Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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)

Nowadays, in every days development, the invintions and the developments were seen in every devices and objects to made more featurise as compair to there present conditions. Mostly, in future the vihicals will be modified to use it without threr driver mean only traveller will be the passengers in the car. From my perspective, this feature will be very benificials in future to to make travell easy for people and have also drawback.

On one hand, it is very benificials for people to travell from one place to another place in the vihicals which is driverless, such as there is nothing ralevant to the compliment of driver regarding any things, like on payment and so on. Moreover, it is also better having no fair of accedent as compair to a personal driver. For example a person not oven think about it that a driver is fallen in sleep or may be not able to focuse on driving or may be disturb by some thing else. Additionally, it will be also good to save that money, which a person can spend on their personal driver like their monthly expandature as well as their fees.

On the other hand, there will also have disadvantages like when a vihical is driven by computer and without any driver, so they may be loss the jobs of people which depends on driving. For example, there rae many people which jobs as a driver of their boss, so they may be loss their jobs.

In conclusion, the development of a traveling car of driverless having both advantages and disadvantsges on people who wants to travell from one place to another.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address the topic and give a position, describing driverless vehicles as beneficial while acknowledging job losses as a disadvantage. The examples about avoiding a tired or distracted driver and saving the cost of employing a personal driver are relevant. However, the response only partly answers the key question of whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages: the conclusion says there are both, but does not clearly compare them or reaffirm which side is stronger. The disadvantages are also limited to drivers losing work, with little explanation of the consequences or consideration of other risks. Develop both sides further and state your overall judgement directly, supported by reasons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs signposted by “On one hand” and “On the other hand,” and a conclusion. This makes the main contrast easy to follow. Some linking is mechanical, however, and the first body paragraph moves through several benefits without clearly grouping or explaining them. References such as “this feature” and “they” are not always precise, and the conclusion repeats the topic rather than drawing the argument together. To improve progression, give each paragraph a clear central point, connect examples explicitly to that point, and use more precise references and transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “driverless,” “passengers,” “accident,” and “jobs,” and use some topic-related phrases such as “personal driver.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow: examples include “invintions,” “vihicals,” “benificials,” and “monthly expandature.” Several expressions are also unnatural, such as “no fair of accedent” and “the compliment of driver.” This keeps the vocabulary range limited and its control inconsistent. Build accuracy with common transport and employment collocations, and check spelling and word forms carefully; for example, use “fear of an accident” and “the cost of hiring a driver.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use a few attempts at longer structures, including “For example, a person not even think about it that a driver is fallen in sleep,” and you organise ideas with clauses introduced by “which” and “when.” However, these complex attempts are often faulty, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction can make the reader work to understand the point. For instance, “there will also have disadvantages” needs a grammatical subject and verb pattern, while “they may be loss the jobs” should use a correct verb construction. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then extend them with subordinate clauses. Check tense and agreement in each sentence before adding more detail.

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