Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-28
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 manufacturing process of fabric from the bamboo plants. Looking from an overall perspectives, it is apparent that 9 steps are involved in this process which is started with growing of bamboo plants in spring season and ended up to make shirts and socks.
Intially, the bamboo are cultivated in spring season and harvested in autum untill it was mature.After harvesting bamboo cut into smaller strips with the help of cutter and then crush these strips to make liquid pulp with the help of crusher. In addition to this liquid pulp is filtered to separate the long fibres from the long fibres with the help of sieveing.
After the separartion of liquid from the long fibres add the water and amine oxide to soften the fibres and then yarn is made. Futhermore, yarn is tie in spin form and then weave this yarn to made fabric with the help of weaving they can made socks and shirts.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by outlining the main features of the bamboo fabric manufacturing process, moving from the initial planting stage to the final products. The introduction provides an overview of the nine steps involved. However, the development of some intermediate stages is slightly rushed and contains inaccuracies regarding the sequence of actions, such as stating that bamboo is harvested until it is mature, which misinterprets the timeline shown in the diagram. Despite these minor misreadings and a tendency to present information a bit mechanically without fully extending descriptions of every phase, the response covers the overall process adequately, earning a band score of 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response is arranged with a clear overall progression, starting with an introductory overview followed by body paragraphs detailing the sequential steps. Cohesive devices such as 'Intially', 'After harvesting', and 'Futhermore' are employed to guide the reader through the process, though spelling errors in these transitional words ('Intially', 'autum', 'Futhermore') slightly weaken their precision. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of sentences could be better managed to separate distinct phases of the manufacturing process more logically. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as repeating 'from the long fibres' redundantly. Overall, the organizational structure is coherent enough to merit a band score of 5.5.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting less common technical terms related to the process such as 'cultivated', 'harvested', 'liquid pulp', 'amine oxide', and 'weaving'. However, there are numerous lexical and spelling errors throughout the text, including 'perspectives' instead of 'perspective', 'Intially' instead of 'Initially', 'autum' instead of 'autumn', 'untill' instead of 'until', and 'Futhermore' instead of 'Furthermore'. Additionally, awkward collocations like 'tie in spin form' detract from the precision of the writing. These persistent errors place the lexical resource score at a 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing relative clauses and participial phrases, such as 'starting with growing of bamboo plants' and 'to separate the long fibres from the long fibres'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors such as subject-verb agreement issues ('the bamboo are cultivated'), missing articles ('bamboo cut into smaller strips'), and awkward passive constructions ('then weave this yarn to made fabric'). Punctuation is also sparse, leading to run-on structures. Because the frequent grammatical errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader despite the attempted variety of structures, a band score of 5.0 is appropriate.
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