Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-03

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 5.5)

In future, all vehical will be converted to autonomous vehical where all people inside vehical are only passengers.I personally believes that in future time autonomous vehical can help people in commute.

On the first hand, this type of vehical can help people like who has inability to drive like minor, handicape person. It will help to make a commute more simple and effective. They can also able to feel indepandant and confident. This can also help a people in more like it can save up commute headace and time. so, people can able to productive and creative. For instance, In current time people always feel more fatig while driving, while this fatig can be lowered by the autonomous commute. As a result of that people can able to give there best on other tasks.

On the contrary, there might be some more reseach and testing needs to be done because if vehical has any software error or glitch than it will cost lives in the real life. Over use of this kind of things can be eradicate human driving capabilities which can make them depending on tech product. making such kind of product need more researches and resouces like a batteries. it cause damage to the environment.

In the conclusion, I personally believes that autonomous vehical can able to help people but there are several flaws which needs to be overcome. so, we can develop it sustainably and effectively without harming to the planet. It can be effective product to the people.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the question and give a clear overall view: driverless vehicles could make travel easier, but their risks need to be resolved. Relevant points include helping people who cannot drive, reducing fatigue, software failures that could cause deaths, and environmental costs. This covers the task, but some ideas are less fully explained than others. For example, the benefits for minors and people with disabilities are asserted without showing how the vehicles would improve their independence, while the environmental point about batteries is introduced briefly and not linked clearly to whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Develop each main point with a specific explanation or example, and state more directly which side you consider stronger.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph for benefits, a paragraph for drawbacks, and a conclusion. The contrast between the two main body paragraphs is clear, and phrases such as “For instance” and “As a result” help show relationships between ideas. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. “On the first hand” and “On the contrary” do not express the contrast as naturally as “On the one hand” and “On the other hand,” and the sequence from independence to saving time to productivity could be linked more explicitly. The conclusion repeats the general position but does not clearly weigh the two sides. Use clearer transitions and organise each paragraph around one main claim followed by its explanation and example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “autonomous,” “software error,” “glitch,” “commute,” and “sustainably.” These choices show some awareness of the subject, but the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts of the response harder to understand, such as “vehical,” “indepandant,” “fatig,” and “headace.” Some combinations are also unnatural, including “commute headache” and “more research and testing needs to be done.” Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully. Repeating “vehical” and “people” also limits variety; alternatives such as “vehicle,” “passengers,” and “road users” can help, provided they fit the meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use both simple statements and attempts at longer structures, including a conditional idea about software errors and a result clause beginning “As a result.” The main meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles, and verb forms occur across the response. For example, “I personally believes” should be “I personally believe,” and “people can able to” needs to be “people can” or “people are able to.” In “there might be some more reseach and testing needs to be done,” the clause structure is faulty; write “more research and testing might be needed.” Improve control of complete sentences and subject–verb agreement, then use a few accurate complex sentences to express cause, contrast, and conditions.

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