Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-11

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)

Although recyling is benificial for every one but many countries are not abled to recycle there waste as they could.In my view , the primary reason for this trend is laked of facilities and wareness about recyling.

One major reason people feel inconvinace to do that ,they do not wnat to do that.another reason is lack of facility from the govenment causes not to do that , In many contries governmant provide bins for spreating waste for recyling purpose.Although such facilitys provided by the govenment so many people is too lazy to not organized the waste. transpotation is played very important role for recyling rubbish when individual nneds to short and transpoted waste for long distance it is going to disgruage them to recyle as need to travel that long and not getting anykind of benefit from it.

To reverse this kind of trend authorities must first make recyling effortless for house hold. local council needs to take care of crub side collection on diffrent day for each and every waste things and the also provied diffrent colours of bin for spration of rubbish for every house hold.Govenment also take few stpes for spred some awareness of recyling benefits and fot the plastic they need to incetivise people for reccyle it.

In Conclusion ,Low recyling rate higly beause of low facilities and lack of awareness.By improving infrastucture and giving financial benefits for intial period of time for recyle government can put habbit of people inside it and after become habbit recyling is part of the life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question and maintain a relevant position: limited facilities and awareness are presented as causes, while collection services, separate bins, education and incentives are proposed as solutions. The explanation that people may be discouraged by having to sort and transport rubbish over long distances is a relevant supporting point. However, several ideas remain general or unclear. For example, “people feel inconvinace to do that” does not explain the reason, and the discussion of government-provided bins is difficult to follow. The proposed awareness campaign and incentives are also named rather than explained with a specific example or likely effect. Develop each main point with a clearer explanation and a concrete illustration to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions and a conclusion. This helps the reader identify the main stages of your answer. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and some connections are unclear. In the causes paragraph, the ideas about unwillingness, government facilities and transport are placed together without a clear sequence; “Although such facilitys provided…” also does not connect logically to the following point. Linking expressions such as “another reason” and “In Conclusion” are used, but cohesion is sometimes mechanical or inaccurate. Organise each paragraph around one clear main idea, then explain it before moving to the next point. Use pronouns and linking phrases only where their references are clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycle,” “waste,” “facilities,” “awareness,” “transportation” and “incentivise,” so the reader can identify the subject and your main proposals. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to understand, such as “laked of facilities,” “spreating waste,” “disgruage” and “put habbit of people inside it.” Some phrases are also unnatural, including “recycling rubbish” in contexts where “recycling waste” or “recycling household waste” would be clearer. Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning common collocations for this topic. More precise wording would help you explain causes and solutions without relying on repeated forms of “do that.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “Although” and a conditional idea about making recycling a habit. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and punctuation can make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “Although recycling is beneficial … but” combines two contrasting structures, while “many people is too lazy” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. The sentence beginning “when individual needs to short and transported waste” also has unclear clause structure and verb forms. Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a clearly formed subordinate clause. Check agreement, verb forms and sentence boundaries before adding further clauses.

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