IELTS Task 2 advantages and disadvantages essay: Robots at home and at work
A Task 2 advantages and disadvantages question. Weigh both sides, then answer the question as it is asked: whether one side outweighs the other, or whether the development is positive or negative.
10 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 6.0 to 8.0. Updated on 6 September 2026.
The question
More and more tasks we do at home and at work these days are done by robots.
Is this a positive or negative development?
A plan for this essay
One way to organise an answer, paragraph by paragraph:
- Introduction: describe the trend in one sentence and state your answer: mostly positive, with risks to manage.
- The positive side: robots take on dangerous and repetitive work, produce goods faster and save time at home.
- The negative side: routine jobs disappear, the workers affected may lack new skills, and people may grow over-dependent on machines.
- How the risks can be reduced: retraining for jobs where human skills remain essential.
- Conclusion: positive overall, provided its effect on employment is managed.
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
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: 6.5
Essay #10
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The world that we live in today is dominated by complacating numerous tasks with robots at home and at work. While there are severel positive aspects of robots, I…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #9
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The world we live in today is dominated by robots that complicate numerous tasks at home and at work. While there are several positive aspects of robots, I strongly…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #8
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
Nowadays, most of the work we do at home and at work are done by machines. I personally think that this trend is going to have negative consequences, particularly…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #7
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
As a result of significant advancements in technologies, scientists have invented robots that are able to replace us in doing a variety of household chores and tasks at…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #6
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
There is a growing trend where myriad tasks are done by robots nowadays, contributing to job displacement. Despite this negative, the positives —non-stop working and…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #5
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
There is a growing trend where robots are taking house chores and tasks from people in jobs, positively contributing to convenience for housewives and increased…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Essay #4
Task response 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
Robots are replacing an increasing number of jobs of both employees and households. Although it may pose some problems to our societies, in my opinion, its benefits are…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #3
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
The advent of technology has changed many aspects of people’s lives; robots are not an exception. These days, a vast majority of human tasks, especially household chores…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #2
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
An increasing number of tasks we perform at home and work are now being carried out by robots. While this phenomenon clearly has some positive implications, I believe…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #1
Task response 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
Robotics technology has advanced to an extent where people rely on them to carry out household chores and office tasks. Despite several drawbacks of depending on such…
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