Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could.

Why do you think this is?

What can be done to change this?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

i strongly agree that in many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish. Waste material has became a major effect on environment.

To begin with, People do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could because they don't have much time and money to recycle. Government need to take action on that and recycle the waste material. Waste material need a recycling process to recycle like extract recycling material from the waste and they do recycling process on it. How people can do this? Recycling process takes time and people don't have much time to do this process because everyone is busy in his/her life. To live money is important and everyone go for his work. On the other hand from my perspective some people can also start a business from that rubbish people can collect it from the bins and load it to the factory where this material can be recycled after reaching in the factory. this waste go through the recycling process and different products made from it.

Moreover, Government need to install plants for recycling this material. Like in Pakistan Punjab a new initiative of Suthra Punjab, Government hire many peoples to collect the waste of from the whole province and load it to reach to the destination. By this initiative of government more jobs are offered to the people they collect the waste from the province clean the environment and also government pay for this.

In conclusion, Government should take action on it and hire a team for every district to collect this rubbish and and also for recycling process and government make different materials from this and sell it in market like dispossable products, plastic products.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you suggest that people lack time and describe government-led collection and recycling as a solution. The Punjab example gives the response a relevant, concrete illustration, and your position that government should act is clear by the end. However, the explanation of why people do not recycle is narrow: lack of time is repeated, while the reference to money is not explained. Some proposed actions, such as installing plants and hiring collection teams, are named but not developed to show how they would increase recycling. To strengthen the response, explain a wider range of causes and connect each solution directly to those causes, with a clearer account of how the example works.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and signposts such as “To begin with,” “Moreover” and “In conclusion” help identify its parts. The Punjab initiative is placed in a paragraph about government action, which gives the discussion some organisation. However, progression within paragraphs is not always clear: the first body paragraph moves from lack of time and money to government action, then to a possible rubbish-collection business, without clearly linking these points. Some connections are repetitive or awkward, including “recycle … recycling process” and “and and also.” Organise each paragraph around one main point, use pronouns and linking phrases precisely, and make the relationship between causes and solutions explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “rubbish,” “recycling process,” “factory,” “plants” and “initiative,” so the reader can follow the general subject. However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, especially “waste material,” “recycle” and “government.” Some choices are inaccurate or unclear, such as “Waste material has became a major effect on environment” and “To live money is important”; these make the intended meaning harder to understand. Aim for more precise collocations and vary repeated terms—for example, distinguish between waste collection, sorting and processing. Check spelling and word forms as well, including “dispossable,” and choose expressions that state your meaning directly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including “because they don't have much time and money to recycle” and the sentence describing how rubbish reaches a factory. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include “Waste material has became,” “Government need,” “everyone go for his work,” and “different products made from it,” which show problems with verb forms, agreement and missing auxiliary verbs. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “clean the environment and also government pay for this.” Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a subordinate clause, then check verb agreement, tense and punctuation.

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