Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-06

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)

It is prediction that In the future all vehicles, buses and truck will be driverless while the only individual voyage inside these automation will be passengers

On the one hand, driverless vehicles are more beneficial for people because people use vehicle for personal benefit. Moreover, people can travel more covenient without drivers. Some time driver behave is not good with passengers. Furthermore driverless vehicle will save time and increase productivity. Passenger can work, read or sleep while travelling instaed of focusing on the road. For example, office workers can attend meeting in their car, which will make their life more conveniet and efficient.

On the other hand, millions of drivers of buses and trucks will lose their jobs. Moreover, there automation could be hacked by criminal, which raise security corncern. Therefore, many people will not attend their journey safe without driver. For instance, If some rubbish people are enter in any vehicles driver control the situation easily and contact the police.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You address the question by presenting benefits—greater convenience, time savings and the chance to work or rest—and disadvantages, including job losses and security risks. The example of office workers attending a meeting helps illustrate one benefit, and your final example attempts to explain why a human driver might be useful in an emergency. However, the response is substantially under the required minimum length, so the ideas remain very limited and under-developed. Most importantly, you do not clearly state whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages; the opening only restates the prediction. Develop a consistent position and explain the consequences of each main point, using specific examples, before reaching a clear conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, recognisable structure: an opening followed by a paragraph on advantages and one on disadvantages. Linking phrases such as “On the one hand,” “Moreover,” and “On the other hand” help signal the change in direction, and the ideas within each paragraph are generally related. However, progression is limited because points are mostly listed rather than developed, and there is no concluding paragraph to bring the comparison together or answer the question directly. Some connections are also unclear, particularly the shift from security concerns to the example about “rubbish people” entering a vehicle. Build each paragraph around one main idea, explain it, and use a final sentence to connect it to your overall judgement.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “driverless vehicles,” “productivity,” “hacked,” and “security,” and the reader can generally identify the intended points. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make parts difficult to understand. For example, “individual voyage” and “these automation” do not express the intended meaning naturally, while “driver behave” and “rubbish people” are unclear or inappropriate in this context. Spelling errors such as “covenient,” “instaed,” and “corncern” also reduce accuracy. Aim for precise topic vocabulary and check spelling; for instance, use “passengers,” “automated vehicles,” and “unruly passengers” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including a reason-and-result structure in “Passenger can work, read or sleep while travelling instead of focusing on the road.” However, the range is limited, and errors in sentence construction, agreement, articles and verb forms occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include “It is prediction,” “all vehicles, buses and truck will be driverless,” and “If some … people are enter in any vehicles.” The final example also lacks a clear, correctly formed main clause. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and complete conditional sentences, and use a wider range of structures only when you can control them reliably.

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