Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-07

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)

Now days doing recycling were necessary required and it also reduse to many complication which currently a globle problem and people in metropolish city they are more busy and work orinted too,so doing recycle their rubbish is also an task to achive for them. even if atlest swep their hoses it consider as big act.

in my prespective people are more busier in the citys even they dont like to attend any goverment program or any workshop where they get awarness about how to reprocces the household and surronding junks though current time social media also play an big role many public figure and influncer are speaking about this process and taking stand about diffrent kinds,of act after consuming content from social media people still didnt will to work on the activity they just denay the subject and gave excuses that in this every nook and corner who has time to do this all

perhapse it all shoud be changed, and perhapse change will happend when the public are unite and came infront of socity to operative work for example; they should learn a way how to recyle food,dust,wastage of house and something more big which is fast fashion, yes clothes are the big reason which create pollustion so how the refurbish and reuse the cloth should necssarly important maybe all this could change something in the world or if not in the world atlest it changed our surroundings.

doing this are higley recomended thing beacuse when all the world are just doing this little it change alot and create a big imapct of act.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify a relevant reason for low recycling: people in cities are busy and may see sorting rubbish as an extra task. You also suggest awareness campaigns and learning to recycle or reuse items, including clothes. However, the response only partially answers the question. The reasons remain broad, and the proposed actions are not explained clearly enough to show how they would change people’s behaviour. For example, “the public are unite” is presented as a solution, but it is unclear what people should do together or who should organise it. Your position is also difficult to follow in places. Develop one or two specific causes and pair each with a practical, explained measure, such as convenient collection points or clear household sorting instructions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the opening introduces the issue, the next section discusses reasons, and later sections turn to possible changes. You also use linking expressions such as “even if,” “for example,” and “maybe.” However, the overall progression is not consistently clear, and several ideas are crowded into very long sentences. The paragraph beginning “in my prespective” moves from government workshops to social media and then to people’s excuses without clear links between these points. Some connectors are inaccurate or repetitive, and the final paragraph largely repeats the idea that recycling has a positive impact rather than concluding the argument. Use shorter, clearly focused paragraphs and sentences, with each paragraph developing one main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt topic-related vocabulary, including “recycle,” “household,” “social media,” “fast fashion,” “pollution,” and “reuse,” and you try to express ideas beyond very basic statements. However, the range is limited and many spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to understand, such as “reprocces,” “surronding junks,” and “operative work.” Some phrases are also unnatural, including “big act” and “taking stand about diffrent kinds,of act.” These problems sometimes obscure your intended meaning. Build a reliable set of recycling-related collocations and check spelling carefully. Prefer precise expressions such as “sort household waste,” “raise public awareness,” and “reuse or donate clothing” rather than assembling phrases whose meaning is unclear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, but the structures are often faulty, and errors frequently make the message difficult to follow. For example, “people in metropolish city they are more busy” has an unclear subject structure, while “people still didnt will to work” combines verb forms incorrectly. Agreement and sentence construction are also problematic in “doing this are higley recomended thing” and “when all the world are just doing this little.” Punctuation is inconsistent, with several run-on sentences and missing sentence boundaries. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then add one subordinate clause at a time. Check subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb forms, and use full stops to separate complete ideas.

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