Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-03

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 a basic need of life and we cannot survive without water. Supply clean and pure water is necessary. However, it is not to be free of cost, i totally disagree on this prospective.

In the contemporary world, water is necessary for survival of each life and every person need water.It is basic tool for household. water need in cooking,washing and drinking.So if it will be free of cost then state faces losses. For example if government provides water free, it would be difficult for them because single plant price is too high and econmy will be in loss.

On the other hand, if authorites pass some budget and they make some purification centers in the main area of each city then public can acess it and all class people can filled their desired amount of water.

In connclusion, although it will be alarming situation for states to provide enough amount of water to every citizen, and big investments will cause economic loss, so should apply some tax on water that would be environment friendly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

First, it must be noted that the response is well short of the required minimum length of 250 words, containing only 176 words. This significantly limits the development of your ideas. Regarding the task content, you express a clear position disagreeing with the idea of free water supply. However, your response addresses the task only partially due to the lack of extension and support. While you mention that free water would cause economic losses for the state, your ideas remain limited and under-developed. For instance, when you state 'if government provides water free, it would be difficult for them because single plant price is too high and econmy will be in loss,' the reasoning is overly simplistic and lacks specific examples or further elaboration. To reach a higher band, you need to write more fully, expand your arguments with relevant explanations or examples, and meet the word count requirement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your essay displays some organization, with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. There is an attempt to sequence your thoughts, moving from why water should not be free to offering an alternative purification center idea, and finally concluding. However, there is no clear overall progression of ideas, and cohesive devices are frequently inadequate, inaccurate, or repetitive. For example, you rely heavily on basic transition markers like 'However,' 'For example,' 'On the other hand,' and 'In connclusion,' but referencing between sentences is not always clear, such as the abrupt shift in the third paragraph regarding 'if authorites pass some budget.' Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal cohesion within paragraphs is mechanical and lacks smooth transitions. To improve, you should ensure that your ideas flow logically from one sentence to the next using a wider and more accurate range of cohesive devices.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is limited but minimally adequate to express your basic message. You attempt some less common vocabulary items, such as 'contemporary world,' 'purification centers,' and 'economic loss,' but these are accompanied by noticeable errors in word form, spelling, and word choice that cause some difficulty for the reader. For example, you wrote 'Supply clean and pure water is necessary,' where 'Supply' should be the gerund 'Supplying,' and you used 'prospective' instead of 'perspective.' There are also spelling errors such as 'econmy' instead of 'economy,' 'authorites' instead of 'authorities,' 'acess' instead of 'access,' and 'connclusion' instead of 'conclusion.' Additionally, phrases like 'every person need water' and 'single plant price' show awkward collocations. To achieve a higher band, you need to expand your lexical range and improve accuracy in spelling and word choice.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You demonstrate a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent errors. Your attempts at complex sentences are often faulty, leading to frequent mistakes in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, articles, and punctuation that can cause difficulty for the reader. For example, you wrote 'every person need water.It is basic tool for household,' which contains missing articles ('a basic tool'), a missing space after a full stop, and a subject-verb agreement error ('person need'). Other errors include 'all class people can filled their desired amount of water,' where the past tense 'filled' is used incorrectly after the modal 'can.' Punctuation and capitalization are also inconsistent, as seen in 'i totally disagree' with a lowercase 'i.' To improve, you need to incorporate a wider variety of complex sentence structures while improving your control over basic grammar rules.

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