Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-18
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 4.0)
Clean water is a basic human right. Without water human can survive only few days. Drinking dirty water causes fatal diseases like cholera and diarrhea. crops and farm animal neend water to grow.The water is properly provided free of charge every home.
I strongly agreed with this statement.The clean water can give us beautiful life. The clean water can play a vital role in our lives.
The human body is 60% water.Hygiene and sanitation were also needed by water. Washing, Bathing and proper waste managment requires clean water.The clean water is also used by house holds.
In conclusion, clean water is invisible threat that hold human civilaztion together. It preserve health, drives ecnomic freedom.
The clean water is also needed everywhere in world.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response clearly states a position regarding whether free water supply should be provided to every home, but the development of ideas is severely restricted by the overall length of the text. With only 123 words, the response falls well below the 250-word minimum requirement. Although the student mentions relevant points such as health, agriculture, and sanitation, these ideas are presented as isolated, fragmented statements rather than extended and supported arguments. For example, sentences like 'Crops and farm animal neend water to grow' and 'The water is properly provided free of charge every home' touch upon important themes, but they are not elaborated upon. Due to the failure to meet the minimum word count and the resulting under-development of ideas, the task response is limited to a Band 4.0 descriptor level.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The essay is divided into very short paragraphs, many of which consist of only one or two sentences. This fragmentation prevents a clear logical progression from developing across the text. While there is a concluding remark ('In conclusion, clean water is invisible threat...'), the overall organisation is disjointed. Cohesive devices are largely absent, and referencing is weak, as seen in repetitive sentence structures starting with 'The clean water...'. Paragraphing is not used effectively to structure distinct arguments or themes. Information is presented in a series of disconnected points rather than a cohesive essay structure. This level of organisation aligns with the Band 4.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used throughout the essay is basic and repetitive, frequently relying on simple words and phrases such as 'clean water', 'basic human right', and 'human body'. There are several noticeable vocabulary and spelling errors, including 'neend' instead of 'need', 'house holds' instead of 'households', 'civilaztion' instead of 'civilization', and 'ecnomic' instead of 'economic'. Furthermore, phrases like 'invisible threat that hold human civilaztion together' contain awkward collocation and word choice. The lexical range is minimally adequate for expressing very basic ideas, but the frequency of errors and the limited repertoire restrict the score to a Band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The writing relies heavily on simple sentence structures, such as 'The human body is 60% water' and 'Washing, Bathing and proper waste managment requires clean water', which also contains a subject-verb agreement error ('managment requires'). There are several grammatical inaccuracies and punctuation errors, including missing articles and capitalization issues, as seen in 'Without water human can survive only few days' and 'The water is properly provided free of charge every home.' Attempts at complex structures are virtually non-existent. The frequency of grammatical errors combined with a very limited range of structures places this response at Band 4.0.
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