common vocabulary like 'fundamental right' and 'consumption', but these are overshadowed by pervasive lexical inaccuracies and spelling mistakes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and attempted complex sentences that are frequently faulty. There are severe punctuation and capitalization issues throughout the text, such as missing capital letters at the beginning of sentences and improper spacing before punctuation marks (e.g., 'water . it', 'however , I'). Subject-verb agreement errors ('government have', 'citizen beacome') and awkward sentence structures ('goverment should charge without concern , beacuse govenrment should not charging the people') cause significant difficulty for the reader. The frequency of grammatical errors across almost every sentence means that the writing falls squarely into Band 4, where errors are frequent and constantly strain the reader's comprehension.

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