Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-29
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 5.0)
recycling rubbish is the most common thing to do in a lot of countries around the world. but people are not doing it as much as they could. I think this is a really curcial operation to be effectively done by everyone. Govermant should be strict about it to be taken seriously. In this essay im going to talk about how important this is and the solutions that could be done to change it.
Firstly, rubbish recycle is a job to keep the envornment clean and to have a fresh air. contain pollution problems and lowers the numbers of vermin and pests around the streets. it could cause health problmes that leads to death speacialy for children or older people. For example if someone keeps throwing their trash and leave it, it attracts rodents that spread deseases after a long time.
Therefore, recyling is very curcial and everyone's responsability to take a hand in it. if the goverment make a rule that every individual takes his own garbage to the recycle center that could help us to have another useful things out of it and as well as reducing the polluted air. For instant, there are a lot of citizens that throw the rubbish in the ocean aswell which makes it worse for the marine life.
In conclusion, who ever made this rubbish recycle system is a good person who wants to make our life clean from dirty cities. people should take it more seriously and starts helping each other to improve our lifestyle.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses both parts of the prompt, discussing reasons why people do not recycle as much as they could and suggesting solutions such as government intervention and rules. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and relies on sweeping generalisations rather than detailed elaboration. For instance, the discussion on pests and diseases provides a relevant reason, but it remains brief and lacks specific real-world examples. The position is presented throughout the essay, but the ideas are often under-developed, aligning best with Band 5 descriptors where the task is addressed, but the arguments remain basic and lack depth.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay displays some overall organisation, but the progression of ideas is frequently disrupted. Paragraphing is attempted, but paragraph boundaries and internal transitions feel awkward. For example, the introduction is fragmented with abrupt sentences like 'but people are not doing it as much as they could' starting with a lowercase letter. Cohesive devices are sometimes inaccurate or repetitive ('For example', 'Therefore', 'For instant'), and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as 'that could help us to have another useful things out of it'. There is a lack of smooth transitions between sentences, placing this performance in the Band 5 category.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and basic, adequate for conveying simple meaning but insufficient for a higher academic score. There are frequent spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'curcial' (crucial), 'Govermant' (government), 'envornment' (environment), 'problmes' (problems), 'speacialy' (especially), 'deseases' (diseases), 'recyling' (recycling), 'responsability' (responsibility), and 'instant' (instance). While the writer attempts some less common terms like 'rodents' and 'marine life', the persistent spelling mistakes and narrow range of functional vocabulary cap the score at Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response exhibits a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences alongside a few faulty complex structures. There are persistent punctuation and capitalization errors, such as missing capital letters at the beginnings of sentences ('recycling rubbish...', 'I think...', 'In this essay im...'). Grammatical errors are frequent, including subject-verb agreement issues ('Govermant should be strict...', 'rubbish recycle is a job...', 'who ever made... is a good person') and preposition misuse ('take a hand in it'). These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 5 grammatical control.
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