Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-25

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)

Waste pollution has become one of the serious global issues. However, people do not recycle their recyclable waste as much as they could in the many parts of the world. There are several reasons behind this, mainly due to unavailability of waste recycle system and time consuming. This problem can be addressed through corresponding effort of individuals and governments.

One of the major reasons why people do not recycle their waste is because recycling centre are not available nearby. In many parts of the world, recycling centre are not developed or are unavailable. As a result, people are unable to deposit their recyclable waste and recycle them. Another reason is this process is both time and effort consuming. Recycling large amount of waste is time consuming and it can be complex to recycle all waste in sort amount of time. For example, if some people decided to recycle their rubbish, they have to go to recycle centre and wait for their waster to recycle again for another use.

However, there are several measures to tackle these problems. government can develop and build more recycle centre in more areas or make recycle deposit area from where recycle centre can collect this rubbish easily to recycle them. For example, government build a waste collector area and people throw recyclable waste there, then waste recycle centre collects that waste. This not only help people to throw waste but also saves government funds to develop different recycle centre.

In conclusion, waste pollution is increasing day by day and this problem can be solved if people and government put their effort on solving it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited access to recycling facilities and the time and effort involved, then suggest more centres and collection points. These are relevant causes and solutions, and the examples help make the proposals understandable. However, the explanation is only partly developed. The claim that recycling is time-consuming is repeated rather than explored—for instance, you could explain how sorting, transport, or unclear instructions discourage households. The proposed collection areas are more specific, but their practical operation and likely effect are not fully explained. Your opening and conclusion establish the topic, though the conclusion mostly restates the problem. Develop each cause and show more clearly how each solution addresses it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a conclusion. The progression from reasons to remedies is easy to follow, and signposts such as “One of the major reasons,” “Another reason,” and “However” help guide the reader. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent organisation and shows some effective paragraphing. To make the flow more flexible and precise, avoid relying on repeated formulaic transitions and clarify links between claims. For example, the sentence about recycling centres and the following explanation could be connected more directly, while the example in the solutions paragraph should explicitly show how collection points reduce the time and effort described earlier. Clearer referencing would also help readers track what “this process” refers to.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “recyclable waste,” “recycling centre,” “deposit,” and “government funds.” There are also attempts to express more specific concepts, such as “unavailability” and “corresponding effort.” However, the range is limited by frequent repetition of “waste,” “recycle,” and “recycling centre,” and some combinations are unnatural or unclear, including “time and effort consuming,” “recycle in sort amount of time,” and “waster to recycle again for another use.” These choices sometimes make the reader pause to interpret your meaning. Build a more precise set of collocations for household recycling and vary repeated terms with accurate alternatives such as “recycling facilities,” “collection points,” and “sort household rubbish.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including cause-and-effect structures with “As a result” and a conditional example beginning “if some people decided.” The main message remains understandable, but errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms are frequent enough to affect clarity. Examples include “recycling centre are not available” and “government can develop,” where subject–verb agreement and article or determiner use need attention. In “Another reason is this process is both…,” the clause needs a clearer grammatical link, such as “Another reason is that this process is…”. The final sentence also needs agreement in “This not only help.” Practise checking agreement, articles, and clause structure, then proofread each sentence for a complete, correctly linked construction.

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