Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

How plastic bottles are recycled

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The diagram below illustrates the method for recycling platic bottles for regain use.

Overall, the main concern about the reuse of plastic bottles to save environment from waste.

People send use bottles into dustin, worker who manage the circket dustin they load the waste and bottles into truck and unload the truck into a recycling centre where a specific person sort out the bottle after that those bottles are compressed into a square box and converted onto a small pieces with the help of crusher , washed, dropped into machine that conver into a refine powerder then poweder heated so that it converts into a raw material, use to make bottles again this cycles repeats and continues until the plastic becomes useless

people threw waste of platic bottle into waste container, a specific vehical come to pick up the waste it leaves into a recycling centre where some human seperate the bottles on the base of specific. those collected bottles are compressed with help of machine that makes the square shape block. The block is converted into a small pieces with drip into water where it is watched so that dust and pieces identify easly and collected. futhure pieces re refine into tiny particles and then tiny particle vare heated so that it takes a form of raw material. Raw material again available for making of bottles

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main stages from disposal and collection through sorting, compressing, crushing, washing and processing into raw material. You also recognise that the material can be used to make bottles again, which captures the cycle’s central idea. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the diagram shows plastic pellets being produced before they are heated, but you describe a “refine powder” or “tiny particles” instead. The end products include items such as containers, clothing and pencils, not only bottles, and the sorting stage’s separation into accepted and rejected items is not explained. The overview is also vague (“the main concern”) rather than clearly summarising the circular process. Covering these features more accurately and clearly would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response follows a broadly chronological order, and phrases such as “after that” and “then” help signal movement through the process. However, the organisation is weakened by repeating much of the same sequence in two long, largely unseparated passages. Several stages are run together, so the reader has to work to identify where one step ends and the next begins. For example, the first passage moves from crushing to washing and heating in a single extended sentence, while the second retells the collection and processing stages. Use a clear introduction, a concise overview, and one or two body paragraphs that describe the stages once. More precise links between steps would make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the process, including “compressed,” “crusher,” “raw material,” and “recycling centre.” These choices show awareness of the topic, but the range is limited and several inaccurate or misspelled forms make the description harder to understand. Examples include “platic,” “dustin,” “circket,” “poweder,” and “vehical.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “refine powerder” does not match the diagram’s production of plastic pellets, and “specific person” is an awkward way to describe the sorting worker. Aim for accurate process vocabulary and check spelling and collocations. Reusing a small set of general words such as “bottles,” “pieces,” and “machine” also limits precision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to connect several stages in longer sentences, but these structures are often faulty, and sentence boundaries are not consistently controlled. For instance, “People send use bottles into dustin, worker who manage…” combines clauses without the necessary articles, agreement, or punctuation. There are also errors in verb forms and agreement, as in “a specific vehical come” and “some human seperate,” and the final sentence, “Raw material again available,” lacks a finite verb. Most sentences need more reliable basic structure before adding complexity. Use complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, check singular/plural agreement and articles, and punctuate each stage so that the process remains understandable.

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