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)

Introduction:

This essay shows that every cars, buses and loaded vehicles will be useless. The human will travelling on passenger vehicles. I strongly argue that it is better for future.

Paragraph 1

Firstly, when all the small vehicles that people uses for personal and great vehicles that uses for loaded will be finish then people easily travel. To illustrate, at the moment trafic are jam due the reason that many person have a car then many small vehicles create the rush on the road. If its will be finish then people will be easly travelling. One more advantages the people save from accedent. For instaltant, when many vehicles ride on the then its cause for the accident and many dead due to the accident. While after the driverless opinion people save from accident. One more thing that people save from pollution. For example peoples have some cars and vehicles then air pollution finish by this action.

Paragraph 2

On the other hand, when all the vehicles will be driverless. Then it create main reason that people depression in the emergency. One example of this caused that when any serious persons due diseases like as they get last breath and they have no car for urgent then the peoples died to this reason. One more reason that will not move great things for far way. One instaltant when people move the furniture from one place to another so they have no trucks for move the furniture then people face problem due to this reason.

Conclusion:

When all vehicles will driverless then its have many advantages and some problem like people travel easily and reached on the time. Save from the pollution and accident. On the other hand its some create problem like as people face problem to move the things and also to save the on the last time of the life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You take a position in favour of driverless vehicles and include both advantages and disadvantages, so the response is relevant to the question. The benefits you identify—less congestion, fewer accidents and reduced pollution—are appropriate, and you also mention emergency travel and moving furniture as drawbacks. However, the position is not consistently clear: the introduction says vehicles will be “useless,” which conflicts with your argument that driverless transport is beneficial. The examples are also difficult to follow or insufficiently explained, particularly the claim that driverless vehicles would reduce pollution and the emergency scenario. To strengthen the response, state clearly whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, then explain each main point with a realistic cause-and-effect example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable essay structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. You also use signposts such as “Firstly” and “On the other hand” to distinguish benefits from drawbacks. However, the ideas do not progress clearly within paragraphs: several points are added one after another without enough explanation, and the conclusion repeats the list rather than resolving the comparison. Some linking is repetitive or awkward, including repeated uses of “One more” and “For example.” References such as “this action” and “this reason” do not always make clear which idea they refer to. Organise each paragraph around one central claim, develop it, and use more precise links between the claim and its example.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “driverless,” “pollution,” “accident,” “emergency” and “furniture,” which helps communicate the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear. For example, “loaded vehicles” appears to mean trucks, “great vehicles” is imprecise, and “the driverless opinion” does not express the intended idea. There are also noticeable spelling errors, such as “trafic,” “easly,” “accedent” and “instaltant.” Build a more accurate transport vocabulary and check spelling; choose familiar, precise expressions rather than attempting phrases whose meaning is uncertain.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple sentences and longer clauses, for example, “when all the vehicles will be driverless” and the sentence beginning “when any serious persons…”. However, the longer structures are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction make parts difficult to understand. Examples include “every cars,” “people uses,” “The human will travelling,” and “then it create main reason.” Some sentences also lack a clear grammatical structure, particularly the emergency example. Practise accurate basic sentence patterns first, including subject–verb agreement and verb forms, then add subordinate clauses. Reading each sentence aloud and checking that it has a clear subject and verb would help improve control.

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