Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-14
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 5.0)
It is often argued by some people that the access to pure water was the right of every person. Therefore each residence should provid a water free of cost. Although some might agree with this notion, I completely disagree. Not only because of economic effect, water waste, but also because of poor infrastructure maintain.
There are multiple disadvantage associated with this development. Firstly, economic effect are the leading disadvantage of this. As government should provid water they cannot get enough money. Take an example, the Minister of the Japan, said they face a several challanges economic effect because the provid free water supply. Thus, this point prove government should charge the bill of water.
Secondly, paid water is better than free water fo waste water. As people should not paid the bill they not save the water. For instance, recently a survey conduct in China, mostly people said government should charge the bill of water, Hence, this point prove that people should paid the water supply bill,
Finally, poor infrastructure is the another drawback of this issue. As government should not charge the bill of water than they should not enough resources for good infrastructure. For instance, the infrastruceture of Spain was not good becuase they not charge the bill of water supply. Thus, paid water bill was better for good infrastureture.
To sum up, they have some advantage of free water, but I believe that in term of economic effect, waste water and poor infrastructure it was not good
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by clearly stating a position of complete disagreement with the statement. The writer attempts to provide supporting reasons, such as economic effects, water waste, and poor infrastructure maintenance. However, the development of these ideas is limited and hindered by confusing phrasing and weakly supported arguments. For example, the claim about Japan facing challenges due to free water is factually unsupported and vague. While all parts of the task are addressed, the ideas remain under-developed and border on repetitive, aligning best with a Band 5 descriptor.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is organized into distinct paragraphs, including an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Basic cohesive devices are attempted, such as 'Firstly', 'Secondly', and 'To sum up'. However, progression is often hindered by mechanical and repetitive transitions like 'Thus, this point prove'. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the overall logical flow is disrupted by frequent grammatical and lexical errors. Paragraphing is present, but the lack of smooth transitions and clear overall progression places this aspect at Band 5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and restricted to simple terms related to the prompt, such as 'water supply', 'economic effect', and 'government'. There are frequent word choice and form errors, such as 'provid' instead of 'provide', 'maintain' instead of 'maintenance', and 'waste water' used where water waste or conservation was intended. These lexical limitations and errors cause noticeable difficulty for the reader and restrict the score to a Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on positive marking for minimally adequate task-related coverage.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The response displays a very limited range of structures. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at more complex structures are consistently flawed. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('government should not charge the bill of water than they should not enough resources'), tense inconsistencies, and missing articles. Punctuation errors are also common. These frequent errors often cause strain and confusion for the reader, fitting the Band 4 descriptors.
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