Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-14

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 shows the process of manufacturing fabric from bamboo. It is illustrated with text and small black and white pictures.

It takes nine steps to create a finished product out of a bamboo plant. The plan needs to get cut into small stribes and treatend with cemicals before being weaved into fabric.

The first step is to grow the bamboo plants. They should be planed in spring. In autumn the plans get harvest. After that they need to be cut into sprips, which then are being crushed. This step creates out of the plan strips a liquid pulp. This pulp needs to be filtered in the fifth step. This separates the long fibres from the liquid. Afterwared the fibres are being softened by adding water and amine oxide. If all of these steps wheer succsesfull, the fibers will be spined to make yarn. After that a fabric is being weaved wich will be the base for cloaths.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You cover the main stages from planting through to weaving, and the overview identifies the nine-step process and the transformation from bamboo into fabric. Several details are accurately reported, including planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, filtering to separate long fibres from liquid, and softening with water and amine oxide. However, the final stage is incomplete: the diagram shows finished clothing items after the fabric is woven, but your response stops at fabric as the base for clothes. The overview also says the plant is treated with chemicals, which is less precise than naming the substances and their role. To strengthen coverage, describe the clothing stage and make the overview capture the full progression from cultivation to finished products.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information follows the process in a clear chronological order, and the paragraph break separates the overview from the detailed stages. Sequencing phrases such as “The first step,” “After that,” and “Afterward” help the reader follow the stages, while “This separates” clearly refers back to filtering. This coherent arrangement meets the expected standard, and there is already some effective progression. To make the flow more polished, vary the repeated transitions and connect related stages more smoothly; for example, the crushing, pulp, and filtering steps could be grouped in a sentence that makes their relationship explicit. The final sentence could also signal the diagram’s last stage rather than ending with a general statement about clothing.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “yarn,” and “fabric,” so the reader can generally understand the production stages. However, spelling errors are noticeable, including “stribes,” “sprips,” “succsesfull,” and “cloaths,” and some word choices are imprecise: “plan” is used where “plant” is intended, and “chemicals” is less specific than the diagram’s named additives. There are also awkward combinations such as “the fibres are being softened” and “a fabric is being weaved.” Build accuracy by checking spelling and choosing standard process collocations. More precise vocabulary for the final clothing stage would also help complete the description.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple sentences and longer structures, including “After that they need to be cut into strips, which then are being crushed.” This shows some ability to link stages, but control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes make the process harder to follow. Examples include “The plan needs to get cut,” “the plans get harvest,” and “a fabric is being weaved,” where verb forms or sentence construction are faulty. Passive forms are useful for describing a process, but they need consistent formation: for example, “the bamboo is harvested” and “the fibres are spun.” Try to use a wider range of accurate sentence patterns, while checking tense and agreement in each clause.

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