Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-17

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)

clean water is a natural thing every human have right for free supply of water .

human have basic right for drinking pure water.every home deserve cleane water for drinking becouse its very important for every persons health.when human drinking pure water have less chance for deases.

firstly, in rural area, have no access to clean water and government not providing the clean water pap line.becouse not every human have money to pay for clean water .government should provide clean water for needy poeple those have no money for it becouse its good for health for example if poor poeple moslty drink dirty and unfilterd water,shows increase the number of deases in people.

secondaly, in cities, people have access to pure water,although, they have big filters near by them. high class have big campnies of filter water and sell it. for example, aquafina, nestle and many more campanies provide water by money.every high class people buy these filtered water bottels.which is not for poor people.

in conculusion, i totally agree providing clean and filtered water free of cost beacouse not every person buy these expensive filtered water bottels and also every person have right to drink clean and purre water.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear overall position: “i totally agree,” and your points about rural access and the cost of bottled or filtered water are relevant to the question. However, the response addresses the issue only partially. It does not fully explain whether every home should receive a free supply through public infrastructure, and the examples about commercial brands do not establish how a government scheme could work. Several claims, such as dirty water increasing disease, are stated but not developed with a specific explanation or example. The response is also 50 words below the required minimum, limiting the space available to develop your reasons. To strengthen the answer, explain who should provide the water and how free access could benefit households, then support each main point in more detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs about rural and urban access, and a conclusion that restates your view. The sequence from unequal access to your final agreement is generally understandable. However, progression within paragraphs is limited, and some links are mechanical or unclear. For example, “secondaly” signals a new point, but the contrast introduced by “although” does not lead to a complete or clearly connected idea. The first body paragraph also moves from government provision to poverty and disease without explaining each connection. Use topic sentences that state the paragraph’s main claim, then connect each example explicitly to it. More precise linking and clearer references would make the argument easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant terms, including “clean water,” “rural area,” “government,” “health,” and “filtered water,” so the main topic is usually clear. There are also attempts to express distinctions between poorer and wealthier households. However, the vocabulary is limited and repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “clean,” “water,” and “people.” Several spelling errors, such as “deases,” “unfilterd,” and “conculusion,” and imprecise phrases such as “big filters near by them” make parts of the response difficult to read. Aim to learn accurate topic-specific expressions and check spelling carefully. For example, “access to a piped water supply” is more precise than “clean water pap line.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a conditional example beginning “if poor people mostly drink dirty…” This shows an effort to connect ideas, but the range of structures remains limited and longer sentences are often difficult to control. Errors in agreement and verb forms occur throughout, as in “every human have” and “government not providing.” Articles and sentence construction are also frequently missing or inaccurate, which makes some relationships unclear. For instance, “when human drinking pure water have less chance” does not form a complete, well-controlled sentence. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then combine them using clauses such as “because” and “if.” Check subject–verb agreement and ensure each sentence has a clear subject and verb.

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