Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

Not longer than recent time, people assume that self-driving transport will be get must success than driving with driver as a result it has a possibility that only passengers will be remains. Although, there is a strong debate is that this vision can cause massive unemployment of poor individual. However, most of the people think that it may not only prevent man-made accidents but also get a huge financial saving for passengers. I also think that it will get many benefits for general people rather than its disadvantage.

on one hand, people think driverless transportation can affect unemployment ratio of a country. As it get much popular so

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the topic and state a clear preference: driverless vehicles will bring “many benefits for general people rather than its disadvantage.” You also introduce two relevant points—possible unemployment and fewer human-caused accidents or financial savings. However, the response addresses the question only minimally: neither side is explained with reasons or examples, and the comparison needed to show why advantages outweigh disadvantages is not developed. The final sentence, “As it get much popular so”, is unfinished, leaving the discussion incomplete. The response also does not meet the required minimum length, which substantially limits how fully you can answer the task. Develop each main point in a complete paragraph and support it with a specific example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening introduces the issue, and “on one hand” signals a move to a disadvantage. The contrast introduced by “Although” also shows an effort to connect opposing views. However, the ideas do not progress into a complete argument. The response ends mid-sentence after “As it get much popular so”, and there is no developed paragraph explaining the advantages or a concluding summary. Some links are also awkward or unclear, such as “Although, there is a strong debate is that”. To improve, use a clear sequence—introduction, one paragraph for disadvantages, one for advantages, and a conclusion—and make each paragraph develop one connected point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “self-driving transport”, “driverless transportation”, “unemployment”, and “man-made accidents”. These choices make the general subject understandable and show an attempt to use language beyond very basic terms. However, several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “will be get must success”, “poor individual”, and “get a huge financial saving”. The repeated use of “get” also limits precision, while “disadvantage” does not agree in number with the plural idea being discussed. Aim for more natural collocations and precise terms, for example, “achieve widespread adoption”, “low-income workers”, and “reduce travel costs”. This would make your argument clearer and more appropriate for an academic essay.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a complex opening sentence and use a contrast clause with “Although”, so there is some effort to vary sentence structure. However, the range is limited, and errors are frequent enough to make parts difficult to follow. For example, “will be get must success” has an incorrect verb construction, while “As it get much popular so” has subject–verb agreement problems and is incomplete. In “there is a strong debate is that”, the clause structure is not controlled, and “only passengers will be remains” uses an incorrect verb form. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then add subordinate clauses. Check subject–verb agreement, verb forms after “will”, and punctuation at sentence boundaries.

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