Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Concern for the environment is growing and more and more people are choosing to recycle. But some people suggest that recycling is not enough. They believe we need to consume less.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

As the increasing number of peoples or individuals are affecting our environment.So many people think that they should choose the method to recycle their plastic wastes etc while some people suggest that recycling is not enough and they believe that we need to reduce our consumption.My opinion is that i strongly agree with the people who choose to recycle their daily life products or wastes.

On one hand, the population of people is increasing day by day which leads to a geater number of plastic waste and other products which will be collected day ba day and cause problems. Thats why many people choose to recycle their daily life items which are not in use.If we recycle it will be beneficial for people for all over the world as it will not be dominent on the environment and the people will be easily lives their life. For instance, Many wedding halls and families in pakistan or from all over the world. They consume many items in a day like plastic bottles and other products for food and drinks.so the elderly peoples of the particular regions gives an advice that they should recycle their drinks or cans whatever which is not in use of them. Many people gives their products to an industry where the items was recycled and they will be further used again by the peoples.In this way the waste products will not be dominent on the environment.

On the other hand, many peoples suggest that recycling chosen by people is not enough.They argue that we have to decrease the number of our comsumption we use.If we lower the number of our consumption so it will be challenging for our environment as there are billions of people living in the world and if they decrease the number of resources they will undergo many health issues. For example, i visited a country africa last year where the people belief that if they consume less it will be beneficial for them.Thats why they drink eat less which in result harm their bodies by having numerous diseases to them such as kidney pain etc.

In last, everyone has their own perspective that they should recycle while other believe that we have to eat,drink or consume less.I strongly agree that we have to consume everything as long as it is available to us.In the last we will recycle them and used it again so we can eat or drink as much as we can without being affected by any disease.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both views and state a clear preference for recycling in the introduction and conclusion. The first body paragraph gives a relevant example involving wedding halls and plastic bottles, but the explanation mainly repeats that recycling prevents waste from dominating the environment. The discussion of consuming less is less convincing: you suggest that reducing consumption would cause health problems, yet the example about people in Africa drinking and eating less does not clearly show why lower consumption itself causes disease. The task asks you to discuss both views and give your opinion, so explain the strongest case for consuming less—such as reducing demand for raw materials—and distinguish this from going without essential food or water. Develop your position with more precise reasoning and support.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs signposted with “On one hand” and “On the other hand,” and a conclusion, so the reader can identify the two perspectives. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear, and several ideas are linked mechanically or repeated. For example, the first body paragraph returns several times to the claim that recycling keeps waste from harming the environment, while the second moves from reduced consumption to health issues without a clear logical bridge. Some sentences also run together, making relationships between points harder to follow. Organise each body paragraph around one main claim, then explain it and give a directly relevant example. Use linking expressions selectively and make references such as “it” and “they” clearly identify what they mean.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “recycle,” “plastic waste,” “environment,” and “consumption,” and you attempt more specific expressions such as “resources” and “health issues.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning difficult to interpret. Examples include “domin ent on the environment,” “the number of our consumption,” and “recycle their drinks or cans.” Spelling errors such as “geater,” “comsumption,” and “belief” also reduce accuracy. Build a bank of topic-specific phrases and check whether nouns and verbs combine naturally; for instance, people can reduce consumption, recycle containers, and place pressure on natural resources. More precise vocabulary would help you express the contrast between recycling and consuming less.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including clauses beginning with “which” and conditional structures such as “if they decrease the number of resources.” However, the range is limited, and errors are frequent enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. For example, “the people will be easily lives their life” has problems with verb form and agreement, while “the elderly peoples … gives an advice” contains agreement and article errors. Sentence boundaries and punctuation are also inconsistent: “environment.So” and “drinks.so” need spaces and appropriate sentence punctuation. Practise forming accurate subject–verb patterns, using articles and plural nouns, and separating complete sentences. Aim first for clear, controlled sentences, then add complex clauses where you can maintain accuracy.

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