Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-29

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)

All the vehicles would be driverless and controlled by technology soon. As a result only passengers would be in the transport. In my opinion, even though it can cause people to loose their jobs it will maintain safety protocols more seriously which is very necessary.

If cars, buses and trucks all are driven by technology, the people who earn their livelihood from these jobs would be out of work. Unemployment is already a big problem at present. This will only fuel it more. It is not possible to involve them in other work as they are mainly skilled in a particular area. For example, a lot of people work in the Uber company. If cars become driverless the workers would be in a financial crisis after loosing the job. Despite, the economic drawback I believe it has potential benefit that outweights the negative effect.

In the present, increasing road accidents are becoming a concerning issue. However, driverless vehicles would be controlled by technology. These systems are bound to follow laws and safety measures. They would not just overtake another car or break a signal resulting in lesser accidents. For example, there has been instances where a person was walking on the footpath and a car crashed into him. Also recently in Bangladesh a bus lost its balance due to the driver's recklessness and drove into a shop. But if the car or bus was automated it would not speed up neither will it loose its control. Thus, it would protect human life and no one would loose their lives on the road.

To sum it up, while it can create an economic vacuum by making the drivers unemployed the safety of both the passengers and bystanders would be ensured more effectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear: you acknowledge that driverless vehicles could cause unemployment, but argue that improved road safety is more important. Both sides are relevant, and the examples of a car hitting a pedestrian and a bus crashing into a shop help illustrate the safety concern. This meets the task well, but the development is uneven. The employment point is supported mainly by the Uber example, without exploring how widespread the impact might be or whether displaced drivers could retrain. The safety argument is more fully explained, although claims such as automated vehicles being “bound to follow laws” are stated too confidently and need qualification. To strengthen the response, develop the economic counterargument and explain more carefully why the safety benefits outweigh it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The essay has a clear overall structure: an introduction stating your view, separate paragraphs for the disadvantage and advantage, and a concluding summary. The progression from unemployment to road safety is easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “However,” “For example,” and “To sum it up” help guide the reader. At times, though, cohesion is mechanical or the relationship between ideas is not expressed accurately. “Despite, the economic drawback” does not connect smoothly to the preceding point, and “In the present” is an awkward opening for the safety paragraph. Some references, such as “it” in the conclusion, could be made more precise. Use transitions that show the exact contrast or result, and link examples explicitly to the claim they support.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “driverless,” “unemployment,” “livelihood,” “automated,” and “safety measures.” These choices make the main ideas clear, and you attempt some less common expressions such as “economic vacuum.” However, several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “fuel it more,” “maintain safety protocols more seriously,” and “lost its balance” do not express the intended ideas precisely. There are also spelling errors in “loose” for “lose” and “outweights” for “outweighs.” These do not prevent understanding, but they reduce precision. Aim for natural combinations such as “worsen unemployment,” “comply with traffic laws,” and “lose control,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a concession in “even though it can cause people to…” and conditional structures such as “If cars… become driverless.” Most ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “If cars, buses and trucks all are driven” has awkward word order, while “there has been instances” has a subject–verb agreement error. The sentence “it would not speed up neither will it loose its control” combines clauses incorrectly and shifts the modal structure; a clearer version would be “it would neither speed nor lose control.” There are also some article and sentence-pattern issues. Practise accurate agreement and parallel structures, and proofread longer sentences while retaining your attempts at complex grammar.

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