Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-10

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)

While there are people who think that in the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless which is beneficial. While others including me believe that without drivers this has more disadvantage than having drivers. It can be said auto driving vehicles will make less mistakes than humans. But these autonomous vehicles will have negative impacts on society and on economy.

In the current time, all these autonomous vehicles are on testing phase, and these are making less error than humans. Nowadays, we can see companies like Tesla, Audi, BMW, Toyota, are investing huge amount of money to produce auto driving vehicles and on EV's. Therefore, these are getting better day by day, reducing the mistakes margin. For example, tesla cars can now navigate any where without losing way, BYD cars can park that human finds it difficult to do. These innovation making our life easier.

However, these auto pilot vehicles have negative impacts on our society and on economy. In near future if these vehicles becomes driverless, it will have direct impact in our economy. Such as, there are millions of people who have spent years of earning money by driving, they will lose their jobs and have nothing to do for supporting their families. If these millions of people start losing thier jobs that required drivers eventually it will collapse the economy, as citizens will not be able to sent remittence properly to their country and family. Thus, the socio-economic situation will decline gradually if all vehicles become driverless.

To conclude, using driverless cars and vehicles will reduce amount of risk. Alternatively, it will have direct impact on our society and economy if everything becomes autonomous. Therefore, companies and policy makers should not stop producing the manual vehicle where drivers are needed for driving.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you believe the disadvantages of driverless vehicles outweigh their benefits. You address both sides by noting that automation may reduce human error, then focusing on job losses and wider economic effects. The examples of Tesla and BYD help illustrate potential benefits, while the discussion of drivers supporting their families gives the opposing argument relevance. However, the benefits are developed more concretely than the disadvantages, which rely mainly on a broad prediction that unemployment would “collapse the economy.” Explain the scale or likely consequences more carefully, and connect your conclusion directly to why these disadvantages outweigh the safety gains. This would make the comparison and support more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for benefits and disadvantages, and a conclusion. The contrast between “However” and “To conclude” helps readers follow the main direction. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear or mechanical. The opening repeats “While” in two incomplete clauses, and “Therefore” in the benefits paragraph does not clearly show how investment leads to the specific examples that follow. The economic paragraph also moves quickly from job losses to remittances and national decline without explaining the links. Use clearer topic sentences and develop each cause-and-effect step; vary linking expressions and ensure each one accurately signals the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “autonomous vehicles,” “driverless,” “navigate,” and “socio-economic situation,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “reducing the mistakes margin.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or informal, including “auto driving vehicles,” “testing phase,” “huge amount of money,” and “sent remittence.” Spelling and form errors such as “thier,” “any where,” and “innovation” also reduce precision. Aim for more natural combinations, for example, “self-driving vehicles,” “undergoing testing,” and “error rate.” More accurate vocabulary for employment and economic effects would help express your argument with greater precision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including conditional and cause-and-effect structures such as “if these vehicles becomes driverless” and “if all vehicles become driverless.” However, control is inconsistent, and some sentence structures are faulty enough to make relationships less clear. The opening contains two incomplete clauses beginning with “While,” and there are agreement errors in “these vehicles becomes” and “These innovation making.” Other examples include “it will have direct impact” and the awkward construction “drivers that required drivers.” Review subject–verb agreement, articles, plural forms, and how to complete subordinate clauses. Building accurate complex sentences before adding further variety will make your reasoning easier to follow.

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