Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-08-18

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, people are extremely getting upset due to their environmental problems such as water problems, greenhouses problems and rubbish problems. Unforunately, these problems are badly negative impacting both physical and mental problems and these critcal isues are creating the many causes for our lifes like headache, stomach and inhaller problems.

In this essay, I will discuss about vital point because this one of the most important challenge for our genreation. Our government does not understand the vital concept and no action on this complex situation.

First of all, if we analyze this concept, the biggest issue, why people are not focusing on this rubbish cause. When the people go to different renowed places where they can freshean theirself from their busy routines, there are many putting rubbish on various areas because there is no dusbin for rubbish for example plastic, biscuit and juices boxes. However this is the largest matter for raining time as the water poull on the road and make sickness due to dirty water.

In many countries. their government undoubetally conern about this issuse and they have already made few things for it such as dams and dusbin.

that why, people extremely far this problem and freshean theirself due to good envirnoment.

Australia, C

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, which significantly impacts the development of ideas. While the essay attempts to address the causes of low recycling rates and potential solutions, the arguments are underdeveloped and often unclear. The connection between 'rubbish problems' and 'headache' or 'stomach problems' lacks logical support. Furthermore, the response is incomplete, ending abruptly with 'Australia, C'. Because the task is not fully addressed and the length is insufficient, the development of the topic is severely limited, preventing a higher score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

The essay shows a basic attempt at paragraphing, but the logical progression of ideas is frequently interrupted by unclear phrasing and disjointed sentences. Cohesive devices are either missing or used incorrectly, such as the transition 'that why' at the end of the text. The relationship between sentences is often difficult to follow, and the lack of a clear conclusion or coherent structure makes the text hard to navigate. The abrupt ending further disrupts the overall flow and coherence of the piece.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary is limited and often inaccurate, which frequently impedes communication. There are numerous spelling errors (e.g., 'Unforunately', 'isues', 'renowed', 'freshean', 'poull', 'undoubetally', 'conern', 'envirnoment') and awkward collocations (e.g., 'rubbish problems', 'rubbish cause'). The range of vocabulary is insufficient to express complex ideas clearly, and the repetition of basic words like 'problems' and 'vital' suggests a limited lexical repertoire. The student struggles to use precise terminology related to environmental issues.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The essay contains frequent grammatical errors that often distort meaning. There are significant issues with subject-verb agreement, sentence structure, and word order (e.g., 'people are extremely getting upset', 'these critcal isues are creating the many causes for our lifes'). The use of complex structures is attempted but consistently results in errors, such as the misuse of 'if' clauses and relative pronouns. Punctuation is also inconsistent, and the overall control of grammar is weak, making the text difficult to read at times.

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