Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-08

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 5.5)

In my openion, the buses without drivers are dangerous for passengers because the total system depends upon computer or AI . If there is any techniqual disorder happens in the system then hunderd lives will come in danger. Even the passenger can not stop the bus by their own self in the condition of accident or any disorder that happens in the bus. Also the people are somwhere quite scare of such types of buses. They feel their self unsafe and in danger. Also the people who earn money from driving all of them will be jobless and unemployed.

But on the other hand, driverless buses have some advantages. These buses save the money that we will pay to the drivers. The reaction of driverless buses will be faster than the buses with driver. All these busus have sufficient and less consumption of money. these buses have extra space for the passengers . It also have more facilities than that of the regular buses. That will be the biggest in the history of science if driverless buses will sucessfully invented and operated.

If I talk about my own pesonal experience, then i would loke to say that I have experience of traveling on the bus with driver. But I can never seen or travel through the driverless bus.But if I have a chance to travel on driverless bus then I travel on it just for my experience. Because that might be dangerous for travelling. And I know that the man who made this bus already check the safety function . And these type of inventions are passed after a lot of verifications by government and the owner of the thing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both sides of the question by identifying safety concerns and possible benefits, and your final paragraph gives a personal perspective. However, the response does not clearly answer the central question of whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The conclusion is especially uncertain: you say driverless buses “might be dangerous,” but also that safety checks and government verification make them acceptable, without weighing these points or stating a firm overall view. Several ideas are introduced but remain under-developed, such as job losses, faster reactions, and extra passenger space. To strengthen the response, explain the consequences of each point with specific reasoning or an example, then make and maintain a clear comparison of which side is more important.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it presents disadvantages first, then advantages, and finishes with personal experience. Linking phrases such as “But on the other hand” and “If I talk about my own personal experience” help signal these stages. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes list-like, with several claims placed next to one another rather than developed in a clear sequence. Repeated use of “Also” and “these buses” makes cohesion somewhat mechanical, and the final paragraph shifts from personal experience to safety checks without clearly connecting the ideas. Use a wider range of linking expressions and refer back to ideas more precisely; for example, explain how the safety checks relate to your concern about technical failure.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “passengers,” “driverless,” “reaction,” “unemployed,” and “safety function.” However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, sometimes making the reader pause: “openion,” “techniqual disorder,” “busus,” and “verifications” are examples. Some phrases are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “sufficient and less consumption of money” and “the owner of the thing.” Aim for accurate collocations and more specific vocabulary when discussing risks and benefits. For instance, you could describe a “technical failure,” “operating costs,” or “safety inspections,” which would express your ideas more clearly and appropriately for this topic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “If there is any… then…” and “if I have a chance…”. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction sometimes make meaning harder to follow. For example, “If there is any techniqual disorder happens” combines incompatible verb patterns; “It also have more facilities” has incorrect subject–verb agreement; and “I have experience of traveling” does not express the intended experience naturally in this structure. Some sentences also run together or lack clear punctuation. Practise building accurate clauses first, then combine them using conditionals and relative clauses, checking that each subject matches its verb and that tense choices remain consistent.

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