Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-17
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 presented diagram illustrates the 9 stages in manufacturing fabric utilizing a bamboo plant.
Overall, it mainly started on the most important component the plant bamboo springs which ends with the final product the clothes and socks.
Firstly, Plant bamboo plants is planted in the spring season. Second, it is set to be harvest on the autumn season. After that, the plant is cut into strips then followed by crushing the strips to make a liquid pulp. Furthermore, the liquid will be filtered by separating long fibres from the liquid. Next, it soften fibres by adding water and amine oxide. Later on, it will become a yarn to be spinned roundly. Soon after, the yarn will be weave to make fabric. Lastly, the final output is all ready. There are products in a form of clothes and socks.
Overall, in making a fabric, it needs a well-organized stages to create the final product.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The student attempts to describe the nine stages of bamboo fabric manufacturing, successfully identifying the starting point of planting and the final outcome of clothes and socks. However, the overview lacks clarity and misses a synthesis of the overall cyclical or linear process. Furthermore, key details such as crushing strips into liquid pulp, filtering, softening with amine oxide, spinning, and weaving are either awkwardly expressed or glossed over. The response covers the main steps superficially rather than developing them fully, leading to a Band 5.5 performance for Task Achievement.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is structured into an introduction, a brief body section, and a concluding sentence, but paragraphing is choppy and lacks cohesion. The writer uses some basic sequence markers such as 'Firstly', 'After that', 'Next', and 'Lastly', but their implementation is frequently repetitive or mechanically applied (e.g., repeating 'Overall' in consecutive paragraphs). The overall progression is disjointed, and referencing between steps is at times unclear, which pulls the coherence down to a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The lexical range is quite limited and repetitive, relying heavily on basic terms borrowed directly from the prompt, such as 'plant', 'strips', 'liquid', 'fibres', and 'fabric'. There are also several noticeable word-choice and collocation errors, such as 'set to be harvest on the autumn season' instead of 'harvested in autumn', 'spinned roundly', and 'yarn will be weave'. These errors occasionally cause confusion for the reader, placing this criterion solidly in the Band 5.0 range.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The text displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mostly of simple sentences and flawed attempts at passives. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the response, such as 'Plant bamboo plants is planted', 'it is set to be harvest', 'it soften fibres', and 'the yarn will be weave'. These persistent inaccuracies in verb forms and passive constructions interfere with readability and indicate a lack of structural control, consistent with a Band 5.0 descriptor.
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