Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-08-31
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)
In some nations, recycling waste is not popular as it could be . This essay will discuss the the reason behind this and solution to solve this problem.
It is happning due to insufficent knowledge of enviornment protection, as some educational institute do not make envionment subject mandatory in their curiculam. Because of this, students have no idea how their wastage rubbish can degrate enviornment . For example, a survey was conducted in Delhi arond 5 year ago regarding the recycle waste. This showed that around 58% people even do not any idea how defective the wastage to the nature without prople recycle this
This issue can be handled by organizing envionment protection well fair. If society secratory will arrange meeting with "clean and green agecy's member", this will help to educate the society for saving naure for our future genrations. Moreover, government should work for this by providing differnt containers for bio, plastic and garbage waste . So that it is convenient for natives to recycle. When city municiple finds any of the house people not following this rule, they can be punished by heavy fine.
To sum up, less recyling by people because of less knowledge of nature, this can be overcome by providing enviornment knowledge in well fair and by legislation some laws regarding this issue.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt, identifying lack of education and infrastructure as key issues. However, the essay is significantly under the 250-word minimum, which limits the depth of development. Ideas are presented but remain underdeveloped; for instance, the suggestion of 'well fair' (welfare/events) is vague, and the example regarding the Delhi survey lacks sufficient detail to fully support the argument. Because the response fails to meet the length requirement and lacks the necessary depth for a higher band, it is constrained to a lower score.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is organized into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the progression of ideas. However, the use of cohesive devices is mechanical and sometimes inaccurate, such as the awkward transition 'So that it is convenient'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the flow between sentences is sometimes disjointed. While there is a basic logical structure, the lack of sophisticated linking words and the brevity of the text prevent a higher score. The conclusion is also quite abrupt and does not effectively summarize the main points.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary is limited and repetitive, with several spelling errors that occasionally impede clarity, such as 'happning', 'insufficent', 'enviornment', 'curiculam', and 'degrate'. The student uses basic terminology and struggles with collocations, for example, 'wastage rubbish' and 'prople recycle'. There is little evidence of less common lexical items or an attempt to use precise vocabulary to convey complex ideas. To improve, the student needs to focus on accurate spelling and expanding their range of topic-specific vocabulary related to environmental issues.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The essay relies heavily on simple sentence structures, and attempts at complex sentences often contain grammatical errors, such as 'If society secratory will arrange meeting... this will help'. There are frequent errors in articles, verb tense, and word order, for example, 'people even do not any idea' and 'legislation some laws'. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with unnecessary spaces before periods. While the meaning is generally understandable, the high frequency of grammatical errors and the limited range of structures significantly impact the quality of the writing.
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