Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-21

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 4.5)

Answer:

In this paragraph explain why people of many countryies do not recycle the rubbish as mush as they could .In many countries Rubbish are also stretch in street as seen in many street.The people of many countries are uneducated so they do not aware the rubbish is recyling .Many country are not proper way to tell the people ang guide the people about tthe useful of recycling.It can be change to aware the people and aware the people on the importance of cleaning beacause the neat environment important in my life I seen many of the people of different area ad different places throw the rubbish

anywhere where they are walking and roaming.I thing it can be change when people are know about the advantage of recylingbin. In my life .rubbish also create a bad environment and many disceases. so air are also polluted and in this air people inhale so they suffer a lot of discease. I have not a proper solution but i have a an idea how this problem can be reduced. Through the proces of recycling I get many advantage because wrapper are again be useful to pack the thing again. The book and register I use in study and making our notes after using it we can throw into Rubbish place If it can be recycle than we will because it help us to saves our lot of budget. And it saves us our alot of expenses and tis can be very helpful to reduce a garbage wich can be seen in many places. Every country make thr policy how to solve this problem.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses both questions to some extent: it identifies limited public awareness and inadequate guidance as reasons for low recycling, and suggests educating people and creating government policies. The examples about reusing wrappers and recycling study books are relevant, but they are difficult to follow and are not developed into clear explanations of how they would increase recycling. The proposed actions also remain general; for instance, “aware the people” does not specify who should provide information or how. The position is therefore only partly clear, and the main ideas need fuller explanation and support. To strengthen the response, explain each cause and solution directly, then show how a specific measure could change people’s behaviour.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is some attempt to move from causes to possible solutions, and phrases such as “so” and “Through the process of recycling” signal relationships between ideas. However, the response is presented as one long paragraph, so the reader cannot easily distinguish the reasons from the proposed actions. Ideas also repeat or shift abruptly: public awareness is mentioned several times, followed by pollution, personal experience, reuse, and government policy without a clear progression. Some links are unclear, as in “I have not a proper solution but i have a an idea.” Use separate paragraphs for causes and solutions, organise each around one main point, and use clear references and transitions to show how examples support that point.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant topic words, including “recycle,” “rubbish,” “environment,” “polluted,” and “expenses,” so the general subject is usually recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several word choices or forms make meaning difficult to understand, such as “Rubbish are also stretch in street,” “recylingbin,” and “the useful of recycling.” Spelling errors, including “countryies,” “mush,” “disceases,” and “wich,” further reduce clarity. Aim to use accurate, natural phrases for the topic and check spelling and word forms carefully. For example, “rubbish is strewn in the streets” and “the benefits of recycling” would express the intended ideas more clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts to connect ideas in longer sentences, for example, “If it can be recycle than we will because it help us to saves our lot of budget,” but these attempts are often faulty and make the meaning hard to follow. Errors occur in basic sentence patterns, agreement, verb forms, articles, and punctuation: “Rubbish are,” “they do not aware,” and “it help us” are examples. Sentence boundaries are also unclear, with full stops and capital letters used inconsistently. Most sentences rely on simple patterns, and the longer structures are not controlled reliably. Practise building accurate short sentences first, then combine related ideas using “because,” “if,” or “which,” checking that subjects and verbs agree.

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