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)

Technology has grown to such stage that we have now driverless cars. Technology is growning day by day. It makes development in every sectors and creat ease for the peoples.

Driverless cars is one of the biggest achievement that man has mad. It has lessen the fear of travelling driver and attract the people who do work during the driving. It has all the function that a physical person does while driving. It follows the trafic rules,gps signals etc. It is all due to the program installed in it. Program is an instruction that we give to the machine. Such instructions perform task from the machine. It is a common perspetive that machines do not make mistakes take us to driver less car. It gives you a vibs of other planate machine. The main reason for making this is to control accidents. Accidents happen when rules are breach and people do it unfortunately but the programed cars never do it.

Beyond these facts, it will badly effect the taxi industry as it will common in the market. Drivers department have serious coniequences on this development. To survive in the fast world they have to learn new skilss so they can stand and earn money. Industries making driverless cars are keen to increase it sale and want to enjoy a large profit. This is threat for the drivers of developed countries as their the prices of cars are low and residents can easily afford it.

So government make policies to save the drivers earning because as people earn then they purchase new tchnologies if they have empty pockets then what is the benifit of new technology.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify relevant benefits, especially the possibility of reducing accidents through rule-following, and a disadvantage: drivers may lose their jobs. However, the response only partially answers the central question because it does not clearly state whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The safety point is repeated but not supported with a specific example or explanation of how driverless vehicles would prevent accidents. The employment concern is also introduced briefly, while the final sentence shifts to government policy without explaining how this affects your overall judgement. To strengthen the response, state your position clearly in the introduction and conclusion, then develop and compare both sides with specific reasons and examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure: it introduces technology, discusses benefits, and then turns to employment concerns. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression within paragraphs is often unclear, and several ideas are placed together without showing their relationship. For example, the discussion moves from accident prevention to a machine’s appearance and then to the taxi industry. Linking phrases such as “Beyond these facts” are used, but they do not always create a clear connection. The final sentence is difficult to follow and does not provide a clear conclusion. Group related points, use clearer transitions between benefits and disadvantages, and end by directly answering whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “driverless cars,” “traffic rules,” “accidents,” “taxi industry,” and “policies,” so the main subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or collocations make parts difficult to understand, such as “attract the people who do work during the driving” and “Drivers department have serious consequences.” Spelling errors, including “growning,” “perspetive,” and “benifit,” are also noticeable. Aim for precise phrases that express your intended meaning, such as describing passengers working during a journey or drivers facing job losses. Proofreading spelling and choosing natural collocations would make your argument clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both short statements and longer sentences, including a conditional idea in “if they have empty pockets,” but the range is limited and errors occur frequently. Subject–verb agreement is often inaccurate: “Driverless cars is” should be “Driverless cars are,” and “Technology is growning” needs a correct verb form. Articles and sentence construction also cause problems, as in “It has all the function that a physical person does.” Some sentences run together or lack clear punctuation, particularly the final sentence beginning “So government make policies.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then build longer sentences using clear clauses and check agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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