Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-08-08

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many parts of the world, people rely on private cars for transportation.

In what ways does reliance on private cars affect the way we live?

Do the effects tend to be positive or negative?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Most masses use their own mode of transportation such as cars on globe in present. The use of personal vehicles have both negative and positive aspects on human being life.

To began with, there are some advantages of using owned vehicles rather than sharing. Firstly, people love to choose individual travel with save of time to reach on destination. for instance, people mostly rely on jobs in the world so everyone carry their belongings, products and company premises. Moreover, private cars or vehicles cover start to end route to reach to place. For example, family trips and functions are easy to attend without stress of public transport departure or arrival time.

On the flip side, there are some negative environmental and social aspects for own transportation. At first, pollution is the main reason for using number of vehicles increasing day by day to world. The burning of fuel to run the motorcars spread a lot of carbon dioxide which pollute the air. Likewise, with use of personal cars, increase in traffic on roads or motorways is suspected which is significant cause of noise and disturbance on environment around a day. Furthermore, public transport use have declined gradually which is loss of governmental investments in economy and nations development is also negatively effected with decrease of public transport.

In conclusion, People should rely on both personal and public transport for balance of nations development and save environment with use of sharing transport in day to day activities. there are both negative and positive aspects.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the prompt, discussing both the ways reliance on cars affects life and whether these effects are positive or negative. The position is clear throughout. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, the point about 'jobs' and 'company premises' is vague and lacks clear logical connection to the benefits of private transport. While the environmental and social impacts are mentioned, they could be more thoroughly supported with specific examples or deeper analysis to reach a higher band. The conclusion is a bit repetitive and does not fully synthesize the arguments presented.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay is organized into logical paragraphs, each with a clear focus. Cohesive devices such as 'To began with', 'Moreover', 'On the flip side', and 'Furthermore' are used to signal transitions between ideas. However, some of these devices are used mechanically or incorrectly, such as 'To began with' (should be 'To begin with'). Additionally, the referencing is occasionally unclear, and the flow between sentences within paragraphs is sometimes disjointed, which prevents the essay from achieving a higher score for cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, allowing the writer to express their ideas clearly. There are attempts to use topic-specific vocabulary like 'environmental', 'carbon dioxide', and 'governmental investments'. However, there are several instances of awkward word choice and collocation errors, such as 'Most masses' instead of 'Most people', 'save of time' instead of 'saving time', and 'suspected' used incorrectly in the context of traffic. The range is sufficient for communication but lacks the precision and flexibility required for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('The use of personal vehicles have', 'public transport use have declined') and incorrect verb forms ('To began with'). Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with capitalization and sentence structure. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to be noticeable and suggest a lack of control over more complex grammatical forms.

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