Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-19

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 6.0)

Nowadays recycling garbage is a major concern for many parts of the world. The problem arises by less awarness and there are some other factors for what individuals are avoiding this problem. However by taking some necessary steps the problem can be eradicated by the government.

First of all, people have less knowledge about the negative and detrimental effects of factory wastage as a result they never take such step on this. Secondly people are now occupied with their lifestyle so their intention for surroundings become diminish. Thirdly lack of financial incentives ,people may be unwilling to recylce because they recieve no financial rewards for doing so. Finally in numerous countries government ignore the idea of waste recycling. For example, Bangladeshi people do not utilize their rubbish, which become a burden for their life. these ignorance is creating waste blockage in some parts of the world.

However, this problem can be eradicated by installing some extra bins in all corner of a city . Moreover government can take some necesary steps such as creating public awareness. governments should educate people about the environment benefits of recycling through television, social media and schools. In addition governments should introduce strict rules regulations and impose fines one people who repeatedly ignore waste storing rules. people should recieve small financial incentives for returning plastic bottles, cans and other recyclable materials. consequently schools should teach children how to separate rubbidh and reuse recycable materials from an early age.

Though the waste mangement is a great on-goning matter for many countries and often some unavoidable situation creates by this in order to a safe environment authority should minimized this as soon as possible by some laws and incentives.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited awareness, busy lifestyles, lack of incentives and weak government action as reasons, then suggest bins, education, regulations, fines and rewards. This range of relevant points meets the task well. The examples of Bangladesh and public education also help make the response more specific. However, some explanations remain general: for instance, the claim that people are occupied with their lifestyle is not developed to show how this prevents recycling, and the Bangladesh example is asserted rather than illustrated. The conclusion also shifts towards authorities minimizing waste without clearly summarising which measures are most effective. Develop fewer points with clearer cause-and-effect explanation to make the response more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph explaining causes, a paragraph proposing solutions, and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “First of all,” “Secondly,” and “However” help readers follow the main stages. The ideas within each body paragraph are generally grouped appropriately. At times, though, the linking feels mechanical because several points are simply listed, and some connections are unclear. For example, “these ignorance” does not clearly refer back to one specific cause, while “consequently” introduces school education even though the relationship is not consequential. The final paragraph repeats the general call for action rather than drawing the preceding ideas together. Use clearer referencing and explain the links between points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “financial incentives,” “public awareness,” “recyclable materials,” and “strict rules,” which helps communicate the main ideas. There are also some less suitable or inaccurate choices that make the writing less natural, such as “factory wastage” for the issue of household rubbish, “waste blockage,” and “waste storing rules.” Spelling errors—including “awarness,” “recylce,” “recieve,” and “rubdibh”—are noticeable and sometimes slow the reader. Some phrases are also awkwardly formed, such as “intention for surroundings.” Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully; this will make your vocabulary more effective without needing to use unnecessarily complex words.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use both simple statements and some longer structures, including a cause-and-effect sentence beginning “people have less knowledge … as a result” and a conditional explanation about financial rewards. However, control is uneven, and several sentence patterns contain errors. For example, “their intention … become diminish” has problems with verb form and agreement, while “which become a burden for their life” does not maintain agreement with its subject. The opening sentence “The problem arises by less awareness” also has an unclear grammatical construction. Punctuation and sentence boundaries need attention, particularly where a comma joins separate ideas, as in “lack of financial incentives, people may be unwilling.” Practise accurate complex sentences and review agreement, verb forms, articles and punctuation.

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