Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The image illustrates how fabric is gotten and produced from Bamboo.

Overall, during the spring season the bamboo plant becomes fully developed, and ready for use. However, it's cultivated during the autumn season, and then passed through different stages to be manufactured into a full fabric with the aid of a machine ready for use or selling.

After a harvest in the autumn season the leaves of the bamboo are cut into stripes with the aid of a machinery and crushed to produce liquid pulp after which it is filtered to separate the long fibres from the liquid.

This process helps to soften the rough texture of the fibre with added amine oxide and more water which makes it smooth. It is then folded and spinned to make a yarn following the process it is weaved to make a fabric which is the final process and, can be used to make a design of any clothing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the process as a sequence from bamboo to fabric and include several key stages: harvesting, cutting, crushing, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving. The overview also recognises that the process has multiple stages and ends with fabric. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: bamboo is planted in spring and harvested in autumn, rather than becoming fully developed in spring and being “cultivated” in autumn; the diagram shows stalks cut into strips, not leaves. The final step is clothing made from the fabric, which you only imply. Your account covers the main stages, but the overview and some stages need more precise reporting to make the process fully clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing the stages. The sequence is generally understandable, and linking phrases such as “after which,” “This process,” and “It is then” help connect events. However, the overview mixes the planting and harvesting stages in a confusing way, and the long final sentence joins several steps without clear boundaries. The reference in “It is then folded” is also unclear because the material is spun into yarn, not folded. Use one paragraph for the agricultural and preparation stages and another for fibre processing and the final products, with clearer sentence breaks and references.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “crushed,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “soften,” “yarn” and “weaved,” showing an adequate range for describing the diagram. Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, however: “fabric is gotten” is not idiomatic, “stripes” should be “strips,” and “folded” does not describe the yarn-making stage. “With the aid of a machinery” is also an awkward collocation, while “full fabric” and “design of any clothing” are vague. Aim for precise process terms and natural collocations, such as “fabric is produced,” “bamboo stalks are cut into strips,” and “the fabric is used to make clothing.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, using clauses such as “after which it is filtered” and “which makes it smooth.” The main sequence remains understandable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation choices reduce accuracy. For example, “the bamboo plant becomes fully developed, and ready” has an unnecessary comma, and “with added amine oxide and more water which makes it smooth” has an unclear clause attachment. In “it is weaved,” the passive construction is attempted, but the verb form is not correct; write “it is woven.” The sentence beginning “After a harvest…” also needs a clearer subject for the cutting and crushing actions. Break up long sentences and check verb forms and clause structure.

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