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)

The above statement say us about the driverless vehicles in the future and the only people travelling in it would be passengers due a higher development of technology

The main advantage for such situations can be that it can save alot of time for the ones who drive it and then they can use that time for doing some other work and of the people who are traveling in it will also save time as they do not have to wait for the driven to come for example if we book a cab we wait for the driver but in the future after booking a cab if the cab is not going through any other trip it can easily come and pibk us

The biggest disadvantage could be it can be very dangerous if the car or any other vehicle loses it control or have any technical issues in the vehicle then it can also lead to very serious situation such as if a person or a passenger is travel and technical issues occurs they can even met with an accident the person sitting inside will be harmed and even the people who are around the vehicle or walking on the road can also be harmed so for such situations it is very important that the vehicle has to be safe enough that it can be left driverless and it should also have a safety certificate and if such incidents occur then the person's whoever suffered should be compensated for this.

Keeping all this in mind we should be very careful about the driverless vehicles.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both the benefits and risks of driverless vehicles, and your position is that safety concerns require caution. The examples about using travel time for other work, a cab arriving without waiting for a driver, and possible accidents are relevant to the question. However, the response does not clearly answer whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages: the conclusion says only that people should be careful. The advantages are also limited mainly to saving time, while the safety point is repeated without much explanation of likelihood, prevention, or comparison. State your judgement directly and develop both sides with specific reasoning so the reader can see why one outweighs the other.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall arrangement: an opening, a paragraph on advantages, a paragraph on disadvantages, and a concluding sentence. This helps the reader follow the broad direction of the discussion. However, the opening does not establish a clear position, and the conclusion does not resolve the comparison in the question. Some sentences contain several ideas joined together, particularly the advantage paragraph, making the progression harder to follow. Linking phrases such as “for example” and “Keeping all this in mind” are used, but the relationship between points is sometimes unclear. Use clearer topic sentences, divide long sentences, and connect each example explicitly to your judgement.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “driverless vehicles,” “technical issues,” “accident,” and “compensated.” These terms show awareness of the subject, but the range is limited and several choices or spellings reduce clarity. For example, “the driven” is not the right term for a person operating a vehicle, and “pibk” appears to be a spelling error. Phrases such as “very serious situation” and “some other work” are also general. Build a more precise range for discussing transport and safety, and check spelling and collocations carefully. More accurate wording would make your examples easier to understand and your argument more convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to express cause, conditions, and consequences, including “if the car … loses its control” and “if such incidents occur,” so there is some effort to use more than simple statements. However, complex sentences are often difficult to control, and errors frequently affect clarity. Examples include “The above statement say us,” “the only people … would be passengers due a higher development,” and “if a person or a passenger is travel.” Agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence boundaries need attention. Several long sentences also run together without clear punctuation. Practise building accurate sentences with one main idea and a subordinate clause, then check subject–verb agreement and verb forms before combining ideas.

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