Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

I the modern era, technology develop rapidly and technology plays a significant role in recent year. In the future cars, buses and truck will be able to run without drive. Although they have some disadvantage but I would argue that they have more advantage as compare to disadvantage.

to commence with, the driverless vehicle have several advantage. firstly, we prevent the numbers of accident because most of the accident are happen due to human mistake, such as fast driving, over speeding and break the traffic rules. however self driving vehicles are use to advance technology and sensor they detect the obstacle and save the passenger. Secondly major reason, we save our time due to driverless ,such as we can read the books and doing some other work like office work or take sometime rest, instead focus on driving.

On the other hand, they have several disadvantage of driver less vehicles. firstly the main reason of cyber attack, In recent time cyber attack are increase due the wars , secondly main reason is unemployment professional taxi drivers, truck and buses driver are getting job increase day by day due to technology. As a result they could face financial issue. last reason reason software problem are the cause of the accident.

In conclusion, although vehicle are the cause of unemployment and technical problem.

they provide several benefit, we save the time , decrease the number of accident and make traveling easier. Government should start the several project to improve the technology and organize the seminar hoe to use the technology.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the question and state a clear position: driverless vehicles have “more advantage” than disadvantage. Relevant benefits include fewer accidents caused by human error and the chance to use travel time for reading or work; you also identify cyberattacks, unemployment and software failures as drawbacks. This covers the task, but some points are asserted rather than explained. For example, the claim that sensors “save the passenger” needs a clearer explanation of how they reduce risk, and the employment point would be stronger with a specific consequence or example. Your conclusion restates the benefits and drawbacks, though the recommendation about government projects and seminars is not fully connected to your comparison of advantages and disadvantages.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on advantages, a paragraph on disadvantages and a conclusion. Sequencing is generally easy to follow, and signposts such as “On the other hand” and “In conclusion” help distinguish the main sections. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes mechanical, with repeated “firstly,” “secondly” and “main reason,” and some links do not clearly show how one idea follows another. The conclusion is split across lines and begins with an incomplete contrast, which weakens the ending. Improve cohesion by grouping each point with its explanation and example, using clearer references, and making the final paragraph a complete, connected summary.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “cyber attack,” “unemployment,” “sensor” and “traffic rules.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, sometimes making the meaning less clear. Examples include “run without drive,” “the numbers of accident,” “save the passenger,” and “job increase day by day.” There are also spelling and word-form problems, such as “hoe” for “how” and “break” where “brake” is intended. Aim to learn common topic collocations and check whether each noun is singular or plural and each word fits its context. More precise phrasing would make your argument easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a concession in “Although they have some disadvantage…” and a cause-and-effect explanation beginning “As a result.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors in agreement, articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries sometimes make the reader work to understand the point. For instance, “technology develop rapidly” needs subject–verb agreement, while “most of the accident are happen” combines incompatible verb forms. The opening “I the modern era” is also missing a word, and the conclusion contains a sentence fragment. Practise building accurate complete sentences first, then add subordinate clauses; check agreement, verb forms and punctuation when editing.

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