Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-24
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)
Yes I agree with the statement the reason is access to clean water is a basic need of every individual so we should be have been a water supply that is provided free of charge.
We are human being so we should have a kind of humanity so we have to supply a water supply with a free of cost . Most of the people are sold a water bottles on a shoaps which are very disappointed to human being beacuse we are a human we should supply a water as a free.
Before one year age one insident has been with me one poor people was thursty so he ask for me for water so i give them as a humanity but after that ,Beside the shoap of my college thay sold a water bottles but no one purchages them . Then i go there and ask from uncle this is a summer time you should supply a water as a free of cost you get a one deed which are very usefull for after the death but right now you gaining a money not adeed which are very signifficant for you . From that time uncle supply a water as a free of cost so the water bottles are finish rapidly and they get a thousand of deed in summer days which are essentail for them these is the example of experience which are give a one good lesson.
EVERY ONR SHOULD SUPPLY A WATER AS A FREE OF COST FROM RIGHT NOW.
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 addresses the prompt by taking a clear, albeit simplistic, position that water should be provided free of charge. However, the development of ideas is weak and heavily reliant on repetitive personal anecdotes rather than well-reasoned arguments concerning human rights or economics. The examples given, such as the conversation with the 'uncle' near the college, lack academic relevance and depth, resulting in under-developed ideas. While the writer covers the prompt's core question, the reasoning remains superficial throughout, which aligns the response with Band 4.0 descriptors for Task Achievement due to limited and repetitive task exploration.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The text suffers from significant organizational issues. Paragraphing is haphazard, with a single massive block forming the body of the response and abrupt capitalised sentences at the end. Cohesive devices are either missing, inadequate, or repetitive, making logical progression difficult to follow. Referencing is frequently unclear, such as pronoun shifts ('they sold a water bottles', 'i give them') which confuse the reader regarding who is being referred to. Overall, information is not arranged in a coherent manner, fitting the Band 4.0 descriptor where organizational features are lacking or faulty.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily restricted to everyday words ('water', 'free', 'human', 'people', 'summer'). There are numerous collocation errors, such as 'sold a water bottles', 'gaining a money', and 'get a thousand of deed'. Spelling and word choice errors are frequent and pervasive, often straining the reader's comprehension. The writer attempts little to no less common lexical items accurately, keeping the lexical profile firmly at Band 4.0 levels.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures. Most sentences are simple, and attempts at complex or compound sentences are structurally faulty, characterised by run-on sentences joined by commas instead of proper conjunctions or full stops (e.g., 'Then i go there and ask from uncle this is a summer time you should supply a water as a free of cost...'). Grammatical errors are dense and frequent, involving tense inconsistency, missing articles, and incorrect prepositions, which frequently distort the intended meaning. This performance corresponds to Band 4.0.
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