Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-20

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 several countries citizens do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could because they have not much resources to do such things. Collecting rubbish from houses and from certain places that was specially design for this gave us certain benefits that we use this waste material in producing cheap electricity and protects our individuals from certain dangerous diseases.

Firstly, the failure of this system was lead to certain things the main problem that was occured in last few years is the deficiency of knowledge about recycling of waste products. The basic information about rubbish was not given to our childrens in schools and at places. However, there was not strict rules againstthrowing the rubbish at open places and at public areas like parks and around commercial buildings. The other main reason was that less proper industries doing this job accurately and not much accurate system was present in our country.

Furthermore, the things that played vital role in changing this system was the management that our schools and colleges must included in their courses about awareness of waste material and throwing them on proper places and told them the importance of recycling. However our governments should took some difficult steps to stop the voilation against throwing the rubbish on open places they should announced the fines that paid by citizens when they don't follwed the rule.

In conclusion, by taking certain crucial steps we were able to overcome this situation. By applying these important things in our daily life helps each individual to attain a healthy lifestyle and this will also helped country to overcome such dangerous diseases that was spread from rubbish.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions: you identify limited knowledge, weak recycling infrastructure and a lack of penalties as reasons, then suggest school education and fines. These points are relevant, and the opening also mentions possible benefits such as producing electricity and preventing disease. However, the response only partially develops the task. The causes and solutions are listed rather than explained in detail, and the relationship between limited resources and the later points is not made clear. For example, explain how a shortage of collection services makes recycling difficult, or how education and enforcement would change household behaviour. The conclusion repeats the general idea of taking steps but does not clearly summarise the main causes and remedies.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for causes and solutions, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Furthermore,” and “In conclusion” help signal these stages. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear: the opening moves from limited resources to the benefits of collecting rubbish without explaining the connection, and the first body paragraph combines education, rules and industry capacity in a crowded sequence. “However” is also used where the relationship between ideas is not a contrast. Improve cohesion by grouping each cause or solution clearly, using pronouns with unmistakable references, and adding brief explanations that show how each point connects to the task.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “recycling,” “waste material,” “commercial buildings,” “awareness,” and “fines,” so the reader can identify the subject. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “played vital role” and “crucial steps.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “less proper industries,” “failure of this system was lead,” and “difficult steps” for measures intended to improve recycling. Spelling errors such as “voilation” and “follwed” are noticeable. Build precision by learning common topic collocations and checking spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including clauses beginning with “because,” “that,” and “when.” This shows an effort to express causes and consequences, but complex structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences hard to understand. For instance, “the failure of this system was lead” has an incorrect verb construction, while “our governments should took” uses the wrong verb form after a modal. There are also problems with agreement and tense, as in “this will also helped,” and sentence boundaries are unclear in the sentence beginning “However our governments.” Practise modal patterns (“should take”), consistent tense, subject–verb agreement, and punctuation between independent clauses.

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