Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22

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)

Some people believed that after some time passengers will be travel without having drivers into their buses, cars and trucks as well. In another words, in future people will travel through buses and cars in which driver will not be appeared in it. In my point of view, driverless cars, buses and truck may be harmfull for people and for job seeker as well.

First of all, driverless cars may be beneficial for business mans but it will destroy human mind peace they will never feel relax while they are travelling just because of this thing, cars, buses and trucks use some technology to make it driverless if any occur during travel what will be happened, i thing its dangerous for people and we canniot play with people's life.

Second of all is that, if we use too much technology to make these driverless cars, buses and trucks it may be beneficial for technology growth but it is harmfull for many people's job. it will be eaten by this harmfull technology of driverless cars, buses and trucks as well. For example, if driverless cars will be used in future and cars, buses and trucks are running openly, then most of the people will be unempolyeed to this field. it is greatful for technology not for people.

In addition, if cars, buses and trucks are drived by drivers, people feeling more relax then driverless cars, buses and trucks as well, and this is very good way to keep our people relax and safe, we cannot take risk on peoples's life just for using technology. There are so mand other fields are existed we can use technology in it like tracking fake transaction with the help of technology as well, there are so many othere fields are available to use it instead of use in buses, cars and trucks.

To sum up, driverless cars, buses and trucks are gangerous for person's lifes. we do not have to need these buss, cars and trucks, it will be greatfull for business mans not for others people and it will be good step in field of technology but people cannot feel relax and peacefull in it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses the main prompt by discussing both the perceived dangers and job losses associated with driverless vehicles, taking a clear negative stance. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive. For instance, the writer repeatedly mentions that people will not feel relaxed without giving deep elaboration beyond general fear. Points are raised about job losses and technology distraction, but they tend to over-generalise without concrete real-world data or well-structured examples. The conclusion restates the position but lacks strong synthesis. This aligns best with Band 5.0, where ideas are somewhat under-developed and the position, while clear, lacks sophisticated extension.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the logical progression is weak. The writer uses basic cohesive devices like 'First of all', 'Second of all', and 'In addition', but sentences within paragraphs often run together as comma splices or lack smooth transitions. For example, the sentence 'Second of all is that, if we use too much technology... it will be eaten by this harmfull technology' shows confusing referencing and a breakdown in cohesion. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal logical flow is frequently disrupted by repetitive phrasing. This performance corresponds to a Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses a basic and repetitive vocabulary range, relying heavily on fundamental words like 'technology', 'people', 'travel', and 'harmfull'. There are frequent word choice and spelling errors, such as 'harmfull' instead of 'harmful', 'business mans' instead of 'businessmen', 'unempolyeed' instead of 'unemployed', and 'drived' instead of 'driven'. Less common lexical items are attempted, but they are often inaccurate or misused, for example, 'it will be eaten by this harmfull technology'. The vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the basic personal stance, placing it at a Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on positive achievement.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at complex sentences frequently result in serious structural errors and run-on sentences, such as 'if any occur during travel what will be happened, i thing its dangerous for people and we canniot play with people's life.' There are persistent errors in tense usage ('Some people believed', 'driver will not be appeared'), articles, punctuation, and subject-verb agreement. These frequent errors cause noticeable difficulty for the reader and obscure meaning in several places, which is characteristic of a Band 4.0 or 4.5.

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