Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-28
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 5.0)
The claim of some people that not all the waste from homes is recycled. They request the government to take some legal requirement for incerasing the recycling. The government needs to make a force that strickly follow the recycling process. Next step is to place different colour of baskets at the outside of each home in city.
To begin with, The first step toward this compaign is to make the new force to check and balance of waste material for recycling. Also need to do some awareness compaign for the citizen using social media platforms like, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok. The videos should be contains the message reagrding the waste recycling process. After that, the force can take action if found anyone breaking the law should be punish.
The next step is to place the different colour baskets at the outside of every single house in the city. Then, the garbage should separate according to tag on the baskets. This step makes the process of recycling is smooth in this way as the all garbage collected accordig to their labels then this will be going straight toward the recycling plant. For example, if the plastic scurab collected separately and send for recycling plant the burner where all the plastic melt on high temperature. At the melting time if other waste also include in it can cause a big problem in terms of products that make after recycling material.
In contrast, It is also an responsbility of every single citizen to follow up all the guidance. The government law making scheme also beneficial for themselves and for citizen as well. That displays the significant effects on environment and the land pollution.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by discussing whether laws are needed to enforce recycling, attempting to present a position and supporting arguments. However, the development is limited and somewhat confused. The student presents ideas such as creating a 'new force' and placing colored baskets outside homes, but these points are under-developed and lack clear extension. Sentences like 'The claim of some people that not all the waste from homes is recycled' fail to fully formulate a clear stance or directly answer the prompt's nuances. While all parts of the prompt are touched upon, the lack of coherent elaboration and underdeveloped reasoning place this response at Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is organized into paragraphs, attempting a logical progression from introducing enforcement to practical steps like colored baskets and citizen responsibility. However, cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical. Transitional phrases are misused or awkward, such as 'To begin with, The first step toward this compaign' and 'In contrast, It is also an responsbility'. Referencing is often unclear, and the mechanical listing of steps disrupts the flow of the argument. Paragraphing is present, but overall internal cohesion and logical transitions are weak, which aligns with the Band 5 descriptor.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with noticeable errors that occasionally impede communication. Words are frequently misspelled or misused, such as 'incerasing' instead of increasing, 'strickly' instead of strictly, 'compaign' instead of campaign, and 'scurab' instead of scrap. The student attempts some less common terms like 'awareness compaign' and 'recycling plant', but inaccuracies in word choice, spelling, and collocation are frequent. The lexical range is minimally adequate for the task, fitting a Band 5 score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at complex structures are frequently faulty and ungrammatical, such as 'The videos should be contains the message' and 'if found anyone breaking the law should be punish'. There are frequent errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions ('at the outside of each home'). These numerous errors cause regular difficulty for the reader and restrict the grammar to a Band 4.5 or 5 level; given the positive marking approach, a band score of 5.0 is awarded.
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