Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-09

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 given process flow illustrate the steps of fabric manufacturing from bamboo.This essay will give a detailed description.

Overall, there are nine steps involed in manufacturing of fabric and it is not a cyclic process. The process starts with blooming of bamboo plants in spring and ends at creation of clothes from fabric.

When bamboos are planted in spring they grow up and are ready to harvest by autumn, once harvested bamboo gets shredded into thin strips then crushed to pulp. This liquid pulp is now filtered for long fibers and these fibers are soften by adding water and amine oxide which further are spinned to yarn and weaved together to create fabric then clothes.

Throughtout the journey bamboo goes through intially solid state then to liquid and later dries up to yarn.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main stages and give a relevant overview: the process has nine steps, is linear, and runs from planting in spring to finished clothing. Several details are accurately reported, including autumn harvesting, crushing the bamboo, filtering the pulp, and adding water and amine oxide to soften the fibres. However, the account is compressed, and the final stage of weaving fabric and producing clothing is not clearly separated. The closing comment about the material changing from solid to liquid and then drying is not fully supported by the diagram, which shows spinning the softened fibres into yarn. The response is also 17 words below the required minimum. Develop each stage more clearly and use the available space to report the sequence precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph describing the process. The sequence is generally easy to follow, with transitions such as “once harvested,” “then,” and “later” helping to connect stages. The overview also gives the reader a useful starting point before the details. However, most of the process is packed into one long sentence, so the relationships between filtering, softening, spinning, weaving, and making clothes are less clear than they could be. The final sentence about the material’s changing state feels detached from the main sequence. Use separate sentences or a second detail paragraph, and make each transition show the next stage explicitly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “pulp,” “filtered,” “fibers,” and “yarn,” which helps communicate the main stages. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “amine oxide.” However, several word choices or forms are inaccurate or awkward: “blooming” does not describe planting and growing bamboo here, “shredded” is less precise than the diagram’s cutting into strips, and “spinned” and “weaved” are incorrect forms. “Creation of clothes” is also less natural than “production of clothing.” Spelling errors such as “involed” and “Throughtout” further reduce accuracy. Aim for precise process verbs and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including a time clause beginning “When bamboos are planted in spring” and a relative clause in “fibers which are soften.” The overall meaning is usually understandable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. For example, “The given process flow illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “these fibers are soften” and “which further are spinned” have incorrect verb forms. The long sentence beginning “When bamboos are planted” also joins many stages without clear sentence boundaries, and there is missing spacing after the full stop in “bamboo.This.” Use shorter sentences to control the sequence, and check agreement, passive forms, and punctuation.

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