Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-12

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)

Nowadays, recycling rubbish is important for protecting the environment, However Indviduals do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could. There are many reason problem and some steps can betakrn to improve the situtation.

There are two main reason for recyling rubbish. Firstly, people do not have enough knowledge about recycle the products. The donot know how recycle helps to safe the environment. Secondly, Some peoples find recycle difficult because there are not available bins in public plance as well as residential area. For example people always throw rubbish product any where or nomal dusbin because separate bins are not avaiable.

On other hand, there are several reason to solve these prople. First and formost is Government should provides program, seminers how recycle rubbish can safe to our environment. Schools will provide information to the children how to seprate diffrent type of bins. For instance people can find easily seprate buins in work place and public place paper, palstic and food bins.

In conclusion, Lack of awareness and proper facilities are not available so people cannot aware recycle rubbish how to safe our environment. If government, people and schools work together the problem will be solve eaisly and clean all things.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both parts of the question by identifying limited awareness and a lack of recycling bins as causes, then suggesting education and better facilities. These are relevant ideas, but they are only briefly explained: for example, you say people lack knowledge of how recycling helps, without developing why this leads them not to recycle or giving a specific example. Your proposed roles for government and schools are also mentioned rather than fully explained. The conclusion restates the main points but does not add a clear, developed position. The response contains 192 words, so it is 58 words below the required minimum; this limits the space available to explain and support your ideas. Develop each cause and solution with a clear explanation or example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction is followed by a paragraph on causes, one on solutions, and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “For example” help readers follow the main points. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and linking can feel mechanical. The phrase “On other hand” does not clearly connect the solutions to the causes, while the final sentence combines several ideas without showing their relationships. Some references, such as “these prople,” are also unclear. Use linking expressions accurately and make each paragraph develop one main idea in a logical sequence, with examples clearly attached to the point they support.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant topic words, including “recycling,” “environment,” “bins,” “paper,” and “plastic,” so the general subject is clear. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, word-form, and spelling errors make parts difficult to understand, such as “knowledge about recycle the products,” “normal dusbin,” and “seprate buins.” Repetition of “people,” “rubbish,” and “environment” also restricts precision. Aim to learn common collocations for this topic and check spelling carefully. More accurate phrases such as “awareness of recycling,” “household waste,” and “separate recycling bins” would help express your ideas more naturally and precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including a reason clause with “because” and a conditional sentence beginning “If government, people and schools work together.” However, the range is limited, and errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation occur often enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. For example, “Government should provides” has incorrect subject–verb agreement, and “the problem will be solve” uses the wrong verb form. The opening also joins sentences incorrectly with a comma before “However.” Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a subordinate clause, then check agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries before adding more complex structures.

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