Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-15

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)

In the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passangers. This future innovation will have more advantages with less of disadvantages. Some of them are discussing here.

Advantages: First of all, the transport companies doesnot need drivers anymore. so ecnomically it is very good.

Second, machines are more active then humans so the chances of accident will be reduces which is socially and environmentally very good.

Third, AI use instead of drivers are best option becuase humans did not know the traffic current satuation on different paths and the AI does.

Disadvantages: The main disadvantage of driverless vehicles is that the job of drivers will be destroyed which is socially very bad.

Technically, if a vehicle have some technical issue it will destroye everything on road which is environmentally as well as socially very bad.

As a conclusion, driverless vehicles with ntravelling inside only passengers is a good idea for future innovation ecnomically.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You give a clear overall view that driverless vehicles are a good idea, and you identify relevant advantages—lower transport-company costs and potentially fewer accidents—as well as disadvantages involving job losses and technical failures. However, the response only minimally develops these points: for example, it does not explain how reduced accidents might occur or what consequences a system failure could have. The conclusion is also brief and does not weigh the benefits against the drawbacks. The response is 144 words, so it is 106 words below the required minimum; 20 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. This substantial shortfall leaves the task only partially addressed. Develop each main point with explanation or a relevant example, and make the comparison behind your position explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with separate sections for advantages and disadvantages and a concluding sentence. Sequencing phrases such as “First of all,” “Second,” and “As a conclusion” help signal the order of ideas. However, the progression within the sections is limited, and the list-like presentation does not show how the points connect or which matters most. The sentence “Some of them are discussing here” does not clearly introduce the following discussion, while the final point about AI and traffic conditions is not fully linked to the claim about accidents. Use complete paragraphs and connect each claim to its explanation, then use the conclusion to compare the two sides.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “driverless vehicles,” “transport companies,” “technical issue,” and “traffic,” so the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, spelling, and collocation errors make the writing less clear or natural. Examples include “more active” for machines, “the job of drivers will be destroyed,” and “economically it is very good.” There are also spelling errors such as “passangers,” “ecnonomically,” and “satuation.” Build a wider set of precise terms for costs, employment, safety, and system failures, and check spelling and natural word combinations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences use simple patterns, and you attempt some longer constructions, such as the sentence beginning “Second, machines are more active…” However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “the transport companies doesnot need drivers” has subject–verb agreement and verb-form problems, while “the chances of accident will be reduces” has errors in number and passive construction. “If a vehicle have” also needs agreement, and the final sentence is difficult to parse because its structure is incomplete. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then extend them with clauses using “because,” “if,” and “which.” Check agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence boundaries.

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