Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-20

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)

Water is the basic essential of this world. Without water, no body can survive in this world. Clean water is the basic human right in this world. I strongly agree to this principles that provides the clean water to the human.

Pakistan is a developing country. They do not have enough clean water to provide every person. There are many reasons behind it. First of all, economic resources is not sufficient. The government of Pakistan cannot provide the clean water in the dry areas. This facility will be provided with the help of international donors. Furthermore, canals must be built on international standard. Because Pakistan is an agrarian country. More than sixty percent people directly or indirectly connected to the agrarian sector. So water is necessary element for the propduction of crop. Similarly, sixty percent population lives in the rural areas. They do not know about the importance of clean. Many diseases come from the dirty water. Lungs disease and fever are also come from the dirty water. This type of diseases will come to end through clean water. So government and international bodies should be taken steps to eliminate the dirty water in the rural areas and dry areas. The government should be installed drinking water in far fludge areas and dry areas. Baluchistan and sind people are depressed due to unavailability of the pure water.

In short, clean water is the basic human right. This facility is provided by the government. Because this type of responsiblity is imposed on the government.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses the prompt by discussing whether clean water should be provided free of charge, taking a clear stance ('I strongly agree to this principles'). However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and shifts towards general issues of water scarcity and health in Pakistan, rather than fully debating the prompt's premise about a universal free water supply. Examples such as referring to Baluchistan and Sindh are relevant, but the overall argument remains partially under-developed with a tendency to wander into descriptive information about Pakistan's agrarian sector and rural population. While the main stance is discernible, the lack of sustained focus on the 'free of charge' aspect places it at Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response shows some basic organisation, opening with an introduction and closing with a brief conclusion, but overall progression is hindered by choppy paragraphing and abrupt transitions. Many sentences are grouped together into a dense middle block rather than being broken logically. Cohesive devices are minimal or sometimes inaccurate, as seen with repetitive connectors like 'Furthermore', 'So', and 'Similarly'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as shifting abruptly from global rights to specific regional issues in Pakistan without smooth bridging. Paragraphing is insufficient to structure the arguments effectively, resulting in a score of 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is relatively limited and repetitive, with frequent reliance on basic terms like 'basic', 'clean water', and 'dirty water'. There are noticeable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'provides the clean water to the human', 'economic resources is not sufficient', and 'lungs disease and fever are also come from the dirty water'. The phrase 'far fludge areas' appears to be an error for 'far-flung areas'. While the meaning is generally understandable, the narrow range and frequent lexical inaccuracies restrict the score to a 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writing demonstrates a limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with occasional attempts at complex forms that are often faulty (e.g., 'government and international bodies should be taken steps', 'The government should be installed drinking water'). There are persistent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('economic resources is', 'sixty percent population lives', 'This type of diseases will come') and preposition errors. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a Band 5.0 level of grammatical control.

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