Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-29

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 5.5)

Rubbish is the major factors in the developing counties like India because lake of managment from goverment side proper dismisal of garbage is not done . Which in future will raise issues like pollution example water pollution ,due to harmfull chemichal global warming .To solve this major factors recycling of rubbish it very convenient ,brilliant option . It reduces the amount garbage production and it helps in further many ways .For better understanding in further paragraphs i will explain why i think it is important ,Why countries are not doing it What changes should be introduce

FIrstly we will enlight on why i think in many countries recycling is not happening as much as they are capable of . Many factors are involved in this such as , illitrucy , poverty ,lack of resources , lack of finances , lack of government support .Initiating with illitucy , country like India rate of uneducated are high because they dont have that knowledge ,repercussions of throwing garbage lack of civic sense , another is lack of resources some people do have mind blowing ideas of recycling unbio desolvable substances like polythene but lack of fundings and lack of resources are pulling them back in development

Changes are rule of nature so early is better . Changes like awareness camps , production of bio desolvable forms , mindful usage pf resources , provide funding to innovations for this i do have one breath taking example from india well known acress Priyanka Chopra recycled plastic bottle and used it for her products bottle .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions by listing possible reasons—limited education, poverty, resources, funding and government support—and suggesting awareness campaigns, biodegradable products and funding for innovation. The example involving Priyanka Chopra also shows an attempt to make the response concrete. However, the ideas are mostly presented as a list rather than explained: for instance, clarify how lack of civic knowledge leads people not to separate or recycle waste, and how funding would enable practical recycling schemes. The opening focuses heavily on rubbish and pollution before establishing a clear answer to the task. Develop the causes and proposed measures more fully, and make the link between each solution and a stated cause explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable opening, a paragraph about reasons and a final paragraph about changes, so the reader can recognise the broad structure. Sequencing words such as “Firstly” and “another” also signal some relationships between points. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven: the introduction promises an explanation, while the final paragraph moves quickly through several proposals and then an example without showing how they connect. The long opening sentence and the abrupt transition from causes to solutions make the argument harder to follow. Use one focused paragraph for causes and another for solutions, group related points, and use clear linking phrases to explain cause and effect rather than relying mainly on lists.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt topic-related vocabulary, including “recycling,” “resources,” “government support,” “awareness camps” and “innovations.” These choices show an effort to discuss the issue beyond very basic terms. However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to identify, as in “illitrucy,” “unbio desolvable” and “dismisal.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “rubbish is the major factors” and “mind blowing ideas.” Build a reliable set of accurate environmental terms and check spelling and collocations carefully. More precise expressions such as “waste management” and “recycling facilities” would help communicate your ideas clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use longer structures, including a sentence explaining that people lack knowledge and a sentence describing how limited funding holds back recycling ideas. However, sentence boundaries and basic grammatical patterns are often inaccurate, which can make the argument difficult to follow. For example, “Rubbish is the major factors … because lake of managment …” has problems with agreement and clause construction, while “Changes like awareness camps … provide funding” shifts between a list of nouns and a verb without a complete sentence structure. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with several ideas joined by commas or left as fragments. Practise writing complete subject–verb sentences, then combine them with accurate subordinate clauses.

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