Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-21

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 4.0)

Recycling reduce the grabbage to throw our srrounding. People throw waste in roads ,street, parks and other public places.These waste make our environment dirty and unclean.The waste material spread many desease.Many waste materil are not distroy.They remain in earth many years ago like plastic shopping bag,plastic drink bottels. These waste are abel to recycling.We are also grow up to recycle the waste material. We do not throw the waste material in surrounding if theae material are recycleable. In this way we clean our environment. We make our environment neat ,clean and beautifull.

We also build up the recycling factories in this way we reduce the unemployment in our country. Goverment should take decision to make recycling factories and made rules. Recycling is important in every country.If we throw waste in open areas mosquetos are spread and people face many difficulties.dengue fever, malaria,tayphod and many other danderous diseases produces. Children not play outside due to this waste material you throw outside the house.Many people face different problems.So recycling is important to reduce the problem of peoples.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response is only partly focused on the question. It explains why recycling is beneficial—reducing pollution, disease and unemployment—but does not clearly state how far you believe laws are needed or compare legal requirements with other ways to encourage recycling. The sentence “Goverment should take decision to make recycling factories and made rules” briefly mentions government action, but the role of laws is not explained or supported with a specific example. The response also contains 175 words, below the required 250, so the argument has little room to develop. To improve, state your position directly, explain how a law could change household behaviour, and consider whether education, convenient collection services or incentives should also be used.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic sequence of related points: the first paragraph describes environmental harms and the benefits of recycling, while the second mentions factories, employment and disease. This gives the reader a general sense of the topic. However, the response does not develop a clear progression towards an answer about whether laws are necessary. Several ideas are placed next to one another without explanation, and links such as “In this way” and “So” are repetitive or do not make the relationship precise. The paragraphing is limited, and the opening moves directly into general claims rather than introducing a position. Organise the essay around a clear argument, use separate paragraphs for reasons and counterpoints, and connect each example explicitly to your view on legislation.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use a basic range of topic-related vocabulary, including “recycle,” “environment,” “waste material,” “factories” and names of diseases. These words make the general subject understandable, but vocabulary is often repetitive and some choices or forms make meaning less clear, as in “reduce the grabbage,” “waste material spread many desease” and “mosquetos are spread.” Spelling errors such as “srrounding,” “materil,” “distroy” and “beautifull” are frequent enough to distract the reader. Some phrases also sound unnatural, for example “remain in earth many years ago.” Build accuracy with common collocations such as “household waste,” “recycling facilities” and “pose a health risk,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences use simple patterns, and the reader can usually identify the intended meaning. There are attempts to join ideas, for example “We also build up the recycling factories in this way we reduce the unemployment,” but the clauses are not correctly connected. Errors in verb forms and agreement occur throughout: “Recycling reduce,” “These waste make,” and “diseases produces.” Articles, plurals and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “in roads ,street, parks” and “Many people face different problems.So.” These recurring problems limit control, although the main message is generally recoverable. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with conjunctions and relative clauses; check subject–verb agreement, past or present forms, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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