Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The diagram below shows how fabric is manufactured from bamboo.

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

Write at least 150 words.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The diagram illustrate that how bamboo fabric is made in some steps. This is the whole procedure of plantation and harvesting the crops then from the crops making the fabric.

So firstly, the plantation of bamboo plant usually plants in the spring season and harvests in the autumn, Farmers cut the plants into strips and add some water and amine oxide for converting the strips into soft fibre, then they filter them, for making pulp they crush the strips, spin to make yarn, weave to make fabric and finally make fabric like shirt or something from the bamboo.

Some of the main features that I overview through the diagram are written below:

1. Most essential feature is adding water with amine oxide. It helps to make the fibre soft as we all know a fabric must be soften to wear.

2. The other main feature is filteration to separate long fibres from liquid.

These steps are crucial to make a fabric soft, smooth, and able to wear.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad process, from planting and harvesting bamboo to producing fabric and clothing, and include several accurate stages such as cutting, softening, filtering, spinning and weaving. However, the sequence is not consistently reported: you say the strips are softened before they are filtered and crushed, whereas the diagram shows crushing first, then filtering, then softening. The overview is also unclear, and the numbered comments focus on why softening and filtration matter rather than summarising the process’s main features. Avoid adding unsupported explanations such as the claim that softening is necessary because fabric must be soft to wear. A clearer overview and a precise account of the stages in their correct order would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some organisation: you begin with a general introduction, describe stages in a paragraph, and then separate two points you consider important. The reader can follow the broad movement from growing bamboo to making fabric. However, the progression is weakened by the inaccurate ordering of crushing, filtering and softening, and the numbered list interrupts the process description rather than developing it. Connectors such as “So firstly,” “then” and “finally” help, but the sequence is not consistently clear, and “Some of the main features that I overview through the diagram are written below” is an awkward transition. Group the stages into a continuous, chronological account and use a concise overview instead of a list of commentary.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “fibre,” “filter,” “spin,” and “weave,” so the topic is generally understandable. There is also some attempt at more specific language, such as “amine oxide” and “separate long fibres from liquid.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “plantation” is used where “planting” or “cultivation” is intended, “filteration” is misspelled, and “fabric like shirt or something” is too informal and vague for an academic report. Repetition of “make” also limits variety. Use accurate process terms and formal, specific descriptions—for example, “finished garments” rather than “shirt or something”—while avoiding explanations not shown in the diagram.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a sequence joined with “then,” “for,” and “finally,” but control is uneven. The opening, “The diagram illustrate that how bamboo fabric is made,” has subject–verb agreement and clause-structure problems. In “the plantation of bamboo plant usually plants,” the subject and verb do not form a clear grammatical pattern, while “they filter them” leaves the reference of “them” uncertain. The long process sentence also joins many stages without clear punctuation, making relationships harder to follow. Practise accurate present-simple descriptions of processes, with clear subjects and passive forms where appropriate, and divide long sequences into manageable sentences. These recurring errors explain why meaning is sometimes less clear.

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