Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-03

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)

Recent years,in many countries,people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could.This eassy will eximine the main reason behined it and propose effective solution for this issue.

One of the most significant reason is lack of facilities.In many country they do not have factories for recycling.Consquently,people do not bothered for recycling,they throw their rubbish in landfill instead of collecting.Another reason is government do not provide dust bin everywhere,so that people through their product anywhere.This causes messy area and environment pollution.Secondly, another main reason is lack of public awareness.For busy life people can not get proper time,because of they throwing all types of rubbies into one bin is easier than seperating plastic,glasses and paper.People unaware for the advange of recycling.

There are many way to encourage people for recycling.Firstly,government should take some steps for solve this problem.They should organize some campaigns through school,television and social media, that provide information how throwing rubbish cause pollution, for that people know about the importance of recycling and may increases public awarness.Secondly,government should give reward for recycling which incresing people.For example,in many developing country give money when bottle or plastic recyled.This may encourage people for collecting product.Finally,govenment should increse the recycle facilities can help people for recycling.If the government and public take this issue seriously they can solve this problem easily.

In conclution,people recycle less because of lack of awarness and facilities.However,government can solve this problem by educating public and as well as improve the facilities.When both public and government works together this provlem solve automatically.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both parts of the question: you identify limited recycling facilities and public awareness as causes, then suggest campaigns, rewards and improved facilities. These are relevant ideas, and the bottle-return example helps illustrate one solution. However, several points are only briefly explained; for instance, you mention that busy people find sorting inconvenient but do not develop how this affects recycling or how services could make sorting easier. The conclusion restates the main points but does not add support. The response is 241 words, so it is 9 words below the required minimum; 14 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. This shortfall, together with the limited development of some ideas, means the task is only partially fulfilled.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions and a conclusion. This makes the main direction easy to follow. You also use signposts such as “One of the most significant reason,” “Firstly” and “In conclusion” to show stages in the argument. However, some linking is mechanical or unclear. “Secondly” introduces another cause after “Another reason,” while “For busy life” does not clearly connect the point about time to the explanation that follows. Some sentences run ideas together, and references such as “This” in “This may encourage people” could be more precise. Clearer links between each claim and its explanation, with less reliance on formulaic sequencing words, would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “recycling,” “landfill,” “public awareness,” “campaigns” and “environment pollution.” The response also attempts some useful phrases, such as “take this issue seriously.” However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the writing less clear or natural: “eassy,” “eximine,” “rubbies,” “advange” and “incresing.” Some combinations are also awkward, including “give reward for recycling” and “throw their product anywhere.” Aim to learn accurate forms and natural collocations for this topic, and avoid repeating “people,” “government” and “recycling” where a precise alternative is available. These improvements would make your meaning easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a conditional structure in “If the government and public take this issue seriously…” and a reason clause beginning “because.” However, complex attempts are often faulty, and errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction occur throughout. For example, “One of the most significant reason” needs a plural noun, while “people do not bothered” has an incorrect verb form. In “government should take some steps for solve this problem,” the verb pattern is also inaccurate. Several sentences lack clear punctuation or contain clauses joined awkwardly, which can make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise accurate basic sentence patterns first, then build longer sentences and check subject–verb agreement and verb forms.

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