Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · 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 4.0)

Nowadays, In our country people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could throw on road. We discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of this point. Some people argue that changes and some people disagree with this point. Pollution is a major problem.

Overall, there are many problems in our society that is pollution. Many people throw garbage on the road that is very bad habit. In addition, some factories throw all wast material in to the river. Government take a legal action against to these factories to installed a recycling plants in there factories. Give education in the school related to recycling of wast material and throw their rubbish in to dustbins or recycling bins.

On the other hand, Some people support this activity and some hate this improvement so we ignore this type of people. There are many people who work on it like put a plants more and more in there city and parks. There are play a very important roll in our society who save our environmental. So we put more and more plant in our society that is very good achievement of our countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response makes a limited attempt to address both questions: it mentions littering and factory waste as problems, then suggests legal action, school education, and more plants. However, the reasons people fail to recycle are not clearly explained, and several proposed actions—such as planting more trees—do not directly answer how recycling can be increased. The opening also introduces an advantages-and-disadvantages discussion that the task does not ask for, leaving the position and focus unclear. The response contains 180 words, so it is 70 words below the required minimum; this restricts the space available to explain and support relevant ideas. Develop specific causes and practical solutions, with a relevant example for each.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is some paragraphing, and the response moves from an introduction to possible actions and then to a contrasting point. Basic links such as “In addition” and “On the other hand” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the paragraphs do not consistently develop the task’s two questions, and the contrast introduced by “On the other hand” is not explained. The opening’s reference to advantages and disadvantages also does not establish a clear structure for the essay. Some sentences are loosely connected, for example the move from recycling plants to planting trees. Organise the response into clear sections for causes and solutions, and use linking phrases only when the relationship between ideas is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycle,” “pollution,” “factories,” “river,” and “dustbins or recycling bins,” so the reader can identify the general subject. There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “legal action” and “recycling plants.” However, vocabulary is often repetitive or imprecise, and several word choices make the intended meaning unclear, such as “throw on road,” “support this activity,” and “save our environmental.” Spelling and word-form errors, including “wast material” and “roll,” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise set of terms for causes and solutions, and check collocations and word forms so that your ideas are expressed naturally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response includes mostly simple statements and attempts a few longer structures, such as “Many people throw garbage on the road that is very bad habit.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but sentence control is inconsistent. Errors include subject–verb agreement in “Government take” and “There are play,” missing or incorrect articles in “a very bad habit” and “a recycling plants,” and faulty verb patterns in “to installed.” The sentence beginning “Some people argue that changes and some people disagree” is also incomplete or unclear in its construction. Use complete subject–verb sentences, check agreement and articles, and practise combining ideas with accurate clauses. Greater control of these basic patterns would make the response easier to read.

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