Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-10

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 6.0)

The diagram illustrates manufacturing bamboo fabric from bamboo.

Overall, the procedure consist of 9 steps, commencing from planting bamboo plants in the field and ending with producing several types of clothes.

The procedure initiates in Spring season by planting bamboo plants in the fields. The crop will be ready to cultivate in Autumn season where it will passes through harvesting process. At the 3rd stage, harvested plants cut into strips. By crushing, cutted strips converted into liqued pulp. At the next step liquid pulp passing through filtration process. This process enables to filter the long fibers from liqued pulp. After completing filtration process, soften fibres is generated by adding water and amine oxide. Now the spinning process starts and soften fibres spin to make yarn. Second last stage is done by weave the spinned yard and which make fabric. Now the fabric is ready to make several clothes such as tea shirts and socks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the full process, from planting in spring and harvesting in autumn through to making yarn, fabric and finished clothing. The overview identifies the nine-step sequence and its start and end points, while the body includes key details such as crushing the strips into pulp and adding water and amine oxide to soften the fibres. These details make the account relevant and generally accurate. Some stages are less clearly explained: for example, the filtering step is described twice, while the final transition from fabric to clothing is brief. To strengthen the response further, make the overview more informative by grouping the agricultural, processing and textile-making stages, and explain the relationship between filtering and softening more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response follows the diagram’s sequence, and time markers such as “At the 3rd stage,” “At the next step” and “Second last stage” help the reader track the process. The opening overview also gives the account a clear starting point and endpoint. However, the body is presented as one long paragraph, so the shift from growing and harvesting to industrial processing and then textile production is not visually clear. Some links feel mechanical or awkward, particularly “Now the spinning process starts” and “and which make fabric.” Grouping the stages into paragraphs and using a few more natural transitions would improve progression. Clearer reference to the material at each stage would also make the links between steps easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a relevant range of process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “filtration,” “fibres,” “spinning” and “weave,” which allows you to describe most stages. There are also attempts at more specific wording, such as “liquid pulp” and “amine oxide.” However, several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems reduce precision: “cutted strips,” “liqued,” “spinned yard” and “tea shirts” are inaccurate, and “the crop will be ready to cultivate” does not express harvesting naturally. Some repetition of “process” and “step” also limits flexibility. Aim to use standard process collocations and check spelling and word forms; this would make the description more precise while retaining its clear meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more complex forms, including a passive construction in “by adding water and amine oxide” and a relative clause in “where it will passes through harvesting process.” However, control is uneven, and several errors affect sentence accuracy. For example, “the procedure consist” needs subject–verb agreement, “plants cut into strips” is missing a passive verb, and “it will passes” combines an auxiliary with the wrong verb form. The sentence beginning “Second last stage is done by weave” also has faulty verb structure, and “soften fibres is generated” has agreement and form problems. Practise accurate passive forms for process descriptions, alongside agreement and infinitive/participle patterns. More reliable control of these structures would make the sequence easier to read.

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