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IELTS Task 2 causes and solutions essay: Problems caused by cars

A Task 2 causes and solutions question. Answer both parts: explain the causes (or effects), then suggest solutions that match them. A solution with no cause behind it reads as a list.

4 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 5.5 to 7.0. Updated on 16 October 2026.

The question

Many people depend on their cars for everyday domestic, social and working needs. However, unlimited use of cars causes a number of problems.

What are some of these problems? What can be done to reduce the use of them?

Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom

Across these 4 essays the average band is 6.0: Task Response 6.8, Coherence and Cohesion 5.5, Lexical Resource 6.3, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 6.3. Coherence and Cohesion was the weakest criterion.

Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.

  • Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5

    Essay #4

    Task response 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0

    Overall, the frequent use of car in numerous ways and even for domestic needs has a quite significant effect on daily live. Most of people are really depend on their cars…

    Task 2, 290 words, 16 October 2026

  • Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0

    Essay #3

    Task response 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0

    It has become increasingly common for more and more people to use their private vehicles for daily domestic, social, and professional purposes. While this causes a…

    Task 2, 454 words, 16 October 2026

  • Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0

    Essay #2

    Task response 7.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0

    Nowadays,many people depand on their cars for the basic needs like transportaion and social status but it comes with the number of consequenses which I am going to list…

    Task 2, 405 words, 8 September 2026

  • Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5

    Essay #1

    Task response 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0

    People are tend to use their cars for everyday social, working and domestic purposes, but these frequent usage of cars arecausing for a number of problems. Because people…

    Task 2, 304 words, 8 September 2026

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