Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers.

Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

While in the future cars, buses and trucks will be driveless.The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers has both benefits and drawbacks, I believe its advantages outweigh its disadvantages. Admittedly,it has drawback. firstly many people can not a good drive thus causes are accidient and sometimes children drive a cars, buses and trucks main problem in trafic james and accidents . secondly most of people are driving time use mobile phone and listen loud voice music and drivers driveing day and night over speed then they do not sleep so his cause of accident .for example ,When we are use other activites in driveing time so main problem in accidents and some citizens waste in their life. However, it also some benefits ,firstly most of cars and buses are use by computer and artifical intellgience because it is very safe so they can dectet our problem before in fourty feet and use the break .secondly they connot use other things or its speed most so these travel is easy and comfortable and many people use in automatoice cars . for instance , the goverment should this way accept because safe in thir life .In conclusin,although it has such as beawbachs

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You state a clear overall view in the opening: “I believe its advantages outweigh its disadvantages,” and you attempt to discuss both sides. The points about human error, phone use and fatigue are relevant disadvantages, while computer-controlled braking and safer travel are relevant advantages. However, these ideas are mostly listed rather than explained, and the conclusion is unfinished (“although it has such as…”), so your final position is not reinforced. The response also contains 194 words, below the required 250; the 10 words copied from the prompt are excluded from this count. This limits how fully you can develop reasons and examples. To improve, explain how driverless technology reduces specific risks and add a complete conclusion that directly answers whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: you introduce your position, present disadvantages, then use “However” to move to advantages. Sequencing words such as “firstly,” “secondly” and “for example” also show an effort to guide the reader. However, the response has no clear paragraph breaks, and the progression within each section is difficult to follow because several ideas run together. For instance, the sentence beginning “most of people are driving time use mobile phone” combines phone use, loud music, speeding and lack of sleep without clear links. Some connectors are also used mechanically or inaccurately. Separate the introduction, each main viewpoint and the conclusion into paragraphs, and use clear topic sentences followed by one explained example.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “artificial intelligence,” “accidents,” “comfortable” and “passengers,” and you try to express ideas about safety and technology. However, the range is limited and many word choices or spellings make the meaning difficult to understand, such as “driveless,” “trafic james,” “dectet” and “beawbachs.” Several phrases are also unnatural, including “use the break” and “safe in thir life.” These problems sometimes obscure your intended point, particularly in the final sentence. Build a small set of accurate topic phrases and check spelling and collocations. For example, use “detect hazards,” “apply the brakes” and “reduce the risk of collisions” rather than translating ideas word by word.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt some longer sentences and use basic linking structures, including “because,” “so” and “although.” However, sentence structures are limited, and errors are frequent enough to make several ideas hard to follow. The opening is not a complete, well-formed sentence: “While in the future… passengers has both benefits and drawbacks.” There are also problems with agreement and verb forms, as in “most of cars and buses are use” and “they can dectet,” as well as missing or incorrect articles and plural forms in “a cars.” Punctuation and spacing around sentence boundaries are inconsistent, creating run-on passages. Practise writing short, complete sentences first, then combine related ideas using accurate clauses and check subject–verb agreement, articles and verb forms.

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