Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-16

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)

The garbage is the major cause of pollution and envirmental changes around the world.So recycling the waste, might cause to reduce the envirmental hazart. In many country around the world the people does not recycle the rubbish/ garbage.

The garbage is rasing around around the world even that their is less space to decompose it although in many countries people are not recycleing as much as garbage as they could.It is due to many reason many people does not no the importance to recycle garbage and people does not have proper guidance. The recycling can leed to safe their lives, provide better envirment to them and their children. As in many country garbage is not decompose properly, many country like Pakistan burn their garbage which lead to raise the atmospherical temperature and smoke in that area causing major health problem like breathing.

I thing that government should provide awareness in their country that how importance the recycling is and it should install multiple types of waste bin around the public area, industerial area and makets such as seprate bin for plastic, bags and clothes and collect the seprately from that areas. Governments should apply fine policies in some area where people does not obey the rule and reward polices of workers to encourage and intall recycling plants around the whole country. Like many develop country the empty, pay to put plastic at dust bins.

In conclusion i would say that, to make maximum garbage to be recycled, the governmnts play a important role in it.As major soures to reduce po

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both parts of the question: you suggest that people lack awareness and guidance, and propose public education, separate bins, fines, rewards and recycling plants. The example of rubbish being burned in Pakistan also supports your point about the consequences of poor waste management. However, some ideas are asserted rather than explained: for instance, you say recycling can “save their lives” without showing how, and the final conclusion is unfinished, so it does not clearly summarise your answer. Develop the causes and solutions with a clearer explanation of how each would increase recycling, and complete the conclusion. Overall, the response is relevant and covers the task, but some points are less fully developed than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction to causes, proposed solutions and a conclusion. Paragraphing helps distinguish these stages, and links such as “although,” “As” and “In conclusion” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow: the second paragraph repeats the point about rising rubbish before moving quickly to awareness, guidance and burning. Some connections are unclear, and the final sentence breaks off, weakening the overall ending. Use one main idea per paragraph, arrange supporting details in a clear sequence, and make references such as “it” and “that area” more precise. This would make the organisation easier to follow and reduce the impression of loosely connected points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycle,” “decompose,” “awareness,” “waste bin” and “recycling plants,” so the reader can identify the subject and your proposed actions. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “fine policies” and “reward policies.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable and sometimes make meaning difficult to interpret, as in “envirmental hazart,” “rasing,” “atmospherical temperature” and “the empty, pay to put plastic.” Several phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, including “safe their lives” and “maximum garbage to be recycled.” Build accuracy by checking spelling and learning common collocations for environmental topics, such as “reduce pollution,” “raise awareness” and “sort waste.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a cause-and-effect structure in “which lead to raise the atmospherical temperature and smoke in that area.” This shows an effort to connect ideas rather than relying only on short statements. However, control is limited: errors in agreement and verb forms occur in “people does not recycle” and “people are not recycleing,” while sentence boundaries and punctuation are often unclear. The opening also contains a comma that separates the subject from its verb, and the final sentence is incomplete. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, verb patterns and complete sentence construction. For example, write “people do not recycle” and “burning rubbish leads to higher temperatures and smoke.” These corrections would make your meaning more consistently clear.

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