Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-21
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)
In recent years,the techology made a huge development in every flied of life.It is also estimated that in future all cars,buses,and trucks will be driverless and the only people travel inshide the vehicles will be pessengers.However,it is a positively development but its advantages overweight the disadvantages.
To begin with it is a positive development and it have many benefits for humans.firstly,people would travel freely without any fear and it also make the drive comfortable.Moreever,people just have to put the location inside the car and it take the person to the excat location.For example, china made this type of car and individuals shows a positive response and they motivate other countries by their techology,
On the second hand, it also have many disadvantages.firsly,people would lose their job and ubers donot work their for anymore.Secondly,it is also not essential to complety relay on the technolgy.Due to the fact that sometimes Ai can get hack or the cars cannot work properly.For instance ,sometimes cars can get out of order and there is no one to help you so you just stuck their until another car can come.
In contrast,it is a positively development Overall but we shouldnot have to depends upon the technology.Through this people can learn how to use technology and they also gain a knowledge to differniate between postive and negative development.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by discussing both the advantages and disadvantages of driverless vehicles, presenting a clear position that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. However, the ideas are under-developed and lack sufficient explanation or depth. Furthermore, the text is only 221 words long, which fails to meet the minimum requirement of 250 words. This under-length impacts the overall development of the task. Examples such as mentioning China and ridesharing services are introduced briefly without adequate expansion, pulling the score down to a Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is organized into distinct paragraphs covering the introduction, advantages, disadvantages, and conclusion. However, the logical progression is hindered by poor punctuation, missing spaces after commas and periods (e.g., 'years,the', 'life.It'), and repetitive transitional phrases. Cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or inaccurate, such as 'On the second hand' instead of 'On the other hand'. Paragraphing is attempted, but referencing and flow are frequently disrupted by mechanical errors, leading to a Band 5.0 rating.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, such as 'positive development' and 'technology'. There are several noticeable word choice and spelling errors throughout the text, including 'flied' instead of 'field', 'inshide' instead of 'inside', 'pessengers' instead of 'passengers', 'overweight' instead of 'outweigh', 'firsly' instead of 'firstly', 'complety' instead of 'completely', 'relay' instead of 'rely', 'hack' instead of hacked, and 'differniate' instead of 'differentiate'. These frequent errors constrain the lexical range and occasionally impede communication, positioning the response at Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('it have many benefits'), tense inconsistencies ('individuals shows'), and incorrect prepositions ('work their for anymore'). Punctuation errors are pervasive, particularly missing spaces after punctuation marks and capitalization mistakes. The high frequency of basic structural and punctuation errors causes difficulty for the reader and prevents the writing from reaching a higher band, resulting in a score of 5.0.
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