Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

In coming years, all vehicles such as cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. As there will be no need of drivers, just the passengers will be travelling inside these vehicles. There are benefits and possible concerns as well of this development. In my opinion, the advantages of driverless vehicles do not outweigh the disadvantages.

The main benefit of using driverless vehicles would be the efficiency for the persons who are not able to drive because of some physical disabilities. These special needs make them depend on others to drive, or else they just hire taxis for their covineince. However, this development will definitely help those to travel without hustle. For example, the employee who is perfectly working in their perspective job, but always need someone to pick and drop. As a result, such vehicles will make travel less complicated for such circumstances.

Furthermore, one of the disadvantage of using driverless cars or busses is this will ultimately taking off the jobs of the drivers. There are many people who works full time as taxi or bus driver. Therefore, the people depends on this job for their survival in many countries. Also, in some of the crowdy nations with busy cities, it is difficult to use such cars. These special cars need good constructed roads and less crowd to work effectively. In India, for instance, some of the states have roads in extremely bad conditions, in such situations these special cars will be difficult to operate and possiblity of more damages to the cars.

In conlcusion, although the driverless vehicles will be effiecient for some circumstances, but considering the disadvantes of such vehicles like taking the jobs of drivers and less effective in some countries; in my opinion, the advanteges do not outweigh disadvantages.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction and conclusion: you believe the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. You address both sides with relevant points, especially improved independence for people with disabilities and possible job losses for drivers. The India example also supports your concern about road conditions. This fits the descriptor because the task is covered, but some ideas are developed more fully than others. The accessibility benefit is explained, though the example about an employee needing lifts could be connected more directly to disability. The employment point would be stronger with a brief explanation of how workers might be affected or retrained, and the road-suitability claim needs clearer support. Develop these points with specific consequences to make the argument more convincing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the benefit and disadvantages, and a conclusion that restates your view. Linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “For example,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the progression, and the main ideas are generally placed in appropriate paragraphs. This is a coherent arrangement, with some features of more flexible organisation. However, connections can feel mechanical, and a few references are unclear: “these special needs” and “such vehicles” require readers to infer exactly what they refer to. The disadvantages paragraph also moves from job losses to road conditions without a clear transition. Use more precise referencing and add a sentence linking these two concerns to improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main argument, including “driverless vehicles,” “physical disabilities,” “full time,” and “road conditions.” There are also attempts at more specific expressions, such as “operate effectively” and “depend on others.” However, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, including “covineince,” “hustle,” “crowdy,” “possiblity,” and “effiecient.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “good constructed roads” and “taking off the jobs.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding your position, but they make parts of the response less fluent. Check spelling carefully and learn common collocations for employment, accessibility, and road infrastructure.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “because,” “although,” and “as a result.” This gives the response some structural variety, and the overall meaning remains understandable. However, some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction persist. For example, “one of the disadvantage” needs a plural noun, while “this will ultimately taking off” has an incorrect verb form. In “There are many people who works,” the verb does not agree with its subject, and “the people depends” has the same issue. The final sentence also combines “although” with “but” unnecessarily. Review subject–verb agreement and verb patterns, then proofread complex sentences to ensure their clauses are complete and correctly connected.

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