Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The diagram illustrates how bamboo fabric is made from bamboo plants by showing in nine different stages.

Overall, there are nine different stages of how fabric is made and manufactured from bamboo plants by cutting the bamboo into small strips and produce clothes such as shirts, socks,etc. Bamboo is a natural products and it is an essential parts in daily households materials.

At first, fresh bamboo plants are harvested from the farm and cut into a thin strips by using machine. The strips are crush together to make liquid pulp and proceed to the next stages of filtering process, where the long fibres are separated from the liquid. Subsequently, water is added and amine oxide to soften the fibres and produced a high quality yam by spinning. Then, the process of weaving occurs and produce a high quality bamboo fabric. In the last stages, the fabric were converted into different kinds of clothing in the manufacturing factory such as shirts, socks, pants, etc.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages from processing bamboo to producing fabric and clothing, and your overview identifies the nine-stage process and its final products. The sequence from crushing the strips through filtering, softening, spinning and weaving is mostly reported accurately. However, the opening stages are not fully precise: the diagram shows bamboo being planted in spring and harvested in autumn, whereas you say “fresh bamboo plants are harvested from the farm” without mentioning planting or the seasonal timing. The final clothing stage is supported by the diagram, but the general comments about bamboo being essential in households are not relevant process features. To strengthen the response, include the planting and harvest details and keep the overview focused on the process’s main stages and outcome.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview and a chronological description. Sequencing expressions such as “At first,” “Subsequently,” “Then” and “In the last stages” help the reader follow the process, and the stages are generally presented in the correct order. This already gives the report a coherent progression. Some links are less smooth, however: “and proceed to the next stages of filtering process” is awkwardly connected to the preceding sentence, and the overview includes a broad statement about bamboo in households that interrupts the focus on the diagram. The description would be more cohesive if each stage were linked directly to the next and the overview summarised only the process, from cultivation to finished clothing.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “filtering,” “fibres,” “spinning” and “weaving.” These terms make the manufacturing sequence understandable, and “separated from the liquid” conveys the filtering stage clearly. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or imprecise: “yam” appears to be a misspelling of “yarn,” “thin strips” is not stated in the diagram, and “high quality” is an unsupported description repeated for both yarn and fabric. “Natural products” and “daily households materials” are also awkward expressions. Aim for precise, diagram-based vocabulary and avoid adding evaluative claims; for example, describe the output simply as yarn, fabric and clothing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including a relative clause in “where the long fibres are separated from the liquid” and a sequence of passive constructions. The process remains understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “by showing in nine different stages” needs a different construction, and “The strips are crush together” has an incorrect verb form. There are also agreement and article errors in “a thin strips,” “Bamboo is a natural products,” and “the fabric were converted.” In “water is added and amine oxide,” the second ingredient needs to be integrated into the sentence more clearly. Review subject–verb agreement, singular and plural forms, articles, and passive verb forms; these corrections would make your varied sentence structures more controlled.

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