Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-28

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)

These days an incrasing number of people is do not reuse of usage thing. In certain nation, people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could. All the aspects would be discussed in upcoming paragraphs with valid reasons and examples.

I suggest that we should be reuse of recycle thing. Because of we could save money and environment. And many to much reason like farmers should use wet waste in their farm so, their land make strong and give more product with good quality. That is garbage although, we could use like usefull product. For example, my uncle is farmer that can use organic kitchen waste like food scraps, vegetable peels, and fruit skins in farm for product. As a result, they could save environment and also make economy growth.

Accordingly, people do recycle their rubbish as much as they could. We also could pledge for recycle and reuse. And we can make team and after we clean our city and particular garbage use in farm also we can do reuse. Then we can be done to change in our nations. After other country see our clean city after they learn and do their country clean. As example, plastic thing reuse in home and some wastage to make something new thing. So we can be change and also make rubbish to use.

In conclusion, we can be follow that method is recycle, reuse and reduce. Moreover individual so not throw garbage on road and global change. In school student is to pull out the relly. In addtion people can be alert.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You address both parts of the question in a basic way: you suggest that people recycle less, and propose reusing waste, using food scraps on farms, and cleaning cities. The example about your uncle gives one relevant illustration. However, the reasons people fail to recycle are not clearly explained; most of the response describes benefits or actions instead. Several proposals, such as forming a team and making other countries follow, are difficult to understand or develop. The conclusion repeats “recycle, reuse and reduce” without adding a clear summary of the causes and solutions. The response is 244 words, six words below the required minimum, so it also does not meet the task’s length requirement. Develop the causes explicitly and explain how each proposed measure would work.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and the uncle example is placed alongside the point about farm waste. Basic linking expressions such as “For example,” “As a result,” and “In conclusion” show an effort to connect ideas. However, progression is difficult to follow because the first body paragraph shifts between a recommendation, benefits and an example, while the second combines pledges, city cleaning, other countries and plastic reuse. Some links are unclear or contradictory, as in “Accordingly, people do recycle” after the response says they do not recycle enough. Use each paragraph for one clear purpose, and connect each sentence to the preceding idea with precise references and logical transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant topic words, including “recycle,” “rubbish,” “organic kitchen waste,” “food scraps” and “plastic.” These make the general subject recognisable, and the examples show an attempt to use vocabulary beyond very basic terms. However, vocabulary is often repetitive, and inaccurate word choice or spelling makes several ideas hard to interpret: “reuse of usage thing,” “make economy growth” and “pull out the relly” are unclear. “Useful product” and “something new thing” are also imprecise. Build a more accurate set of phrases for causes and solutions, such as “lack of convenient recycling facilities” or “separate household waste,” and check spelling and natural word combinations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, including a reason clause beginning “Because of…” and an example introduced by “For example.” This shows some effort to vary sentence forms. However, sentence structure and basic grammar are frequently inaccurate, and several fragments or malformed clauses obscure meaning. For instance, “These days an incrasing number of people is do not…” has faulty agreement and verb construction, while “Because of we could save…” is not a complete, correctly formed sentence. There are also problems with articles, plurals and clause structure in “my uncle is farmer that can use…” and “we can be follow that method.” Practise complete subject–verb sentences and joining ideas with correctly formed clauses; then proofread agreement, articles and punctuation.

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