Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-02
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)
According to my opinion, the waste is not favourable for human buddy so just recycling process is not enough for it.Government need to boost this process according to your
own opinion for cultivate ecosystems.
On the one hand, many individuals are think that the waste's just garbage so they need to be boost recycling process for it by the legal laws. However, some products are not able to use on any place after used it, so this is fully illegal for the society.For the instance, when we order a online pizza at home in this condition everything that use in this order are wasted after use that order, So the waste of that order is not able to recycle in this case we through the waste out of the house.
On the other hand, some people use specific thing thats are able to use after used it for specific task. For the instance, when we use a keyboard of our computer such as some keyboard is demand by some incident in our room in that case we judge whats the matter is created with that prduct, then we decide now it's able to recycle or not for my next use on computer.In this situation we are not recycle it but we repair it for next used.
In the Conclusion, the waste are not able to recycle it depends on condition. what's you try to do with that product like keyboard. keyboard is reparable thing after its demand. On the otherhand, Some wastes are able to being recycle it like a shoes boxes.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response addresses the task only minimally and tangentially. While the writer attempts to discuss the prompt concerning waste management and whether laws are needed to enforce recycling, the position is unclear and poorly articulated. Ideas are severely limited and under-developed, relying on repetitive assertions rather than clear arguments or supported examples. For instance, the discussion regarding pizza boxes and computer keyboards lacks clear relevance to the central issue of government regulation and legal requirements for household waste. The response touches upon the topic in a fragmented way, but fails to provide a cohesive exploration of the prompt, resulting in a limited engagement with the task requirements as a whole.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
Information and ideas are not arranged in a fully coherent manner. Although the writer attempts a standard four-paragraph essay structure and uses some basic transition markers such as On the one hand, On the other hand, and In the Conclusion, the overall progression is difficult to follow. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal logical flow within paragraphs is weak. Referencing is frequently unclear, with pronouns like it and that often lacking clear antecedents, which disrupts the connections between ideas. The mechanical use of basic cohesive devices fails to create a smooth, logical path for the reader through the arguments presented.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.5
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, employing a very narrow range of words to express ideas. There are frequent lexical errors, including incorrect word choices, inappropriate collocations, and word form errors, such as human buddy instead of human body, through instead of throw, and reparable instead of repairable. These limitations and errors place a heavy strain on the reader and frequently impede communication. The writer attempts some less common terms, but these are generally unsuccessful due to inaccurate usage, restricting the overall lexical capability displayed throughout the response.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The response demonstrates a very limited range of sentence structures, relying heavily on simple sentences with frequent structural failures. Errors in grammar and punctuation are frequent and often distort the intended meaning. There are noticeable problems with subject-verb agreement, such as Government need and the waste are, as well as persistent errors in article usage, plurals, and prepositions within grammatical patterns, for example on any place instead of in any place. Complex sentence forms are rarely attempted successfully, and the high density of basic grammatical errors causes significant difficulty for the reader in parsing the text.
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