Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-25

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 4.5)

In the future many cars, buses and trucks will be self driven . The only individuals tour inside these vehicles will be passengers. With the rapid development of technology, driverless vehicles are becoming a reality, and within the coming decades, cars, buses, and trucks may operate without human drivers. Although some people are concerned about the possible risks of this development, I personally believe that driverless vehicles will bring far more benefits than disadvantages.I strongly have disadvantages and in this essay , I hope explain the reasons or example is more prepectuctive.

On the hand, few individuals have preparing for transport such as cars, buses and trucks.because many people is travelling in future for driverless and the people is personaly prepare for driving in future. So, I think few people have not prepare for driving in furture but government have accept the driver for other transport . For instance , mant people is very distrub for road diffcuilt and people is not travelling in diffcuilt road. so I think few people have not prepare in future travel for driverless and road is very strict.

On the other hand, The passengers is travelling in vehicle for other cities. So, I think many people have travelling for inside these vehicle in the future. With the developedment of technology drive less vehicle are becoming a reality, and within the coming decades, cars, buses and trucks may operate without human drivers but human driver are very strict driving as a driver . So, I think driver a very friendly or relaxing driving in the future.

In the conslcusions, Although some people are concerned about the possible risks of this development. with the rapid development of technology , driveless vehicle are becoming a reality, and within the coming decades, cars, buses. and trucks may operate without humans drivers. So, I think i personally believe that driveless vehicles will bring far more benefits than disadvantages.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response attempts to address the prompt regarding the advantages and disadvantages of driverless vehicles, stating a clear personal position that advantages outweigh disadvantages. However, the development of ideas is severely hindered by repetitive phrasing, lack of relevant examples, and numerous irrelevant statements such as 'government have accept the driver for other transport'. The body paragraphs fail to logically discuss specific pros and cons, instead drifting into vague assertions about people not preparing for future travel. While the writer attempts to cover all parts of the task, the arguments are underdeveloped, repetitive, and occasionally unclear, which aligns closely with the Band 5 descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the overall organisation and progression of ideas are heavily disrupted by confusion and lack of logical flow. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively, such as 'On the hand' and 'On the other hand', which do not accurately signal contrasting points. Referencing is frequently unclear, with pronouns like 'this' and 'they' referring to ambiguous antecedents. The conclusion merely repeats chunks of the introduction verbatim rather than summarising the main points cohesively. These issues place the response firmly at Band 4.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, frequently relying on exact phrases copied from the prompt or from earlier in the essay, such as 'rapid development of technology, driverless vehicles are becoming a reality'. There are numerous word choice and collocation errors, including 'tour inside', 'self driven', 'distrub for road diffcuilt', and 'conslcusions'. Less common lexical items are attempted but used incorrectly, and spelling errors occur throughout the text (e.g., 'prepectuctive', 'distrub', 'developedment', 'driveless'). The vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey a very basic message, but the frequent errors and restricted range reflect Band 4 performance.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The essay displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, with simple sentences heavily prone to structural breakdown and faulty attempts at complex forms. There are frequent, severe errors in basic grammar, subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'many people is travelling'), and tense usage. Punctuation is also problematic, including missing capital letters after periods, unspaced commas and periods, and floating fragments like 'I strongly have disadvantages and in this essay , I hope explain the reasons or example is more prepectuctive.' These persistent errors cause frequent strain and difficulty for the reader, matching the Band 4 descriptors.

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