Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-28

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)

Today the rubbish is very Significant matter for every countries . The recycle period of different thigs too much, Human produce Unusual a lot number of daily rounite product Manufactuing and use but these product do not dispos in the big quentity so waste matiral increace day by day.

The United States produces the most total municipal waste per person at roughly 951 kg per year, while Israel ranks highest in poor waste management with 80% of its garbage going to landfills. China generates the largest overall volume of trash globally due to its large population.these countries generates a high amount of rubbish in the world but some countries control and recycle this metiral unfortunatlly this affact quite not much.some common reason for every countries like lack of Lack of Infrastructure,high cost ,weak laws ,and lack of knowalaged. I think people not know abount the recycle of things and they not go the bio-degradeable things like packaging and Food Service,natural Fibers and natural daily use items.

Ibelieve if we use some tools like advanced sorting technology,landfill bans and organic composting then we can change this things and not creat rubbish.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response attempts to address both parts of the prompt by discussing why people do not recycle as much as they could and suggesting solutions such as advanced sorting technology and landfill bans. However, the ideas remain largely under-developed and superficial. For instance, the causes are merely listed as 'lack of Infrastructure, high cost, weak laws, and lack of knowalaged' without adequate expansion or relevant examples. Furthermore, the response suffers significantly from the length requirement, containing only 190 words, which falls well short of the 250-word minimum. This severe under-length limitation directly impacts the fullness of the task response, placing it firmly at band 4.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The text demonstrates some organisation, but overall progression is severely hindered by erratic paragraphing and disjointed sentence structures. The response is broken into overly dense blocks of text where ideas jump abruptly between global waste statistics, causes of poor recycling, and proposed solutions. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, as seen in the transition 'these countries generates a high amount of rubbish in the world but some countries control... unfortunatlly this affact quite not much.' Referencing is frequently unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the logical development of ideas. Paragraphing is inadequate and does not reflect a clear structuring of introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently impeded by severe spelling and word-choice errors that strain the reader. Examples of inaccurate lexical choices include 'thigs' for things, 'rounite' for routine, 'Manufaktuing' implied in context, 'dispos' for dispose, 'quentity' for quantity, 'metiral' for material, 'affact' for effect, and 'knowalaged' for knowledge. While the student attempts to include some topic-related terminology such as 'municipal waste', 'landfills', and 'bio-degradeable', the sheer frequency of inaccurate word forms and basic spelling mistakes restricts the score to a band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical range is very limited, consisting predominantly of simple sentences and flawed attempts at complex structures. There is a persistent lack of basic grammatical control, including frequent errors in subject-verb agreement ('rubbish is very Significant matter', 'these countries generates'), missing articles, and incorrect sentence boundary punctuation. For example, 'China generates the largest overall volume of trash globally due to its large population.these countries generates...' lacks proper spacing and capitalization. Frequent structural errors distort meaning and make the text difficult to read, aligning with the band 4.0 descriptors.

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