Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-08

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 various countries, there is major problem that people failing to recycle their waste products how much they need to recover. this essay will examine the main reasons for this issue and suggest several possible solutions.

there are several reasons people fail to recycle their waste. one main reason is lack of awareness. they are not ethically behaved. For instance, people buying beverages and some snacks after eating that they left the waste product where they eat are less concern about the environment. unlikely in gardens people eat snacks and food for the enjoyment and they left behind the waste due this causes environment badly affected and cause environmental pollution.

however this issue can be solved in many practical that you have to be more conscious about to prevent pollutions. understand some percussions that if use something use the dustbin. government also need some rules that followed by the citizens for instance if a person use something like so don't leave behind the waste product put it one the dustbin government should need to improve the infrastructure of overall environment funding fur dustbins and need aware message for people to obedient to their surrounding society.

in conclusion, i thinks the main point is the lack of awareness which badly affects the infrastructure of society and the causes the products not being recycled ,government can play a key role in recycling like giving the instruction about to put waste materials in the dustbin and every person need to be more concern about the environments

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited awareness as a reason and suggest public education, rules, and more bins as responses. These ideas are relevant, but they remain limited and are not always clearly explained. For example, the discussion of people leaving snack packaging behind describes littering more than why rubbish is not recycled; explain whether this happens because recycling facilities are unavailable, sorting is inconvenient, or people do not understand the process. The proposed government measures are also grouped together without showing how they would increase recycling specifically. Your position is present, especially in the conclusion, but it would be clearer if you developed one or two causes and matched each with a practical, explained solution.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a conclusion. The sequence from the problem to possible action is generally understandable, and phrases such as “For instance” and “in conclusion” signal relationships between ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is often difficult to follow: the example about eating snacks in gardens moves from awareness to littering and then to environmental effects without clearly connecting these points to recycling. Some linking is mechanical or unclear, as in “however this issue can be solved in many practical.” Use topic sentences that state each paragraph’s main point, then explain and illustrate it in a logical order. Clearer sentence boundaries and references would also help readers follow your argument.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycle,” “waste products,” “environmental pollution,” “government,” and “dustbins,” so the subject is identifiable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or combinations are inaccurate enough to make meaning less clear. For example, “not ethically behaved” does not naturally express a lack of recycling awareness, while “funding fur dustbins” appears to mean providing funds for bins. “Percussions” is not the intended word in this context, and “the infrastructure of overall environment” is unclear. Aim for precise, natural collocations and check spelling and word forms. Replacing repeated general terms such as “waste product” with specific terms like “packaging” or “recyclable materials” would also make the discussion more exact.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a cause-and-effect explanation and a sentence beginning “For instance.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence construction, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation frequently make the argument difficult to read. Examples include “people failing to recycle,” “people buying beverages … they left the waste,” and “government also need some rules.” Several sentences run together, particularly the example about gardens, while the solution paragraph contains incomplete or unclear constructions such as “in many practical that you have to be more conscious.” Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use full stops to separate ideas. Then check agreement and tense, for example, “people fail” and “the government needs.”

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