Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-13

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 near future all types of vehicles including car, buses and truck will drive automaticaly without a driver. Only the passengers will be in these vehicles.

While automatic vehicles has its own cons. i think the benefits of autonomus vehicles will outweigh the cons.

On the one hand, the main crisis these vehicles will bring are the shortage of jobs and unemployment. Many individual do driving for their living so they can put food on their tables. It won't be possible in future becuase of it. Futhermore, these type of vehicles won't have any safety and can be hacked easily by the hackers and can be use the leverage againt someone who they want to hurt.

On the other hand, one of the main advantage is less road accident that can be cause by the human errors. Automatic vehciles can be more accurate in term of the driving than a person. They can't loose the focus and will do are they are programmed to do. Moreover, they can be benifical for older individuals who are not able to drive on their own. It would be easy for them to travel on their own to another destination without any hurdle.

In conclusion, while having the concerns about unemployment, the benefit of road safety and easy way for ealderly mean that advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages easily.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear answer: you believe the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and you discuss both sides. The points about job losses and hacking are relevant, as are reduced accidents and greater independence for older people. However, several ideas are asserted rather than explained—for example, you say vehicles “won’t have any safety” and can be hacked, but do not clarify how likely these risks are or how they might be addressed. The benefits also need more specific support, such as an example of how automated systems could prevent a particular type of collision. The response is 23 words below the required minimum, which limits the space available to develop these points. Extend the explanation and support for your main ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction states your position, two body paragraphs present disadvantages and advantages, and the conclusion restates your view. The signposts “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion” make the broad progression easy to follow. However, some links between ideas are mechanical, and the relationship between claims could be clearer. For instance, “Futhermore” introduces the hacking risk, but the connection between that risk and the preceding discussion of unemployment is not developed. The opening sentence of the first body paragraph also uses an awkward contrastive structure (“While automatic vehicles has its own cons”) that weakens the transition. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each supporting explanation directly to its main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “unemployment,” “human errors,” “programmed,” and “road safety.” There are also attempts at more specific language, such as “put food on their tables” and “leverage.” However, the range is limited, and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make parts difficult to interpret. “Won’t have any safety” does not clearly express the intended concern, while “use the leverage against someone” is unnatural in this context. Spelling errors such as “automaticaly,” “autonomus,” and “benifical” are noticeable. Build a more precise vocabulary for discussing risks and benefits, and check spelling and collocations so your meaning is consistently clear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a concession in the introduction and clauses beginning with “who” and “that.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors occur in basic agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “vehicles has” should use a plural verb, and “the main advantage is less road accident” has problems with number and article use. In “They can't loose the focus and will do are they are programmed to do,” the verb form and clause structure obscure the meaning. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, particularly the lowercase “i” after a full stop. Practise accurate sentence patterns first, then use complex clauses with careful proofreading.

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