Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-31

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)

All cars, busses and trucks will be driverless in coming years. The only passengers will be travel inside these vehicles. I strongly believe that coming vehicles run with no drivers are better for safety and environment.

To begin with, one advantage of using driverless vehicles is safety. Artificial intelligence base vehicles reduce road accidents which leads to smooth driving and safe for the family. For example, those vehicles which controlled by human were caused as a serious injury on motorway or death for over speed and did not apply traffic rules. Therefore, driverless cars will be more convenient to drive according traffic rules. One more positive point to use driverless cars is that these vehicles will provide comfort for kids and older people. For Instance, driverless vehicles will drive by the computer not a human. Human drivers often mistakes because of distraction. In Addition, driverless vehicles will more useful because passengers will not need to driver.

On the another hand, driverless vehicles will have some disadvantages, particularly in terms of unemployment. Many professional drivers, such as taxi, busses and truck drivers will loss their jobs after choosing driverless vehicles.For example, transport companies will replace human base vehicles into AI base vehicles to reduce labour cost. As a result, they will face a unemployment crises. One more disadvantage is technology fails due to climate change. For instance, driverless vehicles will face serious issue at the time of heavy rain. Electricity base vehicles did not run smooth in heavy rain. Hence, due to heavy rain the function of the driverless vehicles will be damage.

In conclusion, driverless vehicles will provide safety and smooth system. Also it save a lot of money in fuel. But there will some advantage of job losses.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses the prompt by discussing both advantages and disadvantages, and a clear position is established in the introduction. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited. For instance, the argument regarding safety is supported by general statements rather than specific, well-elaborated examples. The conclusion is slightly confused, as it mentions 'job losses' as an advantage, which contradicts the earlier paragraph on unemployment. To improve, ensure that each point is fully extended with logical reasoning and that the conclusion accurately reflects the arguments presented in the body paragraphs.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is organised into clear paragraphs, and there is a logical progression of ideas. Cohesive devices such as 'To begin with', 'For instance', and 'On the another hand' are used to link sentences and paragraphs. However, some transitions are mechanical or slightly misused, such as 'On the another hand' (should be 'On the other hand'). Additionally, the referencing is sometimes unclear, and the flow between sentences could be smoother. The paragraphing is appropriate, but the internal cohesion within paragraphs needs more variety to achieve a higher band score.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, but it lacks the range and precision required for higher bands. There are several instances of awkward phrasing or incorrect word choices, such as 'human base vehicles' instead of 'human-operated vehicles' and 'will loss their jobs' instead of 'will lose their jobs'. The repetition of basic terms like 'vehicles' and 'driverless' limits the lexical variety. To improve, focus on using more sophisticated collocations and synonyms to express ideas more naturally and precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede the reader's flow. Common issues include subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'Human drivers often mistakes'), incorrect verb forms (e.g., 'will more useful'), and missing articles. Punctuation is generally functional, but there are errors in sentence construction. While the meaning is usually clear, the frequency of these errors prevents the writing from reaching a higher band. Focusing on proofreading for basic grammatical accuracy would be highly beneficial.

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