Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-27
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)
The pure water is a fundamental community right for our society. Some people tend to believe that pure water must be provides without any charge. While the others are conflict with this statement, and try to put charges on water supply. I am of the view on it the pure water is first priority of the community that should be simultaneously provide to any home.
From my peospective, clean water is essential for human life or other ecosystem. Firstly, Human body consist of more than 80% of water and pure water need every time for dinking purpose. Seconndly, our human blood is based on water for any action in body. The circulatory system is not propely in working condition, if pure water not provided and dirsty water creates various diseases in human body. For example, the current World Health Orginization (WHO) survey of Pakistan denomstrate highly pendamic diseases occur due to plouted water used in drinking purpose. I prefer pure water use for dinking purpose.
On the other hand, pure water is mainly use in our food cooking. Firstly, water consists of neumreous amount of metals and other ingeredients. It plays a curcial role in our cooking and react with food. For example, some metals are high reactive at excited temperature and produce kind of poison in food. Moreover, that type of food is not showing its output on early stage; however, derastically affect on final stage.
The current findings and examples demonstrate the view is that pure is play a vital role in human life and essential human right.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by taking a clear position that clean water is a fundamental priority and should be provided free of charge. The main ideas are somewhat relevant, though the development leans heavily into biological and chemical arguments rather than broader socio-economic or public policy aspects regarding free utilities. For instance, the discussion regarding water cooking reactions and metal toxicity, while creative, is slightly tangential to the main debate on whether governments should subsidize water. Nevertheless, the writer attempts to support their position with references to the WHO and personal reasoning. The task is addressed overall, placing this performance firmly in Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay displays some basic organization, utilizing paragraph breaks to separate the introduction, body arguments, and conclusion. However, there is a lack of clear overall progression, and the logical links between sentences are frequently strained or repetitive (e.g., the repeated overuse of 'Firstly' and 'dinking purpose'). Cohesive devices are often inadequate, inaccurate, or mechanical, which disrupts the flow of reading. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as pronoun usage in 'While the others are conflict with this statement.' Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion requires better management to reach a higher band. This corresponds to a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and contains numerous noticeable errors in spelling, word choice, and word form that frequently cause difficulty for the reader and obscure meaning. Examples include 'provides' instead of 'provided', 'peospective' instead of 'perspective', 'dinking' instead of 'drinking', 'Seconndly', 'propely', 'dirsty' instead of 'dirty', 'Orginization', 'denomstrate', 'pendamic', 'plouted', 'neumreous', 'ingeredients', 'curcial', 'excited temperature', and 'derastically'. While the student attempts to use some less common words like 'fundamental', 'circulatory system', and 'ecosystem', the high density of basic spelling and lexical errors places this performance at a Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The grammatical range is quite limited, consisting of a mix of simple and frequently faulty attempts at complex sentences. There are persistent, major errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structures throughout the text. Examples include 'pure water must be provides', 'the pure water is first priority', 'Human body consist', 'pure water need every time', 'The circulatory system is not propely in working condition, if pure water not provided', and 'pure is play a vital role'. These frequent errors frequently strain the reader and obscure meaning, matching the criteria for a Band 4.5, which is reported as a 4.5.
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