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)

In modern era, many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could. this people increase day by day and main cause of damage environment. There are several reasons why people do not recycle but government should take action against this problem.

On they one hand, ther are many reasons why people so not recycle. Firstly some people have not awareness about plastic pollution. They do not understand impact of pollution on environment also they daily use plastic bags, box but not use second time. The impact of pollution harm wildlife, forest and pollution is main cause of climate change. Secondly, some area have not facilities for recycling and there people face problem for recycle rubbish. Moreover, some people are busy or lazzy they do not try for recycling.

However, there are multitude way to recycle rubbish. Firstly government give awareness related to reuse rubbish becuse when people know impact of pollution on environment they try to save. And government take action againt plastic companies because they should avoid plastic and invent biodegradable products. And open recycle rubbish stores in all cities. School and college give information about benifities of recycling beacuse there children learn many things about ecofriendly products.

In conclusion, I believe that pollution increse is main problem. Government take action they take give informantion to all people they use ecofriendly products. It can help in future people can save animals and tree and it imrove environment and people stay healthy. people also take action.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited awareness, inadequate recycling facilities, and people’s lack of time as reasons, then suggest public education, action against plastic companies, recycling centres, and school instruction. These are relevant ideas, but several are only briefly stated. For example, you say people “have not awareness” and that some areas lack facilities, without explaining how these barriers affect recycling or giving a specific example. Your proposed actions also need clearer explanation of how they would change behaviour. The conclusion repeats the general point rather than drawing the causes and solutions together. The response contains 237 words, so it is 13 words below the 250-word minimum; 13 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. Develop and support each main point more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a conclusion. Sequencing is generally understandable, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” “Moreover,” and “However” help show the direction of the argument. However, some linking is mechanical, and the repeated use of “And” to begin solution points makes the paragraph feel like a list. The opening phrase “On they one hand” is unclear, and connections between ideas are sometimes weak—for instance, the move from pollution’s effects to climate change is not explained. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each cause to a corresponding solution, while varying linking expressions and making references such as “this problem” more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “plastic pollution,” “biodegradable products,” “recycling,” and “eco-friendly products.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “impact of pollution” and “recycle rubbish stores.” However, the range is limited and several word-choice, word-form, and spelling errors make parts less clear or natural: “multitude way,” “lazzy,” “benifities,” and “informantion.” Some combinations are awkward, such as “reuse rubbish” and “save animals and tree.” Build accuracy with common environmental collocations and check spelling and word forms. More precise vocabulary would also help distinguish recycling from reusing and explain the proposed measures clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including “when people know impact of pollution on environment they try to save” and “because they should avoid plastic and invent biodegradable products.” This shows an effort to connect ideas, but the longer sentences are often faulty, and many sentences have errors in articles, agreement, verb forms, or sentence boundaries. For example, “government give awareness” and “some area have not facilities” lack accurate grammatical forms, while “In modern era, many countries, people…” is not a complete, well-formed opening. Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly where several ideas are joined with “And.” Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a clearly attached reason or result, then check articles, plural forms, and subject–verb agreement.

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