Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-09-15

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 5.5)

In many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish. In this essay we discuss about the reason for this practice as well as the solution to mitigate this problem

To begin with, In most of tge households people are not willing to recycle the rubbish and they preserve this rubbish. It may leads to lack of space and comfort in the house.People believes that all this rubbish will be useful in future. Moreover, they are emotionally connected with most of this rubbish items. For instance, some parents will preverse the stroller and the bicycle of their kids for many years, this kids may be doing the graduation or might be working, eventhough, they know that their kids wont use this products anymore, they will preserve this items. Furthurmore, same with the clothing, parents tends to preserve the first cloths of their even on their 30s, because they very much emotionally connected with their offsprings.

There are numerous ways to change this practice. Firstly, There should be some public companies functioning to recycle the products like cloths, metal items and clothings, so the people can recycle many of the rubbish items effortlessly. Secondly, the government should place some donation boxes in an accessible area. This enhances the practice of donation among the public. For example, people can donate their unwanted furnitures and electronic devices for somebody who need those items. Finaly, the mobile applications called kijiji and marketplace helps to sell the used product to a reasonable rate.

To recapitulate, the rubblish should be recycled. it is higy beneficial to male the living are spacious and dust free. there are numerous reason for this practice and it can be alleviated by taking appropriate measure.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, exploring why people do not recycle rubbish and offering solutions to mitigate the problem. The student presents relevant ideas, such as emotional attachment to household items and the need for donation boxes and mobile applications. However, the interpretation of 'rubbish' leans heavily toward general clutter, old clothes, and sentimental items rather than municipal recyclables like paper, glass, and plastic, which somewhat narrows the focus. Additionally, some ideas are slightly under-developed or repetitive, such as the extended examples about children's strollers and clothes. Despite these minor limitations, all parts of the task are covered with a clear stance and recognisable support, corresponding well to the Band 6 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a recognisable introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Paragraphing is utilised to separate the causes from the solutions, which aids readability. However, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as the repetitive use of transitions and logical connectors within the body paragraphs. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as pronoun reference errors like 'this kids' instead of 'these kids'. The logical progression is somewhat hindered by abrupt shifts between ideas and minor organisational issues, but the general flow remains manageable for the reader, placing the response firmly at Band 6.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student displays an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'emotional connected', 'effortlessly', and 'alleviated'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including 'tge' for 'the', 'preverse' for 'preserve', 'cloths' for 'clothes', 'furnitures' (which is uncountable), and 'Finaly'. These errors occasionally distract the reader, though they do not severely impede communication. The use of specific real-world examples like 'kijiji and marketplace' demonstrates a functional command of vocabulary, matching the requirements for Band 5.5 or 6.0. Given the frequency of basic slips, a score of 5.5 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some ambition in sentence structures. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, with frequent errors in punctuation, subject-verb agreement, and articles. Examples include 'we discuss about the reason', 'It may leads to', 'People believes', 'this kids', and missing capitalization and punctuation in sentences such as 'the rubblish should be recycled. it is higy beneficial'. While these errors do not completely obscure the message, they occur with enough frequency to cause difficulty for the reader at times. The control of grammar is characteristic of Band 5.

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