Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-20

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 6.0)

Every human being deserves to have access to clean water. That's why every house should have an active supply of the clean water without paying any cost.

I agree to this statement to some extent. I firmly believe that every person should have easy access to the clean water but i don't think water supply should totally be free of cost. When people start receiving access to the clean and hygienic water without spending any money, there is a risk of waste of water. This will also put burden on the government or the authorities who are providing water free of charge as well as clean water resources. There should be a limit of free access to clean water and anyone who surpass that limit should pay for it. In this way the low-income people will get the most benefit and the rich people whose usage is high would pay for it. This will help the underpriviliged people and also reduce the load from providing officials.

People from middle class or even lower middle class can easily manage to buy clean drinking water or install highly advanced filters in their homes. Most of the times, it is the poor who suffer from health problems or skin problems because they can not afford to buy water and are compelled to use unhygienc water. The government should make sure the availability of pure drinking water to every human being by installing water filtration plants in every big or small city even in villages. There should be staff in these plants to maintain the hygiene of the cleaning filters and other equipment.

In conclusion every individual should have access to clean water. Water is one of the basic things which are crucial to survival. It is a human obligation to save mankind. Everyone should play a role in saving clean water and its resources.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear: you support guaranteed access to clean water but disagree that every amount should be free. The proposal to provide a free allowance and charge for use beyond it directly addresses the question, and you explain how this could protect low-income households while discouraging waste. This gives the response a relevant, reasoned core. You also discuss health risks and government provision. However, the argument is not developed evenly: the claim that middle- and lower-middle-income people can afford filters or bottled water is asserted rather than supported, and the conclusion shifts towards a general duty to save water without restating your specific position on charges. To strengthen the response, explain how a free basic supply would be defined and support the affordability claim with a concrete example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The first body paragraph develops your main qualification to the proposal, while the second focuses on unequal access and possible government action. Linking expressions such as “In this way” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the argument. However, some connections are mechanical, and the relationship between ideas is occasionally unclear. For example, the move from the free-water limit to the claim about middle-class households’ ability to buy water is abrupt, and the second paragraph introduces filtration plants without clearly linking them to your earlier pricing proposal. The conclusion also repeats the broad importance of water rather than drawing together the argument. Use clearer topic sentences and explicit links between each proposed measure and your position.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for the topic, including “low-income people,” “water resources,” “filtration plants” and “underprivileged people.” These choices communicate the main ideas, and you attempt more specific terms related to public health and water provision. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or imprecise, however: “active supply,” “without paying any cost,” “load from providing officials” and “hygienic water” do not sound natural in context. There are also spelling errors, including “underpriviliged” and “unhygienc.” These do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and fluency. Build accuracy by learning common collocations such as “a reliable water supply,” “at no charge,” and “the burden on public authorities,” and proofread spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “When people start receiving access … there is a risk” and a relative clause in “people whose usage is high.” Most sentences remain understandable, and the errors rarely obscure your meaning. Some grammatical inaccuracies persist, particularly with articles, agreement and sentence boundaries. For example, “access to the clean water” would usually be “access to clean water,” while “anyone who surpass that limit” needs subject–verb agreement (“surpasses”). The opening “That's why” is conversational for this essay, and “In conclusion every individual” needs a comma after the introductory phrase. Review article use and agreement, and punctuate introductory expressions consistently while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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