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)

In numerous nations, garbadge is not recycled by the individuals and as much as they do. I believed that this thing is very harssful. In my opinnion, it changed by the strickness of governoment and every citizen focus on this act by the fear of fine.

The primary resaon is people done this act with the reason of lazyness and this act pull the country in adverse situation. Every human's fitness depond on convenient environment. For instance: In my town, several people does not clean the garbage, these people through the empty bottles on the road but governoment took an action againt this. The governoment installed cameras on every street and if anyone through the garbage on the streets or roads, e-challan genrated by the face detection. Thus, we can change our country with the help of this procedure.

Another important point to consider is that it is convential part of education, every individual should learn about the clean environment. Educational institutes who needs to arrange some classes for clean environment. With the help of these sessions, our children will learn about the clean area. Furthermore, Some institutes should be established to look after these facts, which play a crucial role in our country. As a result, our countries will achived a excellent outcome.

In conclusion,I strongly agree that people don not recycle their garbage but we can change it by social media compaigns and other activities, this would to lead to clean our eco-system.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both questions by identifying laziness as a reason for low recycling and proposing government enforcement and environmental education. The town example about cameras and fines gives one idea some support. However, the response only partially develops the task: it focuses mainly on littering and keeping streets clean, rather than explaining why people fail to recycle household rubbish or how recycling itself could be made easier. The conclusion introduces social-media campaigns, but this solution is not developed in the body, and your position is not consistently clear. The response is also five words below the required minimum. To strengthen the answer, explain specific barriers such as inconvenient collection points, then develop practical measures that directly address them.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. Paragraphs generally group related material, and signposts such as “The primary reason,” “Another important point” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the broad direction. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the first body paragraph moves from laziness to fitness, then to littering and camera enforcement without fully connecting these points to recycling. Some linking is mechanical, and the final sentence joins several ideas in a confusing way. Improve cohesion by making each paragraph develop one clear point, using explicit links between the reason, example and proposed solution, and ensuring the conclusion reflects the solutions discussed.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “adverse situation,” “face detection,” “educational institutes” and “eco-system.” These choices show an effort to express ideas beyond very basic language. However, the range is limited and many spelling, word-form and collocation errors make the writing less clear, as in “garbadge,” “harssful,” “strickness” and “e-challan genrated.” Some phrases are also imprecise: “clean environment” and “clean area” do not clearly distinguish recycling from general cleanliness, while “fitness” is not a natural fit for the point about environmental conditions. Build a more accurate topic vocabulary, especially for recycling systems, waste separation and collection, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use some simple sentences and attempt longer structures with clauses, for example, “if anyone through the garbage on the streets or roads, e-challan genrated by the face detection.” However, complex attempts are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction can make meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “people does not clean,” “our countries will achived,” and “Educational institutes who needs to arrange,” where the subject and verb do not agree or the sentence is incomplete. The opening and conclusion also contain unclear sentence structures. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then add subordinate clauses; proofread each sentence for tense, agreement and whether it forms a complete thought.

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