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)

Cars, Buses and Trucks will run without drivers in future and inside the vehicle there only a people who are travelling passengers.

Firstly, if we travel in transports without the driver it have benefits of automatic operation and it also reduce man power. Without human activity they can be run individually. Future transportation doesn't ever depend on human being. Moreover, it will be a advanced technology to our future travellers. If we need travel some where for emergency purpose in mid night it will make much better to fulfill our need with human being because in mid of the night also transportation are also available if there is no need of the driver who are nothing but humans.Secondly, if vehicles were run without drivers it may reduce the the investment because we didn't pay the salaries for the drivers.

However, running the transports without the driver that means without use of human being it may reduce the opportunies of the drivers. It should be a drawback of the vehicles are running without drivers. These technology may reduce the employment of the drivers and it effects her career who are in the that field. In some emergency situations it is also difficult to manage the vehicles with technology because it has no emotions like human beings.

In conclusion, it both the advantages and disadvantages in furture all cars, buses, trucks will run without driver. If only the people are travelling inside it has the advantages of the midnight passengers that it available every time transportation and it has the benefit that it reduce manpower. It advantages oveeweigh the disadvantages that are it reduce the emplyment of the drivers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both sides of the question and give a clear final view that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Relevant points include greater availability for late-night travel, reduced reliance on drivers, and possible job losses and difficulty handling emergencies. However, the position is not consistently clear: the opening does not state whether you support driverless vehicles, and the conclusion’s comparison is difficult to follow. Several ideas are asserted rather than explained—for example, the claim that vehicles will be available at midnight needs a clearer link to driverless operation, while the emergency concern would benefit from a specific example. Develop fewer points with explanation or evidence, and state your position clearly from the introduction onward.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, a paragraph on benefits, a paragraph on drawbacks, and a conclusion. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Moreover,” “Secondly,” and “However” help signal the main sections. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and some links are mechanical or unclear. For instance, “Moreover, it will be a advanced technology” does not clearly explain how this supports the previous point, and the long sentence about midnight travel is difficult to follow. The conclusion repeats earlier points but does not bring them together clearly. Use shorter, more focused sentences, connect each supporting detail explicitly to its main idea, and make references such as “it” and “these” unambiguous.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “automatic operation,” “manpower,” “employment,” and “emergency situations,” so the reader can identify the main ideas. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, sometimes making meaning difficult to interpret. Examples include “run individually,” “fulfill our need with human being,” and “reduce the investment” where the intended meaning is not expressed naturally. There are also spelling and word-form errors, such as “opportunies,” “furture,” and “emplyment.” Build a more precise set of phrases for discussing costs, safety, and employment, and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including conditional structures such as “if we travel…” and “if vehicles were run…”. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence construction can make the reader work to understand your meaning. For example, “it have benefits” should use subject–verb agreement, while “there only a people” has an incomplete structure and incorrect article use. The sentence beginning “In some emergency situations” also needs clearer grammatical construction. Practise building accurate basic clauses first, then combine them with conjunctions; check each sentence for a clear subject and verb, correct agreement, and appropriate articles.

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