Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-16

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 elucidates the procedure how bamboo plants are used in the making of fabric for clothes

Overall, this process has nine distinct stages, beginning from cultivation of bamboo plant in spring season and culminates at end products made from fabric.

Examining the diagram in detail, initially, bamboo plants are cultviated in spring season. Then, completely grown plants are harvested in autumn season. Next harvested bamboo plants are send for the cutting process, in this stage, plants are cut into strips. After that, strips are crushed in a machine to make liquid pulp. In the sebsequent step, plup is transferred to a filter for separating long fibers from liquid. In the fifth step, water and amine oxide are added into the filtered material to soften the fibres. Before weaven, the softened fibre spin to make a yarn and then send for the making fabric. Culminating the process at ready-made clothes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully covers all nine stages of the manufacturing process from planting bamboo in the spring to finished clothes. An overall summary is provided in the second paragraph, capturing the main features of the process. Key steps such as harvesting, cutting into strips, making liquid pulp, filtering, softening with water and amine oxide, spinning into yarn, and weaving into fabric are all reported sequentially. However, there are minor mechanical errors in describing some transitions, such as 'Before weaven, the softened fibre spin to make a yarn'. Overall, the task is adequately addressed in accordance with Academic Task 1 requirements, earning a solid band score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response is arranged logically with a clear introduction, an overview paragraph, and a detailed body paragraph that follows the chronological flow of the diagram. Cohesive devices are employed to guide the reader through the stages, using sequencing words like 'initially', 'Then', 'Next', 'After that', and 'In the sebsequent step'. Paragraphing is partially functional, though the detailed body paragraph is kept as a single, dense block of text rather than being broken into logical phases. Referencing is generally clear, though minor cohesion slips and punctuation flaws occur near the end of the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for describing a process, incorporating terms such as 'cultivation', 'harvested', 'liquid pulp', 'amine oxide', and 'soften'. However, there are several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including 'cultviated' instead of cultivated, 'sebsequent' instead of subsequent, 'plup' instead of pulp, and 'weaven' instead of weaving. While these errors do not impede overall communication, they prevent the lexical score from reaching higher bands due to accuracy constraints.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The text contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'The diagram elucidates the procedure how bamboo plants are used in the making of fabric for clothes.' There are several grammatical errors and awkward structures throughout, including 'procedure how' instead of 'procedure by which', 'plant bamboo' used as a singular countable noun without an article in places, and tense/form slips like 'the softened fibre spin to make a yarn' instead of 'are spun'. Punctuation is generally acceptable, but frequent minor inaccuracies keep the grammar score at band 5.5.

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