Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-24

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)

Every mankind on this earth needs access to clean water, as it's consider to be a basic human right, and every household should have a water supply connection provided without any charge.

Water supply is consider to be a basic human right that should be provided without any cost involved just like other basic rights people have to live. And I strongly agree to this point. one individual human body needs approx. 8 glasses of water intaker per day that keeps us healthy, alongside that a normal household would need more than 20 gallon of water for other tasks involved like washing, cleaning, cooking etc. This amount of need can not be easy to fullfiled with the costs involved as people have others bills to pay off and water is natural resourse and its free to use from nature, it just need the authorize bodies in goverment sector to create a system that fullfill in this need and people should live in peace.

In conclusion, it is an understable thing that water use can not be reduced or even replaced with any other resourse as our bov

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You take a clear position by stating, “I strongly agree,” and give relevant reasons: water is essential for health and households need it for cooking, washing and cleaning. However, the response addresses the issue only partially. It does not explain how a free supply would be funded or distinguish essential household use from unlimited consumption, and the claim that water is “free to use from nature” is not sufficiently supported. The conclusion is cut off (“as our bov”), so the argument is left incomplete. The response also contains 187 words, which is 63 words below the required minimum; this limits the space available to develop and support your ideas. Add a complete conclusion and explain your reasons with a specific example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic overall structure: an opening statement, a paragraph giving your position and reasons, and an attempted conclusion. The main paragraph includes related points about personal and household water needs, so the reader can follow the general argument. However, progression is limited: the opening repeats the claim that water is a human right, and the body moves from daily drinking needs to household costs and government action without clearly connecting these points. Linking phrases such as “alongside that” and “In conclusion” are attempted, but the final sentence is unfinished, leaving the ending unclear. Use separate paragraphs for your position, supporting reasons and conclusion, and make each paragraph develop one main idea in a logical sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “basic human right,” “water supply,” “household,” and “government sector.” These terms make your general meaning understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices, forms and spellings are inaccurate or awkward, sometimes making the reader pause. Examples include “water intaker,” “fullfiled,” “resourse,” and “understable”; “water supply connection” and “costs involved” are also less natural in context. Try to learn common collocations such as “provide a water supply,” “meet household needs,” and “cover the cost.” More precise vocabulary would also help you explain the difference between essential water use and other consumption.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a sentence that gives examples of household uses and one that explains the role of government. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence boundaries sometimes make the argument difficult to read. For example, “Water supply is consider” needs a passive verb form, while “it just need” does not agree with its subject. The opening sentence also joins several ideas with commas, and “one” begins a sentence without a capital letter. The final sentence is incomplete, so its grammatical meaning cannot be followed. Practise accurate passive constructions and subject–verb agreement, and divide long sentences into shorter, complete units.

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