Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-19

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 4.0)

This is picture of fabric in made to clothers. These are the 9 stagtes develder to make a clothers to how to ake by bamboo to prepar.

First, satge was so many plants bamboo are Spring in fram to manufactured. they was so many plants in fram was bamboo. Second stage; bamboo plants was origal plants for condend then plants was autumn, and then cut into strips for all bamboo plnats.

Then, crush srips to make liquid pulp to so time . They was people crush to srips so that was our a night in put the water, and then by loquid from. however, filter separate long from liquid thay was fiters to all liquid. after a siften fibres addd water and amine oxide chemical in this.

Then final prosees was spin to make a yam. So many yarm in differten tyes go to makert. Than people was make a weave to make fibric to differnt tyes. Last stages, diffente cothes make for than. All prosess to make to a how make a bamboo to clothes to do.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response attempts to describe the process of making bamboo fabric, which is outlined in nine stages. However, the candidate struggles significantly to report the main features accurately. Key steps, such as harvesting in autumn, cutting into strips, crushing into liquid pulp, filtering, softening with water and amine oxide, spinning into yarn, and weaving into fabric, are obscured by severe linguistic confusion and broken phrasing. While the overall linear and cyclic nature of the process is weakly acknowledged, the lack of coherent reporting on specific stages means the task is only minimally addressed, falling short of a Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The organizational structure of the response is extremely weak. Although the writer attempts sequential markers such as 'First', 'Second stage', and 'Then', the sentences within and between paragraphs fail to form a logical progression of ideas. Paragraphing is chaotic, dividing thoughts arbitrarily rather than grouping related process steps together. Referencing is frequently unclear, making it extremely difficult to follow how one stage leads to the next. The overall flow is disrupted by fragmented sentences and lack of appropriate cohesive devices, resulting in a score of 4.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The lexical range is extremely basic, repetitive, and plagued by severe word-formation and spelling errors. Words from the prompt are frequently misspelled or misused, such as 'clothers' instead of clothes, 'stagtes' instead of stages, 'srips' instead of strips, 'loquid' instead of liquid, 'siften' instead of soften, 'prosees' instead of process, and 'fibric' instead of fabric. There is a total absence of less common vocabulary used accurately, and the high frequency of erroneous word choices severely impedes communication, placing this at a Band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is severely lacking throughout the response. The text is dominated by broken simple sentences and failed attempts at complex structures, such as 'they was so many plants in fram was bamboo' and 'by loquid from. however, filter separate long from liquid thay was fiters to all liquid.' Subject-verb agreement errors, incorrect tense usage, and distorted word order are pervasive in nearly every sentence. There are virtually no error-free sentences, and the high density of grammatical errors causes severe strain and confusion for the reader, fitting the Band 4 descriptor.

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