Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-23
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)
Acess to safe drink is the basic fundamental neccesity of hummans.Therefore houshold should have a safe deink supply that is provided frre of cost.Now a days many socites facing water problems.In this essay i will discuss it briefly.
In some conditions i agree with that safe drink is the fundamental neccesity
for all humans.Therefore water should be free for all kinds of persons.However poor people can also drink a safe water.There are many benifits of drink a clean water we will not facing many diseases if we drink a pure water.
In the other hand i disagree with that safe drink shoulb be completly free. Because hummans are not take seriously which thing is completly. Therefore if the water should be free comltely they waste clean water and use it carelessly.This is very large project therefore this not easy for goverment to providing water free of charge. Safe drink needed maintance ,chemical tretments , filtration projects this is much costly.government give subcidies to poor people by instead making it comletly free.Through a small charge people utilize water only for necessities.There fore i disagree with that clean should be completly free.But there are many benifits of drinking a clean water people not facing any health isuues.small charge is best options for
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to address the prompt by discussing both sides of the issue regarding free water supply, but it falls significantly short of the required word count, containing only 210 words compared to the 250-word minimum. This under-length impacts the overall development of ideas, leading to under-developed arguments regarding resource wastage and government subsidies. While a position is stated, the limited elaboration prevents the response from reaching a higher band. To improve, the writer must ensure all tasks are fully expanded with comprehensive supporting examples.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, but the paragraphing is somewhat erratic, with the conclusion blending into the final body paragraph. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively, such as 'In some conditions', 'However poor people', and 'In the other hand'. While there is a basic logical progression from introducing the topic to discussing both perspectives, referencing is occasionally unclear and the overall flow is hindered by mechanical transitions and poor punctuation spacing.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.5
The lexical resource is basic and repetitive, featuring numerous spelling errors such as 'Acess', 'neccesity', 'hummans', 'houshold', 'deink', 'frre', 'socites', 'benifits', 'tretments', 'subcidies', and 'isuues'. Vocabulary is generally restricted to common, simple words, and attempts at less common terms result in incorrect word forms or collocations like 'safe drink' instead of 'safe drinking water' or 'clean water'. These lexical limitations and frequent spelling errors occasionally impede communication.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is weak throughout the response. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('hummans are not take seriously', 'government give subcidies', 'water needed maintance'), missing articles ('goverment to providing water'), and faulty conditional or transitional structures ('If the water should be free comltely they waste'). Punctuation and capitalization are also unreliable, causing frequent difficulty for the reader.
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