Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-22

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)

I strongly disagree with the point that driverless vehicles will outweigh the disadvantages than advantages. In my perspective using AI rather than drivers could bring various types of risk.

Human are still more capable then any other machine intelligency ,whatever the ai is made by humans and they work trouh commands what given by humans .In terms of drivging any kind of certain incident can happen what is not includded into their artificial intelligency program and then the actual problem will start ans so many peoples life will be in denger if ai fails to prevent those problems,So you cant just take risk on so many peoples safety beside this virtual intelligency will drive those cars,buses or trucks by using goggle maps in terms of cities and towns it will not creat any problems but is you wants to try this into the rural areas you will start facing difficulties because sometimes the google map fails to show you the right road map to go on and there starts the problem.

On the other hand, driverless vehicles are also beneficial for us it could save our so much time in the coming decades,We will not need to waste our times ito the parking area and we can also use this tecnic to use our vehicles when ever we want.It also reduce the problem called drunk driving, in europian countries drivers often get drunk before driving and road accident happens more because of this problems.

Overall driverless vehicles advantages outweight the disadvantages some times but most of the times it not.In my view point driving a car without driver brings more problems than we can actually imagine.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You take a position and discuss both sides, which is relevant to the question. Your main disadvantage is that AI may fail to handle unexpected incidents, and you add a specific concern about unreliable maps in rural areas. You also identify time savings and reduced drunk driving as benefits. However, the opening is confusing: “I strongly disagree with the point that driverless vehicles will outweigh the disadvantages than advantages” does not clearly state whether you think advantages outweigh disadvantages. The conclusion then says the advantages outweigh the disadvantages “some times,” but that they do not most of the time, so your position remains difficult to follow. Develop each reason with clearer explanation or an example, and state your overall view consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

Your response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph focused mainly on risks, a paragraph on benefits, and a conclusion. This gives the reader a basic route through your ideas. However, progression within paragraphs is difficult to follow, especially in the long risk paragraph, where several points run together without clear sentence boundaries. Connectors such as “On the other hand” and “Overall” help signal shifts, but some links are mechanical or unclear; “beside this” does not smoothly introduce the map concern. The conclusion also conflicts with the opening, weakening the overall progression. Use shorter, clearly separated sentences, organise each paragraph around one main point, and make the position consistent from introduction to conclusion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “driverless vehicles,” “artificial intelligence,” “rural areas,” “parking area,” and “drunk driving.” These terms allow you to communicate the main concerns and benefits. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices, collocations, and spellings make parts of the response difficult to understand. For example, “virtual intelligency” is not an appropriate term here, and “take risk on so many peoples safety” is awkwardly expressed. Repeated use of general words such as “problem” also limits precision. Build a bank of accurate topic phrases and check spelling and collocations; this will help you express ideas more clearly without relying on repeated, broad wording.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with subordinate clauses, for example, “because sometimes the google map fails to show you the right road map.” However, complex sentences are often difficult to follow because clauses are joined without clear punctuation or grammatical control. There are frequent problems with agreement and verb forms, as in “Human are still more capable” and “It also reduce the problem.” Sentence boundaries are also missing in places, particularly in the long paragraph beginning “In terms of drivging,” which makes the relationships between ideas unclear. Focus first on accurate subject–verb agreement, complete sentences, and full stops. Then practise combining two related ideas with a correctly formed “because” or “although” clause.

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