Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-08

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 6.5)

The given figure illustrates manufacture of fabric using bamboo.

Overall, the process is a linear and artificial. It contains 9 steps, which starts with planting the bamboo trees and concluding with final fabric product.

The first step is to plant the bamboo plants in the spring season. The planted bamboo trees will be ready to harvest in the autumn season. The harvested trees are cut into strips using a machine. The next step is to crush the strips to get a pulp. However, pulp should be a liquid pulp rather than a solid pulp. Filtering the liquid pulp is the next step of the process. By doing so, long fibres are separated from the liquid.

The following step is to add water and amine oxide to the separated fibres to get the soften fibres and spin the soften fibres to form a ball of yarn. The ball of yarn woven into fabrics which are transform into the clothes at the end.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the process from planting through to the production of clothing, and the overview correctly identifies nine stages and the seasonal start: planting in spring and harvesting in autumn. You also report key transformations, including crushing, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving. This gives the response a clear account of the main stages. However, some details are unclear or not fully accurate: “final fabric product” overlooks the final clothing stage, and “the ball of yarn woven into fabrics” does not clearly explain that the yarn is woven into fabric before garments are made. The comment that pulp “should be a liquid pulp rather than a solid pulp” is unnecessary and sounds like a correction rather than a description of the diagram. More precise coverage of the final stages would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is arranged in a sensible sequence, with an overview followed by the early processing stages and then the later stages. Sequencing phrases such as “The first step,” “The next step,” and “The following step” help the reader follow the process, and the paragraph breaks are appropriate. The progression is generally clear, though the linking can feel mechanical because several stages are introduced with similar formulae. Some connections between steps are also compressed: “The ball of yarn woven into fabrics which are transform into the clothes” makes the relationship between weaving, fabric and clothing difficult to follow. Use a wider range of natural links and make each transition explicit, while keeping the process order clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “pulp,” “filtering,” “fibres,” “spin” and “woven.” These terms are relevant and allow the reader to understand most stages. There are also attempts at more specific wording, such as “amine oxide” and “long fibres.” However, some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive: “artificial” is not a suitable description of the process, “final fabric product” is imprecise, and “soften fibres” is repeated where a more natural form would be “softened fibres.” “Trees” is also less precise than “bamboo” or “bamboo stalks” in this context. Aim for accurate process collocations and avoid adding evaluative wording such as “should be” when simply describing a stage.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple sentences and some longer structures, including “By doing so, long fibres are separated from the liquid,” and the passive voice is appropriate for describing a process. Meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. The overview says “the process is a linear and artificial,” where the article and sentence construction are faulty; “It contains 9 steps, which starts” has a subject–verb agreement error; and “The ball of yarn woven” is missing a finite verb. In the final sentence, “which are transform” also has an incorrect verb form. Check agreement, articles and passive verb forms, especially when combining stages into longer sentences. More consistently accurate complex sentences would improve control.

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