Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-09

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 5.5)

Although their may be chance of technical error but in up coming future the vechicles are gone a be driverless only passengers will be inside the vechicles due the merits it has like traffic will be properly organized and no need to take pressure of driving and time can be properly utilized to do work.

To begin with, there are several merits of driverless vechiles. traffic will properly managed and organized. To explain it in details, vechile are gone be driverless which mean no chance of human error or hurryness which will lead to less traffic in roads. For instance, if there will be no driver in vechicle and it will be operate by software and algrothem and artifical intelgence which will be moniter or steup according to the road and the car will be connected with each other which help to reduce the tarffic .

Similarly, no need to worry about the drving . Elaborating on it, if anyone dose not know how to drive the vechicle they dont have to take pressure about it because of selfdriving vechicle and they can travle any where with worring about the driving. Likewise, time can be properly utilized by doing work. To add more, anyone in the car dont have to think about the driving and dont have to drive because of self driving car/ vechiles instade they can use their time in doing work or finshing the things they need to short out just by seating inside the vechiles.

To conclude, in the near feature the vechiles are gone a be selfdriving and no need of drivers although some technical fault may be happned

but the merist like less traffic conjuction and proper utilizetion of time and no need to take pressure od driving has outweigh the demerits.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear overall view that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and you identify relevant advantages: reduced traffic problems, less pressure on people who cannot drive, and time available for other activities. However, the response addresses the disadvantages only briefly, mentioning possible technical faults in the introduction and conclusion without explaining their consequences or weighing them against the benefits. The supporting examples are also general: the point about vehicles communicating through software is relevant, but it needs a clearer explanation of how this would improve traffic. Develop each main idea with a specific example and discuss at least one substantial risk, such as system failure or safety concerns, before explaining why the advantages still prevail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “To begin with,” “Similarly,” and “To conclude” help signal the stages of the argument. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes repetitive: the second body paragraph restates that passengers do not need to drive several times, rather than moving from the point to a distinct explanation or example. Some links are also mechanical, and the conclusion repeats the benefits without clearly comparing them with the technical drawback. Organise each paragraph around one main claim, then explain and illustrate it; use referencing and transitions to show how ideas relate rather than relying mainly on formulaic signposts.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “driverless,” “technical fault,” “software,” and “artificial intelligence,” so the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are repeated, particularly “no need to” and “properly utilized.” Frequent spelling errors, including “vechicles,” “algrothem,” “moniter,” and “conjuction,” make the writing less clear and can distract the reader. There are also inaccurate word choices and collocations, such as “traffic will be properly managed” being expressed as “traffic will properly managed,” and “short out” where “sort out” is intended. Build a more precise set of topic phrases and check spelling and collocations carefully during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including clauses introduced by “because” and “which,” but control is inconsistent. Errors occur frequently in verb forms and sentence construction, as in “the vehicles are gone a be driverless,” “which mean no chance,” and “it will be operate by software.” Agreement and missing grammatical words also affect clarity: “vehicle are” and “they dont have to take pressure” need more accurate forms. The opening sentence combines several ideas without a clear grammatical structure, while the final sentence is difficult to follow. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then join them with one clear subordinate clause; check subject–verb agreement, auxiliary verbs, articles and punctuation.

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