Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-28

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)

it is very good question ,when in the future all buses and cars are driverless it give results in both phases , postive and negative sometime it has advantages and sometime it has disadvantages

when we think for beneficial parts we can see that when the buses and cars are driverless there is less chance of accident, there is savage of driver salary and blind people can also travel

but when we think in another way we can see that when buses and cars are driverless there is a chance of hacking , many of the drivers become unemployed and many times there is a chance of machine failing

thankyou ❤️

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by identifying both advantages, such as "less chance of accident" and accessibility for "blind people," and disadvantages, including "hacking" and unemployment. However, the response is extremely brief, totaling only 111 words, which falls significantly short of the 250-word minimum requirement. This severe under-length prevents any meaningful development of ideas or a clear, sustained position on whether advantages outweigh disadvantages. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed, leading to a low band score under the task achievement descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The text lacks proper paragraphing and organization, appearing as a single, run-on block of thoughts. Cohesive devices are extremely basic and repetitive, relying on informal transitional phrases like "when we think for beneficial parts" and "when we think in another way." There is no clear overall progression or logical structure connecting the introduction, body, and conclusion. Referencing and logical linking are faulty, which heavily disrupts the flow of information for the reader, placing it firmly at a lower band level.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and restricted to everyday terms such as "good question," "buses and cars," and "driverless." There are noticeable word choice and collocation inaccuracies, such as "savage of driver salary" (likely meaning savings) and "machine failing" rather than mechanical failure. The lexical range is minimally adequate to express simple ideas, but spelling errors and awkward phrasing prevent the attainment of a higher score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The writing demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mainly of basic, run-on sentences connected by commas rather than proper punctuation. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ("it give results") and missing articles or prepositions. Complex sentence forms are absent, and punctuation is largely neglected throughout the text, with stray spaces and symbols like the heart emoji detracting from academic register and formal accuracy.

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