Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-27

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 modern times new technology have high attention througout in people due to modren technology solves every impossile problems just in few seconds.as well as, every individuals akway rely on advance technology and reseaches because it's also the major parts of our economy.Firstly, in future time some people decided to produce a new technology like driverless cars more covinent in future time and more favourable in the comparision of remote cars.driverless cars also have more beneficial togather have high advantages of these like as People who are alone in their houses suddenly, they have suffer from some bad health or nobody present at home who bring them to hospital there is only few chances to bring them in hospital such as driverless cars always present in future for helping affected people MOREEVER, advanced system of thses cars is setted automaticaly their gairs, clutch, brakes, there are more benrficial for those those people who do not about drive cars and motorbike if Goverment would allowed for this opportunity people gain benefits from them.Thus, it alse have many disdavntages like hight cost due their expensive camers, engine, sensor, radar and computer hardware system. If these cars drive in heavy rain there are many cahnces to fail their camers and sensors also include the job displacements of automation drivers like cars drivers truck drivers and other transportations system.Cybersystem also invole in their disadvantages there are also many chances of driverless cars hacked by hackers in gereral there also have many disadvantages if this scheme started in the future time. In my personal opinion i really disagree about this type of opportunity.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address the central question by presenting benefits, including emergency transport and access for people unable to drive, alongside drawbacks such as high costs, sensor failures in heavy rain, job losses and hacking. Your final view—“I really disagree about this type of opportunity”—signals opposition, but it is not fully clear whether you mean driverless vehicles should not be introduced or that their disadvantages outweigh their advantages. The discussion is also uneven: the emergency example is relevant but difficult to follow, while several disadvantages are listed without explanation or evidence. Make your position explicit in the introduction and conclusion, then develop two or three key points with clear examples and explain why they support your judgement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a recognisable movement from an introduction to advantages, disadvantages and a concluding opinion, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “Thus” and “In my personal opinion” show an attempt to guide the reader. However, the response is presented as one continuous block, so the main stages and shifts in argument are hard to see. Several ideas run together—for example, the emergency-health scenario, vehicle features and benefits for people who cannot drive—without clear boundaries or explanation. Some linking expressions are also used mechanically or inaccurately, and the long final section combines cost, weather, employment and cybersecurity. Use separate paragraphs for the introduction, each side of the argument and conclusion; connect each point with clear references and transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “driverless cars,” “sensors,” “radar,” “job displacements” and “hacked by hackers.” This gives the response some topic-specific range, but control is limited: frequent spelling errors and imprecise or unnatural combinations sometimes make the meaning difficult to understand, as in “more covinent,” “high attention” and “their gairs.” Some wording is repetitive, particularly repeated references to “many disadvantages” and “future time.” Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully. You could also choose more precise terms for the effects you describe, rather than relying on broad phrases such as “more beneficial” or “high cost.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, including a conditional idea beginning “If these cars drive in heavy rain.” However, complex sentences are often difficult to follow because clauses are joined without reliable punctuation or grammatical structure. There are frequent errors in agreement and verb forms, as in “new technology have” and “people … have suffer,” as well as problems with articles and sentence boundaries. These errors sometimes obscure the relationships between ideas. Practise building accurate short sentences first, then combine them using controlled subordinate clauses. Check subject–verb agreement, verb forms and full stops, and avoid joining several complete ideas into one sentence.

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