Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-02

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)

In numerous countries, people do not reuse their waste as much as possible.

Now a days, reuse or recover play important role to maintain the health of people and also protect the world from environmental problems and poeple could not pay attention to this problem.

In several countries, do not recycle theie rubbish because there are many problems that all the individuals and also the government should pay attention to this. In the begin, people do not aware this rubbish could be recycled and reused they don’t have sufficient knowledge of this and all these benefits.Ther are all unaware of these plastics, wood, and papers should be recycle, they all have lack of information.For this, Government should pay attention to this problem and provide the perfect and great information in school, colleges and also in universities and all the other centre where individuals are present in groups.

On the other hand, there is lack of facilities that people do not recycle the rubbish.They don’t provided the separate dustbins for all type of rubbish instead government should put different types of dustbins in different areas, parks, societies and also in school, colleges and in hospitals with different labels that they are easily put different waste in different bins. Another reason some people feel lazy and busy at home to different their rubbish in home.

In conclusion, lack of education, facilities and time are the main reason that people do not recycle their waste. If government provides knowledge and facilities in all different areas and all societies people should aware to this problem.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses both parts of the question: it gives reasons for low recycling, including limited awareness, inadequate facilities, and people feeling lazy or busy, and suggests education and more clearly labelled bins. These are relevant ideas, and the conclusion restates the main causes and proposed action. However, some points are more fully addressed than others. The lack of awareness is explained through examples of materials such as plastic, wood, and paper, while the claim that people are busy or lazy is only briefly mentioned and not developed. The proposed education is also broad; explaining how campaigns or school programmes would change behaviour would make the response more convincing and complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for reasons and solutions, and a conclusion. The progression from lack of knowledge to lack of facilities is generally understandable, and phrases such as “On the other hand” signal a shift. However, connections between ideas are sometimes mechanical or unclear. For example, “In several countries, do not recycle…” has no clear subject, and the long passage about awareness combines several points without clear sentence boundaries. The facilities paragraph also moves from bins to people’s habits without explaining the relationship. Use clearer topic sentences, divide linked ideas into shorter units, and make references such as “this problem” more specific.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses relevant topic vocabulary, including “recycle,” “rubbish,” “dustbins,” “facilities,” and “environmental problems,” so the main subject is clear. It also attempts some more specific language, such as “different labels” and naming materials to be recycled. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, including “reuse their waste,” “perfect and great information,” and “different their rubbish.” Spelling errors such as “poeple,” “theie,” and “Ther” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise, natural expressions and check spelling; for instance, distinguish recycling from reusing and describe bins as “separate” or “clearly labelled.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to combine ideas using clauses, as in “because there are many problems” and “that people do not recycle the rubbish,” but sentence structures are often limited or faulty, and errors sometimes make the reader work to understand the meaning. Examples include “reuse or recover play important role,” where the subject and verb do not agree and an article is missing, and “people do not aware,” which needs a verb form such as “are not aware.” Some sentences also lack a clear subject, as in “In several countries, do not recycle…” Punctuation and sentence boundaries need attention, particularly in the long awareness paragraph. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then build longer sentences with controlled clauses.

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