Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-26

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 todays world, a great amount of people do not recycle their own rubbish and they really try to throw it anywhere and they do not mantain it as luch as they could.

By the way, must of us try to choose the easiest way to live and to avoid life problems ,so for that many people avoid recycling their own rubbish because they think this take a huge time and can spent their time . Furthermore, recycling rubbish can be useless because all of us do not know what is inside those rubbish, we can find many think that can impact us negatively but threating to dangerous health issues , for example in my own hometown, there is a person that interested in this attitude, he is now affected by many illnesses such as skin issue and anything else.

more over , people are really busy in this life and they have no enough time to look at this attitude , and for that , they always throw their rubbish and they do not try to make it new or recycle it . Finally, they are unaware about the importance of protecting environment and they throw rubbish anywhere and they do not have recycling facilities .

For that it's really crucial to act imidiately and make a significant progress to protect our environment in we should raise awareness about the importance of recycling our rubbish to ensure a good wya to orogress and a protected environment for our coming generation

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both parts of the question by giving reasons people avoid recycling and proposing awareness-raising. The reasons include convenience, lack of time, limited knowledge about recycling, and a lack of facilities, so the response is relevant to the topic. However, the position and proposed solution are not developed clearly: the final paragraph mainly calls for awareness, without explaining who should raise it or how. The example about a person in your hometown becoming ill is difficult to connect to recycling and is not explained sufficiently. To strengthen the response, develop a smaller number of relevant reasons and give specific, practical measures, such as providing clearly labelled bins or introducing local education campaigns.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the opening introduces the issue, the middle paragraphs give reasons, and the final paragraph attempts to suggest a response. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “more over,” and “Finally” help signal additions. However, the progression is not consistently clear, and several ideas are joined together without showing their relationship. For example, the claim that recycling can be “useless” because people do not know what is in rubbish shifts abruptly to a health example. The final paragraph also combines urgency, awareness, environmental protection, and future generations in one long sentence. Use clearer paragraph purposes and connect each reason to its explanation; then give proposed actions in a separate, focused paragraph.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “recycle,” “rubbish,” “facilities,” “protecting environment,” and “awareness.” However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or unclear choices make parts of the response difficult to understand. Phrases such as “make it new,” “look at this attitude,” and “a good wya to orogress” do not express the intended ideas naturally. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “mantain,” “luch,” and “imidiately,” alongside repeated use of “rubbish” and “people.” Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check spelling carefully. For instance, use “sort household waste” and “recycling services” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to combine ideas using clauses and connectors, as in “because they think this take a huge time,” but complex sentences are often faulty and the range of sentence structures is limited. Errors in verb forms and agreement include “this take” and “can spent”; articles and plural forms are also problematic in “inside those rubbish.” Punctuation and sentence boundaries make some passages hard to follow, particularly the final sentence, which begins “For that it's really crucial” and continues through several ideas without clear structure. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then join related ideas with one clear subordinate clause. Check subject–verb agreement, verb forms after modal verbs, and punctuation when editing.

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