Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

There are many public in the world that they not recycle their rubbish regularly. I think it return to the government organization and public awarness. This essay will explain the main issue and suggest what can be as a sollution.

Inatially, throwing rubbish in the bins is some of our daily routine that anyone in the district can not stop doing, after that the role of government to collect it to get it to the suburb where there is nobody. After this step some factories took some to recycled them, and the rest of rubbish the authorities burning it or find away to throw it in the big hole and sometimes in the ocean, that lead to destroy of the envirment. And the reason behind this is absence of organization that can provid materials and workers and increasing the numbers of recycling factories that it is very cruial, especialy because rubbish is our daily consumption.

Secondly, we can improve recycling by providing and organizing public by respect some rules such as, authorities allocate special bins of each different kind, plastic, glasses, bread, paper so this method my easiest the government collecting and know the relevant place that throw it such as old food for acid in field. In addition that this method encourage young people to collecting plastic and throw it in the fit bin.

Finally, people recycling should be by providing good materials from authorities that encourage them and push them to respect the law, and recycling lead to good envirment and varition of benefits.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both questions by identifying weak public awareness and insufficient government support, then proposing separate bins and better provision of recycling resources. These are relevant points, and the reference to sorting plastic, glass, food and paper gives the response some practical detail. However, the explanation of why people do not recycle is not consistently focused on people’s behaviour: much of the first body paragraph describes what authorities do with rubbish after collection. The proposed solutions are also only briefly explained, and the final paragraph repeats the general idea that authorities should encourage recycling rather than adding a developed point. A clearer position and fuller explanation of how each cause leads to low participation would make the response more complete and persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, two main paragraphs and a conclusion, and signposts such as “Secondly” and “Finally” help readers recognise the broad structure. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven. The first body paragraph moves from household rubbish to collection, factories, burning and environmental damage, so the link to why people themselves fail to recycle becomes unclear. Some connections are also difficult to follow, particularly “old food for acid in field.” The conclusion largely repeats the proposal rather than drawing the main points together. Use topic sentences that directly answer each question, then arrange supporting details in a clear cause-and-effect sequence. More precise referencing and fewer formulaic transitions would help the ideas connect more naturally.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “recycle,” “authorities,” “allocate,” “consumption” and “environment,” and you use some topic-specific terms such as “plastic” and “factories.” However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “public awareness” is misspelled and the phrase “old food for acid in field” does not clearly express the intended use of food waste. There are also repeated references to “rubbish,” “method” and “government,” which restrict variety. Work on accurate word forms, spelling and natural combinations, such as “provide recycling facilities” and “sort waste,” while choosing vocabulary that expresses your intended meaning precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a sequence beginning “after that” and a conditional-style proposal with “such as.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and verb forms make some ideas hard to understand. For instance, “There are many public … that they not recycle” has an unclear clause structure, while “the rest of rubbish the authorities burning it” lacks a correctly formed verb phrase. The sentence beginning “In addition that” also does not connect grammatically to the preceding idea. Practise building accurate subject–verb sentences first, then combine them with clear conjunctions. Check articles and verb forms, and use punctuation to separate complete ideas.

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