Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-24

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 4.5)

There has been a growing debate about whether, in future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers. I dont think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages.

Firstly, all cars are driverless they risk the life of passengers if the server of the car who drive the car they faces any issue. The passenger faces problem also. for instance if a cyberpendamic will happen and may be the car server connected to this and the car will be on the way to drop someone if it happen this should be a worst journey for passengers.

To begin with, the driverless buses snatch the jobs from driver and this may faces problem for people and many families in future they will faces problem. for example if a man drive bus and they earn money for their family they spend on it and they bear all expenses of his house. If the driverless buses start his journey their job wil be at risk.

Turning to the other side, the advantages of many truck driver or car drive were not spend so much time to wake up and drive the truck in one country to another they will be sleeping and their truck drive automatically on the road.

In conclusion, the driverless future of cars, busses and trucks will not have so much advantages in my oppinion it will be risky for passangers and it may face accident of any technical issue happened in the whole world.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You state a clear position in the introduction—“I dont think the advantages … outweigh the disadvantages”—and give relevant concerns about technical failure and job losses, alongside one benefit for long-distance drivers. However, the discussion is brief and the examples are not developed enough to explain how likely or serious these effects are. The advantage is especially under-explained, and the conclusion mainly repeats the position rather than weighing the arguments. The response contains 236 words, so it is 14 words below the required minimum; the 19 words copied from the task prompt are not included in that count. Develop each main point with a clearer explanation or specific example, and ensure the response meets the minimum length.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an introduction, separate body paragraphs and a conclusion, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “To begin with,” and “In conclusion” help identify the stages of the argument. The main ideas are generally relevant, but progression is difficult to follow in places: the first body paragraph combines server failure, passenger risk and a cyberattack in one unclear example, while “Turning to the other side” introduces the benefit without clearly linking it to the earlier disadvantages. Some sentences do not connect smoothly, and the paragraph about employment repeats the same consequence rather than extending it. Organise the essay around one clearly stated point per paragraph, then explain and illustrate each point in a logical sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use basic vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “driverless,” “passengers,” “jobs,” “technical issue” and “automatically,” so the reader can identify your main concerns. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or unclear choices make ideas harder to understand. For example, “the server of the car who drive the car” does not clearly describe a vehicle’s control system, and “cyberpendamic” is not an appropriate term for the intended risk. Phrases such as “snatch the jobs” and “spend so much time to wake up” are also awkward in this context. Build a more precise topic vocabulary and check collocations and spelling; this will make your explanations clearer and less repetitive.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the overall position can be understood. However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes obscure the relationships between ideas. Examples include “Firstly, all cars are driverless they risk the life,” which joins clauses without correct punctuation, and “the passenger faces problem,” where the article and number are not controlled. Verb forms and agreement are also inconsistent in “they faces” and “if a cyberpendamic will happen.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation need particular attention, as several ideas run together. Practise constructing accurate simple sentences first, then combine them using correctly formed clauses and conjunctions; check subject–verb agreement, articles and verb forms during revision.

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