Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-17

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people claim that not enough of the waste from homes is recycled. They say that the only way to increase recycling is for governments to make it a legal requirement.

To what extent do you think laws are needed to make people recycle more of their waste?

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

Student answer (Band 4.5)

In modern era, government must be get some action's to people's do not throw waste anywhere. Due to some fact that, individual's believe that it's not enough that waste from home is not proper recovered. Moreover, they feel that only one way to improve recovering is possible that creat low by the local authority. I fully agree with this statement. this essay will articulate my own perspect along with this statements.

To commence with bright side of the government should make legal requirement to increase recycling. To be more precise, people are more awaren about recovere waste. For example, in India, there are many agency are working on how to recycle new product to waste. People are avoide to throw waste everywhere, as well as people's find new idea's about how to make new product into the wasteges. As a result, people are aware about waste, they are make best into the waste.

On the other hand, there are other positive side of the circumstance, as, people are do not spend to much money on simple product. To be more elaborate further on this point, people are make some simple item's using the waste. Looking at, in my school, their are many decorates item's are avalable that make waste into best. It's look like beutiful. Consequently, people are do not spent much more money on simple produc's but, they make product using the waste.

To conclusion, government must be give idea to local public that do not spend money on simple product, they just used waste and make some product's. Their are some advantages that people are more awaren about recycling such as, they make good product's using the waste as well as, they avoide to spend too much money on simple item's

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses the prompt and takes a clear position in favour of legal requirements for recycling. However, the development of ideas is limited and often repetitive. Throughout the essay, the arguments lack depth and rely on vague assertions rather than well-extended examples. For instance, the mention of agencies in India and decorative items in a school touches on relevant themes, but these points are under-developed and overshadowed by confusing phrasing and circular reasoning. While the writer covers all parts of the task broadly, the lack of fully elaborated supporting arguments places this performance firmly at Band 5.0 according to the task response descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

Paragraphing is attempted, with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion, though the divisions feel forced due to abrupt topic shifts. The progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by unclear referencing and a lack of logical flow. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or inaccurately, such as 'To commence with bright side' and 'Consequently', which often obscure the connection between sentences. Furthermore, the overuse of transitional phrases does not compensate for the underlying lack of cohesion. This organizational strain and mechanical referencing align with the Band 4.0 and 5.0 descriptors, warranting a score of 4.5.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The lexical range is limited and frequently inadequate for precise communication. The student repeatedly uses basic and distorted vocabulary, such as 'recovering' instead of 'recycling', 'creat low' instead of 'create laws', and 'wasteges'. Word choice errors and incorrect word forms appear in almost every sentence, significantly impeding comprehension at times—for example, 'make best into the waste'. While the writer attempts less common vocabulary, the frequent inaccuracies in spelling, collocation, and word formation place the lexical resource score at Band 4.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is very weak, with a pervasive lack of accurate sentence structures. The response is dominated by frequent, heavy errors in basic grammar, subject-verb agreement, and tense usage, such as 'government must be get some action's to people's do not throw' and 'people are do not spend'. There is virtually no control over complex structures, and punctuation is erratic. These persistent errors cause frequent difficulty for the reader and prevent the text from achieving a higher band, making Band 4.0 an accurate reflection of the grammatical control demonstrated.

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