Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-11

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 5.5)

In most of the contries reusing and recycling the waste or garbage is very low because of low literacy rate or extra efforts needed to initiate this procedure. It can be changed by speading awareness, awarding companies doing recycling and penaltizing who don't.

Recycling the waste, is a important factor to prevent the ecosystem and environment. In most of the devepling countries, specifically their remote areas with less education rate, people just throw out there waste , garbage and rubbish thinking it in of not use and there are no such companies or worker to collect those garbage to get it to recycling unit. Another reason is that people just throw off the trash rather than to put it to specified trash cans out of lazziness.

All this can be changed firstly by providing awareness to the general papulation about the recycling, how the trash can be used to produce energy or other usefull product, as well as the proper way to disppose the waste to specifies cans so that the government can collect it to recycle. Moreover muncipal government should establish special teams to collect the trash and garbage and transport it to the recucling units. At last , the residents throwing off trash should be penaltized to minimize such behavious. By following all this , the recycling can be done optimally for ecosystem.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited education and the effort involved as reasons for low recycling, then suggest awareness campaigns, collection teams and penalties. These are relevant ideas, but they are only briefly explained. For example, you mention that people may not know waste can be turned into energy or useful products, but you do not develop how this knowledge might change their behaviour. The discussion also focuses mainly on developing countries and remote areas, leaving the broader situation in “many countries” less fully addressed. The response is 25 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to explain and support your points. Add a specific example and develop the likely impact of each proposed measure.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes and a paragraph on solutions. This helps the reader follow the basic direction of your answer. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several ideas are joined in long sentences rather than separated into clear steps. The sequence markers “firstly,” “Moreover” and “At last” provide some organisation, but the final sentence, “By following all this,” refers vaguely to the preceding proposals. There are also unclear links in phrases such as “thinking it in of not use.” Use one main idea per sentence, make references explicit, and connect each solution directly to the problem it addresses.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycling,” “ecosystem,” “trash cans,” “collect” and “penalized,” so the reader can understand the subject and your main proposals. However, the range is limited and some word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “prevent the ecosystem,” “education rate” and “throw off the trash.” Spelling errors are also frequent, including “contries,” “speading,” “devepling” and “recucling,” which can distract the reader. Aim for more precise environmental vocabulary and check spelling carefully. For instance, describe recycling as helping to “protect the environment,” and refer to “waste collection services” rather than “companies or worker to collect those garbage.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a reason clause beginning “because” and a solution sentence with “so that.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to read. Examples include “a important factor,” “people just throw out there waste,” and “the residents throwing off trash should be penaltized.” These show problems with articles, possessives and sentence construction. Commas also interrupt phrases unnecessarily, as in “Recycling the waste, is…” Practise building accurate sentences with one clear subject and verb, then add subordinate clauses. Proofread articles, possessives, agreement and punctuation before submitting.

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