Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-13

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)

Although in future driverless cars will have certain advantages, I believe that its disadvantages outweigh them because high risk of collision with other cars and i strongly agree that this trend will lead umemployement.

Admittedly, the inrodution of driverless cars will be more easier and conveinient because all people will travel easily. No one will need to learn driving and there are some people who feel bored during driving, so then trend will help them alot in the future. For example if a person want to travel with his family and he is a medical patient so he will face alot of difficulties during long drive. But driverless cars will help them alot because they will travel freely and easily.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You state a clear view in the opening: the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and you identify collision risk and unemployment as concerns. You also give one relevant advantage, explaining that driverless vehicles could help a medical patient travel with family. However, the response addresses the task only partially: the disadvantages are named but not explained, and the advantage receives only brief development. The example does not clarify how driverless technology specifically helps the patient or provide supporting detail. The response also falls short of the required minimum length, leaving little room to explain and support the main points. Develop both sides with reasons and examples, then show clearly why the disadvantages are more significant overall.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: an opening gives your position, followed by a paragraph beginning “Admittedly” that introduces an advantage and an example. The ideas within that paragraph are generally connected, and “For example” signals supporting detail. However, there is no clear overall progression because the response ends without developing the disadvantages mentioned in the introduction or reaching a conclusion. Linking is limited and sometimes repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “so” and “because.” The reference in “they will travel freely” is also not fully clear. Use separate paragraphs for advantages and disadvantages, connect each reason to its explanation, and finish by comparing them and restating your judgement.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the basic topic, with relevant terms such as “driverless cars,” “collision,” “unemployment,” and “convenient.” However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, including “alot,” “travel,” and “easily.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, such as “inrodution,” “conveinient,” and “umemployement,” which reduce accuracy and may slow the reader. Some expressions are imprecise, for example “all people will travel easily” and “this trend,” where a more specific description would make your meaning clearer. Build a wider set of topic vocabulary and check spelling carefully; choose precise phrases for safety risks, employment effects, and passenger convenience.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some complex sentence forms, including a reason clause with “because” and a conditional example beginning “if a person…”. These help communicate relationships between ideas, but the range remains limited and errors are frequent. For example, “its disadvantages” does not agree with the plural subject “driverless cars,” and “a person want” needs subject–verb agreement. The sentence “if a person want to travel with his family and he is a medical patient so he will face…” is awkwardly joined and contains an unnecessary combination of “if” and “so.” Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in “i strongly agree” and the missing comma after “For example.” Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses.

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