Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-12

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 4.0)

In the future will be driverless than its not good foor the people because it take many jobs of those buses drivers and those who are drivering the car there are many people who are become jobless because of it.

There is no advantages of the driverless buses cars and trucks because of that many people running there home and life of driving trucks and buses if the driverless trucks buses and cars come to know that all of them lost their jobs because of it and many of the become jobless.

The another disadvantage of the driverless trucks cars and buses is that if there is no driver in there if there erorr come to nobody knows how to deal with it for example if there is bus with the 30 passenger on it if it get problem with like it tyre become brust than there will be nobody to change it or to slove it because it all on the driver and also people can not believe to machine which runs on it people will not take risk to it.

On the other hand if we see that if it give advantages where people think on it that driverless car trucks buses which run own their own is good for the public may be there no more wait for drivers who cone late or take too time to be ready but it is not the advantage because when there are driverless cars buses and trucks which are mostly running on the road if there kinds of can be big problem in futures and also for the one whose home running by becoming drivers.

In my opinion there is no advantage of driverless trucks car and buses because it create much problem in futures where are busy road if there is there technical problem to its machine than it main become the min cause of traffic of busy road is the one of the main disadvantages and also the one who are drivers are become jobless so it can crate big problem of unemploment so there is not advantages of it all.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response attempts to address the prompt by arguing that driverless vehicles have no advantages and present disadvantages such as unemployment and technical errors. However, the position is extreme and lacks balanced, well-developed arguments. The ideas are repetitive, overly general, and lack specific real-world examples or extension. For instance, the discussion on job losses is reiterated across multiple paragraphs without deepening the analysis. Furthermore, the counter-argument attempted in the fourth paragraph is quickly dismissed without proper development. Consequently, the task response falls under Band 4.0, as it addresses the prompt minimally with limited, under-developed ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, which shows a basic attempt at organisation, but the overall progression of ideas is hindered by extreme repetition and run-on sentences. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, with repetitive connectors like 'and also', 'because of that', and 'on the other hand'. Referencing is frequently unclear, such as the pronoun use in 'if there erorr come to nobody knows how to deal with it'. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal logical flow is severely disrupted by grammatical breakdown and a lack of clear structuring. This places the response firmly at Band 4.0 for coherence and cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, highly repetitive, and heavily restricted. The student repeatedly relies on simple words like 'good', 'bad', 'problem', and 'job'. There are numerous word-choice and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'foor' instead of 'for', 'drivering' instead of 'driving', 'brust' instead of 'burst', and 'slove' instead of 'solve'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with complete inaccuracy ('technical problem to its machine'). The lexical range is minimally adequate to convey a very basic message, but frequent errors and severe limitations constrain the score to Band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatically, the response is extremely weak, consisting largely of long, run-on complex sentences that lack proper punctuation and syntactic control. There are severe, persistent errors in basic sentence structure, tense consistency, and subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'there is no advantages', 'if it get problem', 'people can not believe to machine'). Punctuation is almost entirely absent, resulting in massive run-on sentences that make reading difficult. Error frequency is extremely high throughout the text, meaning few sentences are error-free. This performance aligns with the Band 4.0 descriptors.

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