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 figure depicts the process by which fabric is produced from bamboo.

Overall, it can be seen that the process by which fabric is manufactured is a multistep linear process, which consists nine different steps starting from plant bamboo trees and end with febric transfromed into clothes clothes.

Initially, it started with planting of bamboo tress. Once these plantes have matured they go through a harvesting process. In the subsequent step collected bamboos are cut into strips, which crushed them into particles to create a liquid called pulp. After that these particles undergo a filtretion process, which separate long fibres from remaining fibres.

Following this, water and amine oxide are mixed with extracted fibres then it undergoes in spinning process and have an oval shape. After creating yarn these are knitted to make woven. Finally, these weave are manufactured clothes and ended this process after being made.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as a sequence from planting bamboo to making fabric and clothing, and you include several key stages, such as harvesting, cutting, crushing, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the diagram says the fibres are softened by adding water and amine oxide, not simply that these are mixed with extracted fibres, and the final stage is shown as clothing items rather than described as a further manufacturing step. The overview also says the process has nine steps, but the stages are not all reported clearly. The response is 147 words, below the required 150. Add a little more precise detail about the final products and the treatment of the fibres.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and a chronological account of the stages. Sequencing expressions such as “Initially,” “In the subsequent step,” “Following this” and “Finally” help the reader follow the process. However, the progression becomes difficult to track in places because references are unclear, as in “these particles undergo a filtretion process, which separate long fibres from remaining fibres.” The final two sentences also compress several stages and outcomes, making the sequence less clear. Use one sentence for each group of stages and refer explicitly to the material at each point—for example, “the softened fibres are spun into yarn”—to make the links more precise and less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “pulp,” “fibres,” “spinning” and “woven,” so the reader can generally identify the stages. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “amine oxide.” However, spelling errors (“tress,” “plantes,” “filtretion,” “febric,” “transfromed”) and imprecise or unnatural combinations reduce accuracy. “Particles” is not the best description of the crushed bamboo, and “knitted to make woven” does not clearly express the production of fabric. Choose precise process terms and check spelling and word forms. For example, use “crushed into a pulp,” “filtered to separate the long fibres,” and “woven into fabric.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a relative clause in “strips, which crushed them into particles” and a time clause beginning “Once these plantes have matured.” However, errors in sentence structure, verb forms and agreement are frequent enough to make some relationships difficult to understand. Examples include “consists nine different steps,” “and end with,” “which crushed them,” and “which separate long fibres.” The sentence “Following this, water and amine oxide are mixed with extracted fibres then it undergoes in spinning process” also joins clauses awkwardly and has unclear pronoun reference. Practise accurate passive constructions for process descriptions, such as “the strips are crushed” and “the fibres are softened,” and check subject–verb agreement and articles.

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