Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS General Essentials · 2026-09-21

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)

It goes without saying that, most nation's native do not prefer to recycle their waste as they can do. There are many reasons behind this phenomenon but by taking appropriate steps this obstacle can be mitigate, which i will disciss in the forthcoming paragraphs.

To commence with, people have lack of awareness. To make it clear, most of mortals do not know which material can be recycle or not. They just throw the things in garbage wherever they want. For example, in 2010 survey was conducted by WHO then they observed that 67% people said they throw garbage in the bins which is empty. To mitigate this, autorities should put the bins in public and private sectors with the logo such as, waiste, recycle and food waste with respective colors. Thus, people can easily know the difference in the bins and throw garbage accordingly.

Further supporting factor is getting indulge in their daily schedule. To simplify it, in this cut throat competition era, humans are busy in their tight work routine and neither have time for themselves nor for family. Thus, they find it waste of time to seprate the recycle material becuase there is nothing they will get revert in terms of theri work. Hence, government should give some money to the seller in the exchange of recycling material. So , people will get motivate to recycle things such as plastic bottles, mettals and papers.

In conclusion, although lack of awarness and tight schedule of people hindrance them to recycling yet regime can award them in face of money and provide seprate garbage bins with levels can encourage them to help society and reduce heaps of garbage.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the prompt, exploring the reasons why people do not recycle as much as they could, such as a lack of awareness and busy daily schedules, and suggests solutions like better-labeled public bins and financial incentives. The position is clear throughout the essay. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and the supporting example regarding the WHO survey is rather vague and unconvincing. Furthermore, there are minor generalizations. The task is adequately covered, and all requirements are met, fitting the descriptors for Band 6.0 well.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay has a clear overall arrangement with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to structure the ideas. Cohesive devices are used to signal transitions, such as 'To commence with', 'Further supporting factor', and 'In conclusion'. However, some referencing is slightly mechanical and awkward, such as 'which i will disciss in the forthcoming paragraphs' and 'in face of money'. Paragraph progression is generally logical, but the mechanical nature of some transitions and occasional awkward phrasing keep this criterion at a Band 6.0 level.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting some less common words and phrases such as 'phenomenon', 'cut throat competition', and 'financial incentives'. However, there are frequent word choice and collocation errors, such as 'nation's native do not prefer', 'have lack of awareness', 'mortals' instead of people, 'autorities', 'seprate', 'mettals', and 'awarness'. These spelling and lexical errors are noticeable and detract from the overall quality, though they do not severely impede communication, placing the response firmly at Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some control over structure with clauses like 'although lack of awarness and tight schedule of people hindrance them to recycling yet regime can award them'. However, there are numerous grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('people have lack', 'schedule of people hindrance'), incorrect verb forms ('can be mitigate'), missing articles, and punctuation errors. These frequent errors can cause some difficulty for the reader, matching the Band 5.0 descriptors.

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