Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-10
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)
In todays era water is most benificial need of human and also clean water is mandatiory for good mental and physical health .I completely agree with this statement .
To begin with, clean water is necessary for good mental and physical health often people used to buy water bottles from markets while travelling thats very harmful because it contains much chemicals everyone has to have a water supply at their home because it is free of cost and also a natural resource . The water we get from water plants is hidrated .With the bad water supply a person can face many various health diceases.
Moving ahead, if a person will drink clean water that will help to stay away from various deaceases caused by water bacteria a person shoult clean their water tanks twice in a month that is much benificial for good health. The water we get from water supply plants contains much vitamins. For instance : a douple of days ago i wisited dhuri and there water supply was very poor and much bacteria in water and the people living in that area were suffering from many infectious dicease , so i complained to MP of that area and he installed a water supply in the area and a good water facility was provided to people.
To conclude, to have a good mental and physical health we have to good water and food supply .
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
Your position is clear in the opening and conclusion: you agree that homes should have clean water. You also give relevant reasons, including health risks from contaminated water, and a personal example about poor water quality in Dhuri. However, the response only partially develops the central claim that household water should be free of charge. Most of the discussion explains why clean water matters, rather than considering who should pay, how free provision could work, or possible costs. The Dhuri example is also difficult to assess because the link between your complaint and the water facility is not fully explained. The response is 12 words below the required minimum. Develop the affordability argument and explain your example more fully.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. Phrases such as “To begin with,” “Moving ahead,” and “To conclude” help signal stages in the argument. However, progression within the body paragraphs is uneven: health benefits, bottled water, water plants and tank cleaning are placed together without clear links, and several ideas are repeated. Some sentences run together, making relationships between points hard to follow; for example, the discussion of bottled water moves directly into the claim that every home should receive free water. Use one main idea per paragraph, connect each example explicitly to your position, and vary linking language rather than relying mainly on formulaic transitions.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “water supply,” “bacteria,” “infectious disease” and “health facility,” so the reader can identify the subject of your argument. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning unclear. For example, “the water we get from water plants is hidrated” does not express a clear point, and “contains much vitamins” is an unsuitable description of supplied water. Spelling errors such as “benificial,” “mandatiory” and “diceases” are noticeable throughout. Aim for precise, natural collocations and check spelling carefully; terms such as “treated water,” “waterborne illnesses” and “public water infrastructure” would suit this topic.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt to combine ideas using clauses, as in “if a person will drink clean water that will help to stay away from various deaceases,” but complex sentences are often faulty and many sentences have errors that make reading difficult. For example, “In todays era water is…” lacks appropriate punctuation, while “everyone has to have a water supply at their home because it is free of cost” has an unclear pronoun reference. Verb forms and sentence boundaries also need attention: “people used to buy water bottles … thats very harmful” joins ideas without a clear grammatical connection. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then build longer sentences with correct clause links, articles, agreement and punctuation.
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