Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

In future vehicles may operate without human drivers. Although there are some disadventages but the adventages are bigger.

To begin with, vehicles without the drivers have great adventages and it protect people for road accidents. Many accidents occurs due to the triedness, speeding and distraction of the drivers. But when there is no driver in the buses or trucks and they work automatically they obey the traffic rules that protect the passengers and other people from road accidents. Another great adventage of vehicles without the drivers is great convience and efficiency. People can easily work, read and relax their mind easily because they do not have fear of tiredness and speeding of drivers. Vehicles can use technology to choose effective route and reduce the traffic congestion. On my point of view vehicles without drivers helpful for elderly and disable people. People who can not drive independently can travel more easily.

Moreover, there are also some big disadventages of vehicles without drivers. Many drivers that drive buses and trucks for their fullfill of daily needs may lose their job. Also another disadventage of automatic vehicles is software and sensors may cause major road accidents and vehicles could potentially be hacked by the cyber hackers. On my point of view automatic vehicles is the main reason to lose people jobs because mostly of the drivers are uneducated and it is very diffcult that they easily find their new job.

In conclusion, automatic vehicles improved road safety, convience and accessibilty that have long term benefits, while job losses can be reduced through the development of new jobs.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the question and make your position clear: you believe the advantages are greater, especially for safety, convenience and accessibility. The points about fatigue-related accidents and helping elderly or disabled passengers are relevant, and you also acknowledge job losses and cybersecurity risks. However, some ideas are asserted rather than fully explained. For example, you say automated vehicles “obey the traffic rules” and reduce congestion, but do not explain how reliably they would do so or give a concrete example. The discussion of employment is more developed, yet the conclusion’s suggestion that new jobs can reduce the impact is not supported in the body. Develop these points and weigh the risks more explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on benefits, a paragraph on disadvantages and a conclusion. The progression from safety to convenience and accessibility is generally easy to follow, and signposts such as “To begin with,” “Moreover” and “In conclusion” help identify the stages of the argument. At times, however, linking is mechanical or unclear. The opening “Although there are some disadvantages but…” uses competing contrast markers, while repeated phrases such as “On my point of view” interrupt the flow. Some references are also imprecise, as in “they work automatically,” where the subject could be clearer. Use a wider range of natural transitions and connect each supporting explanation directly to its main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of topic vocabulary, including “road accidents,” “traffic congestion,” “software and sensors,” “cyber hackers” and “accessibility.” These choices make the main ideas understandable, and you attempt some less common terms. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “disadventages,” “adventages,” “triedness,” “convience” and “accessibilty.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “for their fullfill of daily needs” and “reduce the traffic congestion.” Repetition of “great advantage” and “vehicles without drivers” limits flexibility. Check spelling carefully, learn common collocations, and vary references with accurate alternatives such as “autonomous vehicles” or “self-driving transport.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including a conditional idea (“People who cannot drive independently can travel more easily”) and a contrast between benefits and drawbacks. Most of the argument remains understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “it protect people” needs subject–verb agreement, “Many accidents occurs” has the same issue, and “vehicles without drivers helpful” is missing a verb. Articles and plural forms also need attention in phrases such as “the triedness” and “lose people jobs.” The opening “Although … but …” combines two structures that should not be used together. Practise checking each sentence for a clear subject and verb, agreement, and complete clauses; this will improve accuracy while preserving your attempts at complex sentences.

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