Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 picture illustrates the steps of making clothes from the bamboo.

Overall, it is a man made process that involve 9 steps of procedures from the raw material of bamboo plants before become the useful clothes.

The first step is to plant tje bamboo plants and harvest it during the autumn. Then the bamboo will cut into strips by the machine and crush to strips to make liquid pulp. The liquid will be filter to separate long fibres from it and water and amine oxide added to softeb the fibres.

Then, the fibres will be spin by the machine to make yam before it became weave. The weave will be make fabric and lastly to will make clothes and shirt form them.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as making clothing from bamboo and give a basic overview that it has nine stages, from planting to finished clothes. Several central stages are included, such as harvesting, cutting, crushing, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving, so the response is relevant to the diagram. However, the account is brief and some steps are unclear or inaccurately described: planting is specified as occurring in spring, and the final stage shows clothing items rather than another manufacturing action. The explanation of how the fibres become fabric and then clothes is also under-developed. The response is 122 words, below the required 150, which limits how fully you can report the process. Add the seasonal detail and explain each transition more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by two paragraphs describing the stages in sequence. The use of “Overall,” “The first step,” “Then” and “Lastly” helps the reader follow the process, and the paragraph break separates the early and later stages. Some connections are less clear, however. For example, “before it became weave” and “The weave will be make fabric” make the relationship between spinning, weaving and fabric difficult to follow. The repeated use of “Then” also makes the linking somewhat mechanical. Use precise stage-to-stage links, and make sure each sentence clearly identifies what is being processed and what it becomes.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “spin” and “fabric,” which allows you to cover the main stages. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, form and spelling errors reduce precision. “Yam” appears to be intended as “yarn,” while “soften” is misspelled as “softeb”; “clothes and shirt form them” is also an unclear phrase. Some expressions are imprecise, such as “the useful clothes” and “crush to strips,” since the diagram shows strips being crushed to make pulp. Aim for accurate process collocations and vary repeated general words such as “make” by using verbs like “produce,” “form” or “turn into” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer sequences, and the overall meaning can usually be understood. However, grammatical errors are frequent, particularly in verb forms, agreement and sentence construction. For example, “it is a man made process that involve” needs agreement, while “before become the useful clothes” lacks a correctly formed verb phrase. Passive forms are often inaccurate in “the bamboo will cut,” “will be filter” and “will be spin.” The final sentence, “The weave will be make fabric and lastly to will make clothes,” is especially difficult to interpret. Practise forming passive process descriptions consistently—for example, “the bamboo is cut,” “the fibres are filtered,” and “the yarn is woven”—and check each sentence for a complete, correctly ordered clause.

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