Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

Clean water is a basic necessity of human life and some people think it should be accessible to every home free of charge because it is their right. Although clean water is essential for healthy life, I largely disagree with the proposal because people may waste water and not value its importance; therefore, a small fee should be charged for excessive use.

To begin with, some people believe that clean water should be accessible free of cost. This is because people from disadvantaged backgrounds may not afford the overpriced water bottles. They unfortunately prefer water which has cheaper rates. Due to lack of water supply, they may worsen their sedentary lifestyles, which can lead to negative consequences on human health. For instance, people who consume impurified water, they may get water-borne diseases, which can affect the overall well-being. Therefore, access to purified water could be beneficial for the people from low-income backgrounds.

Furthermore, I believe access to clean water should be provided to a certain extent and a small fee should be implemented on people who are using it excessively. Some people may use freely available clean water for their car washes and gardens, which can cause excessive wastage of water. However, if there will be a minimum fee for its accessibility, people will use it with precaution and when needed only. Therefore, governments should implement some charges on clean water and publicily advice people to use it when required.

In conclusion, although clean water is a basic human right and it improves the overall well-being of people and save them from diseases, I largely believe that it should not be provided completely free of charge because some people may disuse it, while using it excessively for their everyday car wash and gardens.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear: you largely disagree with completely free household water and support charging for excessive use. You address both the right to clean water and the risk of waste, using relevant examples such as car washing and watering gardens. This meets the task well, and the health argument for low-income households shows awareness of the opposing view. However, some points are not fully developed: the link between lack of water supply and “sedentary lifestyles” is unclear, and the essay does not explain how a basic free supply could be protected while charging only for excessive consumption. Clarifying that distinction and extending the reasoning behind your policy would make the response more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction states your view, two body paragraphs present the opposing case and your own reasoning, and a conclusion restates your position. Linking expressions such as “To begin with,” “Furthermore,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow this progression. The organisation is coherent, though some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Due to lack of water supply” does not clearly follow from the point about expensive bottled water, and “Therefore” is used repeatedly to introduce conclusions without always showing the precise relationship between ideas. Use more specific links and make each paragraph’s reasoning progress step by step; clearer reference to the proposed free basic supply would also strengthen cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “disadvantaged backgrounds,” “water-borne diseases,” “excessive wastage,” and “overall well-being.” These choices communicate the main ideas, and you attempt some less common expressions. However, several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “sedentary lifestyles” in the context of water access, “impurified water,” and “disuse it” when you mean misuse or waste it. “Publicily” is also misspelled, and “overpriced water bottles” may not express the intended point as precisely as “expensive bottled water.” Aim for more natural collocations and check spelling and word forms; this would make your vocabulary more precise without changing your argument.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including subordinate clauses beginning “because,” “although,” and “which.” Most sentences remain understandable, and your argument is not seriously impeded by grammatical errors. Some errors persist, however. In “people who consume impurified water, they may get…,” the subject is repeated; write “people who consume … may get…”. The conditional “if there will be a minimum fee” should use “if there is a minimum fee,” and “it improves … and save them” needs parallel agreement: “it improves … and saves them.” There are also article and plural issues, as in “a basic necessity of human life” and “for their everyday car wash and gardens.” More consistent control of these patterns would improve accuracy.

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