Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-13

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 diagram illustrates the main steps that we have to follow it in order to be aware of how bamboo fabric is made ?.

Overall, we noticed that there only 9 main steps that we should take it into consideration. and we may divide them into two important phases.

However, the first phase contains arround of the fourth first steps. First of all, we had to bring bamboo plant and we had to wait until the spring season to plant it.Then we had to wait till the autumn season comes to collect and harvest our plant.After collecting our plant, we moved directly to next step in which we had to cut our tree intro strips and crushing them to make liquid pulp.

Moreover, we entered directly to the second phase, in which we are going to start to separate long fibres from liquid and then we softe those fibres by adding some water and amine oxide.Alos, we had to start doing spim in order to make yam, then we changed them into weave to make fabric till we got our aim wich is fabric clothes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the process from planting through to making fabric, and include several accurate details, such as planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, and adding water and amine oxide to soften the fibres. The overview also recognises that the process has nine steps and can be grouped into phases. However, the overview is not fully clear: the diagram shows a continuous sequence, and the final stage is clothing, which you only mention briefly as “fabric clothes.” Some stages are compressed or imprecisely described—for example, filtering to separate fibres from liquid is not clearly distinguished from softening them, and spinning yarn is described as “doing spim.” Make the overview more precise and report each key transformation clearly to develop the process more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has an overall sequence that broadly follows the diagram, and paragraphing separates the introduction, overview and process description. Time markers such as “First of all,” “Then,” and “After collecting” help the reader follow the early stages. However, the organisation becomes less clear when you divide the process into “two important phases” without explaining the basis for that division. “Moreover” does not clearly signal the transition to the next stage, and the long final sentence combines filtering, softening, spinning, weaving and the finished product. Some references, such as “them” and “our aim,” are also unclear. Use shorter stage-focused sentences and connect each step explicitly to the next.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” and “amine oxide,” which helps convey the subject. There is also some attempt to vary wording with phrases such as “separate long fibres from liquid.” However, inaccurate word choice, spelling and collocation are noticeable and sometimes make the process harder to understand: “bring bamboo plant,” “collect and harvest our plant,” “intro strips,” “doing spim,” and “make yam” are not suitable descriptions. “Changed them into weave” is also an imprecise way to describe weaving yarn into fabric. Aim for accurate process verbs and check spelling carefully; for example, use “cut into strips,” “spin the fibres into yarn,” and “weave the yarn into fabric.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “in order to,” “until,” and “in which,” so there is some structural variety. However, errors in sentence construction and verb forms are evident. For example, “we have to follow it” has an unnecessary object, while “there only 9 main steps” is missing a verb. The shifts between past and present forms—“we had to,” “we are going to start,” and “we entered”—are not controlled consistently for a process description. Punctuation also causes problems, including the question mark after the introduction and missing spaces after full stops. Use the present simple consistently for general process stages, and check each sentence for a complete subject and verb.

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