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)

It is true that there are number of nations, individuals do not recyle their waste as much as they could. I persoally believe that there are significent number of resons responsible for this drawback. However, i am goig to outline this resons and how overcome from this problem.

In this recent time rubbish seems to witness almost in every big or small city. It has been a common problem, beside rubbish causes many disase. The main resons is rubbish are made by inhabitiants. To give a exmaple like, everyday every apertments make so many rubbish and almsot 80% of rubbish are producss in kitchen because everyday we need to cook so many thing so there are many waste and some waste part of the food threw by us and it creates rubbish. Another striking aspect is that rubbish often stay at houses for long and it creates so many becteria which are dangerias for human. That why it needs to move out form houses and recycled them, but people often forgot to trew or send for recycle it. Last but not least there are no eough facilities are avabile for people to send there waste item for recycled, beside there is no social consurned about recycle and goverments are less interested about it.

However, it can be slove by tacking some essentials step. Firstly people should aware about rubbish how it has been effecting human life and how it can be again usable to us. For give a example, plastic chaire and items can be agai usable by creating it into diffents items like plate, jar, glass. Another most strking aspect is that goverments should take some step about introduces public and creat a law for rubbis that every indivials should follow. That how every people would aware about that. At the end establist a organesion and make more recycle company .

In conclusion, by following those step it can change in many contries people to recycles there waste.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions by identifying possible reasons—limited recycling facilities, low public awareness and weak government involvement—and suggesting education, laws and more recycling companies. These points are relevant, and the example of reusing plastic items helps illustrate a possible solution. However, the response only partially develops the task: the discussion of household rubbish and kitchen waste explains how rubbish is produced more than why people fail to recycle it. The opening also promises to outline the reasons and solutions, but your position is not stated clearly. Explain more directly how inconvenience, lack of information or motivation leads to low recycling, then show how each proposed measure would address a specific cause.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “Another striking aspect” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the broad structure. However, progression within the body is uneven: the paragraph moves from rubbish production to disease, household collection and government awareness without clearly connecting these points to the question of why recycling rates are low. Some linking phrases are repetitive or do not express the relationship accurately, and references such as “That why” are unclear. Group the causes together and then organise the solutions in a separate, parallel sequence. Use transitions to show cause and effect, and make sure each paragraph develops one central idea.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “facilities,” “recycled,” “government” and “individuals,” and you try to vary your wording with phrases such as “Another striking aspect.” However, the range is limited and many spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to understand, for example “recyle,” “significent,” “resons,” “becteria” and “social consurned.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “rubbish seems to witness” and “move out from houses and recycled them.” Choose familiar, accurate expressions before attempting more elaborate phrasing: for instance, say that rubbish “is visible in cities” and should be “collected for recycling.” Proofread spelling and check collocations in a dictionary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a sentence beginning “because everyday we need to cook,” but complex structures are often difficult to follow and errors occur frequently. Examples include “there are number of nations,” “The main resons is rubbish are made,” and “every indivials should follow,” where articles, agreement and clause structure are not controlled. Verb forms and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “it can be slove by tacking” and the long sentence about kitchen waste. Build accuracy with clear subject–verb–object sentences, then add one subordinate clause at a time. Check articles, plural forms and agreement, and use full stops to separate ideas rather than joining several claims in one sentence.

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