Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-12

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 5.0)

The provided flow chart illustrate the manufacturing of clothes , fabric and yarn from the bamboo.

Overall, the process shown step by step. It contains more then seven steps for manufacturing

the clothes, scoks and to make fabric.

Firstly the bamboo plants are blowm in spring season when the autumn season is come the farmer

harvest the bamboo plants. The farmers cut the bamboo into small strips, in the next step crush

the strips to make the liquid pulp and separate long fibres from liquid and then filter. Then add water , amine oxide

for the soften fibers.

And the soften fibers which made from bamboos small strips then spin the soften fiber for manufacturing

to make yarn then shape as a ball in second last stepn weave the yarn for makeing the fabric and final step

is to make clothes and other fabric acessories from the yarn.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the process and include its broad progression from planting bamboo to producing fabric and clothing. However, the account only partially covers the diagram: the overview is vague (“more then seven steps”) rather than summarising the main stages, and the final clothing stage is not clearly distinguished from fabric production. Some steps are also misreported or unclear: the diagram shows filtering to separate long fibres before softening them with water and amine oxide, but your wording says “separate long fibres from liquid and then filter,” reversing the order. The response is also two words below the required minimum. To improve, give a precise overview and report each stage in the correct sequence, including the final products.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic chronological structure, with “Firstly,” “then,” and “final step” helping the reader follow the process. Paragraphing also separates the opening from the stages. However, progression is not consistently clear: the long middle section joins several operations together, and the filtering and softening stages are difficult to distinguish. The overview repeats the idea of manufacturing rather than grouping the process into clear phases. Some references, such as “the soften fibers which made from bamboos small strips,” are hard to connect to the preceding steps. Use one paragraph for a concise overview and organise the details into clearly sequenced stages, with accurate linking expressions and clearer references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “spin,” and “weave,” which allows the reader to recognise the main operations. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning less clear. For example, “blowm” appears to mean “grown,” “scoks” means “socks,” and “shape as a ball” is an imprecise description of the yarn stage. “Clothes, fabric and yarn” also blurs the distinction between intermediate materials and final products. Check spelling carefully and choose precise process terms, such as “woven into fabric” and “finished garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences using sequencing and subordinate clauses, but control is inconsistent. Errors occur in basic verb forms and agreement, as in “the flow chart illustrate” and “the autumn season is come.” Several sentences lack a clear grammatical structure, particularly “Overall, the process shown step by step” and “in the next step crush the strips.” Articles and sentence boundaries are also unreliable, while commas sometimes join separate stages into run-on sentences. These problems make parts of the process difficult to follow. Practise complete sentences with an explicit subject and verb, and use consistent present simple passive forms—for example, “The strips are crushed to produce liquid pulp.”

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