Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-14

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 coming era of digital world all the transport vehicle like (cars, trucks and trains) will run without drivers. These driverless vehicles only contain passengers. From my perspective, long term benefits particularly regarding road safety and accessibility far outweight drawbacks.

On the one hand, there are two main disadvantages of driverless vehicles. Firstly, million of people works as taxi, car, bus and truck drivers support their families. So if machine replace them, many workers will lose their jobs and struggle to find new job. Second, driverless cars completely depends on internet and computer softwares. So if these softwares are hacked or any internet issues build up, it could cause serious car crashes and major traffic james. For example, in Dubai driverless cars face difficulty due to drone attack from Irani military.

On the other hand, the advantages of diverless transport are huge. The biggest benefit is safer road. Most of the accidents today happen due to the mistakes of human driver such as texting and calling while driving, feeling sleeping or driving too fast. Self driving cars do not faces these type of difficulty. Driverless car sensor work faster than human in any condition. Furthermore, these vehicles will help elderly and disabled people to travel easily without need of anyone. For example, driverless transport follow rules strictly and drive smoothy which can reduce traffic jams and air pollution.

In conclusion, while driverless vehicles takes away the driving jobs and bring computer risks, they make road much safer and bring freedom to people who cannot drive.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear from the introduction: the safety and accessibility benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and this view is maintained in the conclusion. You address both sides with relevant points, including job losses and cyber risks as disadvantages, and fewer human-error accidents and greater mobility for elderly and disabled people as advantages. The examples help make the discussion concrete. However, some ideas are less fully developed than others: the employment point would benefit from explaining how affected workers might be supported, while the Dubai example is difficult to connect clearly to the stated risks. To strengthen the response, explain the cause-and-effect links more precisely and develop the strongest examples rather than introducing claims whose relevance is unclear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for disadvantages and advantages, and a conclusion that restates your position. Signposting such as “On the one hand,” “Firstly,” and “On the other hand” makes the main progression easy to follow. This coherent arrangement is a strength. Some linking is mechanical, however, and the relationship between ideas is not always smooth. For instance, the Dubai drone-attack example appears abruptly after the point about hacking and internet problems, so the reader has to infer the connection. The final example also combines rule-following, traffic jams, and air pollution without clearly showing how each follows from the previous claim. Use more precise transitions and explain links between examples and claims.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main argument, including “road safety,” “accessibility,” “hacked,” “traffic jams,” and “air pollution.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions such as “human driver” and “computer risks.” However, inaccurate word forms, spelling, and collocations are noticeable and sometimes make the reader pause: “outweight,” “diverless,” “traffic james,” and “feeling sleeping” are examples. Phrases such as “transport vehicle” and “driverless transport” are also imprecise or repetitive. Build a more reliable range of collocations for this topic and check spelling and word forms carefully. More precise vocabulary would make your explanations clearer and help you express distinctions between technical failure, cyberattacks, and ordinary connectivity problems.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “if these softwares are hacked … it could cause serious car crashes” and a contrastive conclusion beginning “while.” The overall meaning is generally understandable, but some errors in agreement, articles, plurals, and verb forms remain. Examples include “million of people works,” “machine replace them,” “cars completely depends,” and “Driverless car sensor work.” The sentence about elderly and disabled people also needs a clearer grammatical construction around travelling “without need of anyone.” Review subject–verb agreement and singular/plural forms, and check articles in noun phrases. Greater accuracy in these patterns, alongside your existing attempts at complex sentences, would make the argument easier to read.

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