Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

Many countries, people do not reuse their rubbish it was bad habit. I agree to reuse their rubbish. Because they do not recycle their rubbish than the rubbish create different deaseas their environment.Than their countries peoples enter different effects.

Because they reuse their rubbish and creates again new. They have many oppotunity to creates different items. Their are many benifits to use rubbish instead of leaving to it pollute environment. Many countries peoples do not recycle their rubbish in my view the people could not careless on their countries. People recycle their rubbish and again use in amazing way. Whose countries people do not use rubbish again then the rubbish can gave disadvantages on their environment their effects on peoples health.

Then, different types of dieases enter in their environment than people could not live amazing way. Next,the dieaseas enter in peoples they effects on health then people could not done their work on time. Laziness cannot do any work him. The gems playing humans health. First they countries government can take action on this and then they can work on this project. Government should only work this project and save their countries.

The government should built company how only recycle their rubbish and gave benifits to their countries. Creates new amazing items then the peoples used this item they all happy. The items gave benifits to their countries people.

In last, people can recycle their rubbish it can gave bentifits but the people do not recycle their rubbish it can creates dieases

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address both parts of the question in a basic way: you suggest that people are careless about their countries and describe possible harms to health and the environment, then propose government action and recycling companies. These points are relevant, but the reasons are not clearly explained or supported with a specific example. The response also shifts between saying people should reuse rubbish and discussing recycling, without clarifying the difference. The position is difficult to follow, and the final sentence mainly repeats the topic rather than drawing the ideas together. To strengthen the response, explain one or two causes in detail and show how a practical measure—such as convenient collection points or public education—would change people’s behaviour.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is an attempt to organise the response into stages, using expressions such as “Because,” “Next,” and “In last,” and the writing moves from possible effects to government action. However, ideas are not arranged in a consistently clear progression: health effects are repeated in several places, while the causes and solutions are not separated or developed in distinct paragraphs. Some links are difficult to interpret, as in “Then, different types of dieases enter in their environment than people could not live amazing way.” References such as “they,” “their countries,” and “this project” are often unclear. Group the causes and solutions into separate paragraphs, and use clear links that show cause, result, or contrast.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

Your vocabulary is basic and repetitive, with frequent reuse of “rubbish,” “people,” “countries,” and “benefits.” You attempt topic-related language, including “environment,” “recycle,” “items,” and “government,” so the general subject is recognisable. However, inaccurate word choices and spelling often make the message harder to understand: “reuse” is used where “recycle” may be intended, “gems” appears to mean germs, and “amazing way” does not express a precise benefit. Spelling errors such as “deaseas,” “oppotunity,” and “benifits” also weaken clarity. Build a small set of accurate topic phrases and use them precisely, for example, “reduce landfill waste” and “protect public health.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response relies mainly on short, simple statements and shows limited control of sentence structure. Some attempts to connect ideas are present, but they often produce incomplete or confusing sentences, such as “Because they do not recycle their rubbish than the rubbish create different deaseas their environment.” There are recurring problems with subject–verb agreement and verb forms, including “the rubbish create” and “the government should built.” Articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent, as in “The gems playing humans health.” These errors frequently make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise forming complete subject–verb sentences first, then add one clear subordinate clause at a time, checking agreement and punctuation.

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