Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-28
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 5.5)
Water is a thing that every biotic can not survive without it due to the fact that the humans and animals need it to stay hydrated and plants need to make their food. But nowadays access to the clean water became a challenge because of industrial waste, domestic sewage and many more reasons. So i strongly agree that clean water provided free of charge as it is a basic human right.
To begin with, clean and safe drinking water is indispencable for human survival and public hygine. Clean water is essential for maintaining health and prevent diseases. Clean water reduce the risk of waterbone diseases such as cholera and hypatitus. When people are healthy government spend less money on healthcare. Also, poor families spend lots of money on different things like paying electricity bills or meeting their needs so if clean water is free they cook and drink it without worring about money.
Moreover, supplying free clean water promotes social equality. Supply of the clean water in every home reduce the time and energy of women and children who has the duty to resolve this issue their houses.
In conclusion, clean water is a basic
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
Your position is clear in the opening: you strongly agree that clean water should be free, and you give relevant reasons involving health, healthcare costs and social equality. However, the response addresses the task only partially because these points are mostly asserted rather than explained with specific examples or developed reasoning. The paragraph about women and children is especially brief, and the conclusion is unfinished (“In conclusion, clean water is a basic”), so the argument is not brought to a complete close. The response also falls 55 words short of the required minimum, limiting the space available to develop your ideas. Explain how free provision could work and support each main reason with a concrete example.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and an attempted conclusion. Linking phrases such as “To begin with,” “Moreover” and “In conclusion” help signal the stages of the argument. However, progression is limited because the second body paragraph contains only one brief point, and the conclusion stops before completing its message. Some connections between ideas are also abrupt; for example, the move from public health to government healthcare spending would benefit from an explicit explanation. Develop each paragraph around one main idea, use supporting sentences to show how the reasoning follows, and ensure the final paragraph provides a complete summary rather than ending mid-sentence.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “public hygiene,” “waterborne diseases,” “industrial waste” and “social equality,” which helps communicate the subject. There is some repetition of “clean water,” however, and several inaccurate or misspelled forms reduce precision, such as “indispencable,” “hygine,” “waterbone” and “hypatitus.” Phrases such as “a thing that every biotic can not survive without it” are awkward and imprecise for an academic essay. Aim to use accurate collocations and vary repeated terms with expressions such as “safe drinking water” or “a reliable water supply.” Proofreading spelling and choosing more natural phrasing would make your ideas easier to follow.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a reason clause beginning “because” and a conditional idea about what families could do if water were free. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure, agreement and verb forms sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “every biotic can not survive without it” contains an unnecessary second “it,” while “clean water reduce” and “government spend” have subject–verb agreement errors. The sentence beginning “Supply of the clean water…” also has problems with agreement and clause structure. The final sentence is incomplete. Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and verb, consistent agreement, and a complete main clause; then proofread punctuation and sentence endings.
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