Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-30

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)

It is predection that in the future all vehicles like cars, trucks, and buses will be run without drivers and only passengers will travell in vehicals means, there will be no need of drivers. It will great achivemnt of technology moreover, it will reduce fairs, save time, decrease the chances of acidents. In this essay, i will discuss advantages and results.

This invention will redcue the number of vehicals that will be benifical for all indivduals moreover, one vehical will be useful for ole family consequently, it will save funds and reduce pollution in the envirement. For instance, if one family ones a driverless car and one person go in office it can drop a person and come back automatically and other family mambers can use it. In this way it can save money, time and reduce pollution.

Technology has changed the world many things in the past we could not even think but not we are doing in the same way predection of driverless cars is write even many countries have made it but it is not regular in local roads now. It will possible with help of artificial inteligence because it have ability to scan every thing. It will electric system with the advance ai system. For instance Tesla is a compeny of Elon Musk they are working on it and they also have hade some sampels.

In conclusion, it is will be possiblewith the heip advace technology and form my persective it will have a lot adventages to all individuals. It will reduce eairs, costs of products and may be helpful to decline inflation. We need to work on it fastly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You give a clear overall view that driverless vehicles will be beneficial, and you include relevant points such as saving money and time and reducing pollution. The family-car example also helps illustrate how one vehicle might serve several people. However, the response addresses the question only partially: it mainly lists advantages and does not explain any disadvantages or directly weigh the two sides to show why the advantages outweigh them. Some claims, such as reducing inflation and the number of vehicles, are asserted without enough explanation, and the discussion of Tesla and artificial intelligence does not clearly support your evaluation. Develop a balanced argument, then explain why one side is stronger, using specific reasoning or examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an introduction, separate body paragraphs and a conclusion, so the reader can identify its broad structure. You also use linking expressions such as “For instance,” “In this way” and “In conclusion.” However, progression between ideas is not always clear: the paragraph about technology, artificial intelligence and Tesla shifts away from the central comparison of advantages and disadvantages. Several links, including “moreover” and “consequently,” are used mechanically, and some sentences run ideas together, making relationships harder to follow. Organise the body around distinct points, use each paragraph to develop one main idea, and make the connection between evidence and your position explicit. Clearer sentence boundaries and more precise referencing would improve flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “artificial intelligence,” “pollution,” “driverless” and “technology,” and the reader can generally understand your intended meaning. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to read, for example “predection,” “vehicals,” “achivemnt” and “adventages.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural, such as “reduce fairs” and “decline inflation”; these weaken the accuracy of your argument. Aim to use a smaller set of topic-specific terms accurately, and check spelling and collocations carefully. More precise phrases for costs, safety and environmental effects would help you explain the benefits and drawbacks clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a conditional example beginning “if one family…” and a reason clause with “because.” However, the range is limited, and complex sentences are often faulty. For example, “It will great achievement of technology” is missing a verb, while “it have ability” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. There are also problems with articles, verb forms and sentence boundaries, as in “one person go in office” and “Technology has changed the world many things in the past.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships difficult to follow. Practise building accurate sentences with a clear subject and verb, then check agreement, articles and punctuation before adding more complex clauses.

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