Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-27

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 recent year, environmental issues has become a major concern. Althoough recycling is considered, many citizen still do not recycle their wast properly. This eassy will discuss the reasons for this and suggest some solutions.

There are several reason why citizen do not recycle. firstly, lack of awareness is a major cause. Many people do not know how recycling helps the environment or to separete rubbis. For example, in many villages in Nepal, people throw all weast in one people due to they have never been taught about biodegradable and non-biodegradable weast. Secondly, recycling is often inconvenient.

However, there are effective way to change this situation. The government should take the learing role. It should provide different coloured bins in very community and collect recycly

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify two relevant causes—limited awareness and inconvenience—and begin to propose government action, so the response is connected to both questions. However, the task is addressed only partially: the explanation of inconvenience is not developed, and the proposed solution stops at providing coloured bins and collecting recycling. The response also ends mid-sentence, leaving the solution and conclusion incomplete. The example about villages in Nepal is relevant, but its explanation is brief. The response contains 125 words, which is 125 words short of the required minimum; this leaves too little space to explain and support the ideas. Develop each cause and solution with a clear explanation or example, and complete the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic, recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, and a paragraph beginning to address solutions. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “However” help signal the relationship between points. At this level, though, progression is limited because the second cause and the solution paragraph are not expanded, and the final sentence breaks off at “collect recycly,” so the reader cannot follow the argument to a conclusion. Some linking is also mechanical, with each point introduced in a list-like way. Build a fuller paragraph for each part of the question, connect explanations to examples, and use a concluding sentence to bring the response to a clear end.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant topic words, including “environmental issues,” “recycling,” “awareness,” and “biodegradable and non-biodegradable,” which makes the subject clear. However, the vocabulary range is limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to read, such as “Althoough,” “wast,” “separete rubbis,” and “weast.” The phrase “throw all weast in one people” is especially unclear, and “take the learing role” does not express the intended idea naturally. Try to use accurate topic collocations and check spelling carefully. For example, “separate rubbish” and “take the leading role” would communicate your meaning more clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and a longer sentence giving an example, and the main ideas can generally be identified. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to understand. For instance, “environmental issues has become” has subject–verb disagreement, while “Many people do not know how recycling helps the environment or to separete…” does not maintain a parallel structure. The example sentence beginning “For example” also has an unclear construction, and the final sentence is incomplete. Practise accurate agreement, articles and plural forms, and build longer sentences with clear clauses. Proofread each sentence to ensure it is complete and its grammatical relationships are clear.

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