Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

It is true that in upcoming years the vehicles will drive without any driver and inside of the vehicles there will be on passengers, AI will replace the individual divers from vehicles. While thare some benefits of this trend, I believe the demerits outweigh the merits.

There are a number of benefits of replecing individual diver from vehicles with AI. One possible benefits is that AI allows qualityfull divering experiences rather than human. It is important to having AI in driveing sectors because AI more driveing skills and advance mordarn technoly. Another possible benefits is that AI will reduce the money that government spend on individual drivers. For example, if anyone has AI in thier car or onther vehicales it will help them to finding out new roads in urban areas. FInally, AI will help reduse a large number of amount that government give them as thier saler.

Despite the benefits mentioned above, diverless vehicles has some drawback too. To begin with, driveing vehicles has occar most of the accnidents in roads. For example, when vevhicles lost the abillity of how dirve car on roads that will make a acidents.

In conclusion, although thare are some positive outcomes of driverless vehiclka

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You state a position in the introduction—“the demerits outweigh the merits”—and give reasons on both sides, so the response is relevant to the question. However, the discussion is only partial and the position is not sustained: the disadvantage paragraph mentions accidents but does not explain how driverless technology could cause them or develop the consequences. The benefits are also unclear; claims about driving skills and government savings are repeated or confusing rather than supported with specific reasoning. The conclusion is incomplete, ending with “although there are some positive outcomes,” without restating your view. The response also does not meet the required 250-word minimum, which limits how fully you can explain and support your ideas. Develop one or two clear reasons on each side and finish with a complete judgement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph about benefits, a paragraph about drawbacks, and an attempted conclusion. Linking phrases such as “For example,” “Finally,” and “Despite the benefits mentioned above” help signal the direction of the discussion. However, progression within paragraphs is weak because several points are introduced without being clearly connected or explained. The benefits paragraph, for instance, moves from driving quality to finding roads and then government salaries, with little development between these ideas. The accident example is difficult to follow, and the final sentence is unfinished, so the essay does not reach a clear ending. Organise each paragraph around one main point, explain it, and use references and transitions that make the relationship between sentences explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some topic-related vocabulary, including “driverless vehicles,” “AI,” “accidents,” and “government,” which helps identify the subject. However, the range is limited and many word choices, forms, and spellings make the meaning difficult to understand. Examples include “qualityfull divering experiences,” “advance mordarn technoly,” and “a large number of amount.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “finding out new roads” does not clearly convey the intended benefit, and “individual drivers” is repeated without clarifying whether you mean paid drivers or vehicle occupants. Build a small set of accurate topic phrases and check spelling and collocations. More precise wording would make your reasons easier to follow and reduce the strain on the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast clause beginning “While” and a concession structure beginning “although.” This shows some effort to vary sentence patterns. However, errors in sentence construction and agreement are frequent, and several sentences are incomplete or difficult to interpret. For example, “One possible benefits is” has a mismatch between the singular subject and verb phrase, while “It is important to having AI” uses an incorrect verb pattern. The opening sentence also joins several ideas without clear grammatical boundaries, and the conclusion is unfinished. Practise building accurate subject–verb sentences first, then add subordinate clauses. Check articles, plurals, verb forms, and punctuation so that longer sentences remain clear.

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