Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-23

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 essential part of our lives. Even we are facing issues in urban cities after alot of urban development but still in controled phase. Water is required for many things. In household, needed for drinking, cooking and for multiple other puposes. The major problem humanity facing in this decade are diseases due to unflterd water. Many people face kidny problems, which were cause by high ph leval of drinking water. In many countries, clean water are not available for everyone. People need to pay or travel to somewere for drinkable water. Nowadays, some peoples takes it as a opportunity for business. They just opend shops and sale clean water, which isn't affordable for everyone. Facilites of clean water supply without any charge directly at doorstep are governoment responsibilty. All stakeholder should prepare pathway to facilitate public.

In my perspective, water are basic needs of humans and clean water access is our right. I want everyone must get free water supply without goin everywhere. Clean water can help us to survive against the virsuses and other multiple disease including some viral infection or other problems in human body. Kidny failure is one of the most common problem in thoses areas where water ph leval too high from the suitable leval. Furthemore, people are not in condition to buy water because they already have a lot others household expenses. They are even in problem to cover all of these, so how they can buy water for drinking. This is major reason why they drnk tap water or other unclean water.

However it's imposible to supply water to everyone due to dense population in urban areas and lack of transport facilites towrads rular araea located for away from cities.

Only big players or foundation who help people can organise this facility for everyone. We need to take part in this work.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a clear position in favour of free access, stating that “clean water access is our right,” and give relevant reasons, including health risks and the financial burden on households. You also acknowledge a practical challenge in the final paragraph: supplying remote areas and densely populated cities. However, the response only partly develops the task. It does not explain how free provision could be organised or funded, and the final point about delivery difficulties is introduced without being reconciled with your position. Some claims, such as kidney problems being caused by high water pH, need clearer explanation or support. Develop two or three main reasons with specific examples and explain how they support your view.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: it introduces water access, states your view, and then raises a counterpoint. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, the overall progression is not consistently clear: the opening moves from urban development to water-related illness and commercial sales without showing how each point connects. Linking phrases such as “In my perspective,” “Furthermore,” and “However” help signal relationships, but some transitions feel abrupt, especially the shift from supporting free water to saying it is impossible to supply everyone. Repeated references to water and clean water also make the development feel circular. Group related reasons together and use a concluding paragraph to restate your position after addressing the practical objection.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “basic needs,” “water supply,” “household expenses,” and “dense population,” so the main subject is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “drinkable water” and “viral infection.” However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or misspelled choices make parts difficult to follow, including “unflterd,” “kidny,” “ph leval,” and “facilites.” Some expressions are also unnatural, such as “prepare pathway” and “takes it as a opportunity for business.” Aim for accurate collocations and check spelling carefully; precise wording will make your arguments clearer and more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, including a complex sentence beginning “However it’s impossible to supply water to everyone due to…”. Nevertheless, the range is limited, and frequent errors in sentence formation and basic grammar sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “Water is essential part” (missing an article), “Water are basic needs” (subject–verb agreement), and “the major problem humanity facing” (missing a verb form). Several sentences are fragments, such as “In household, needed for drinking,” while “I want everyone must get” uses an incorrect clause pattern. Practise complete sentences, agreement, articles, and structures such as “I want everyone to receive…” before attempting longer constructions.

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