Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-01

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 of fabric from bamboo.

Overall, manufacturing of fabric is divided into 9 different stages. Starting to planting of bamboo to the end of the final stage.

Firstly, farmer starting cultivation of planting bamboo plants in spring. When the bamboo plants grow and mature. Then the farmer starting the harvesting, it is starting in autumn both manually and agricultural. Then they are cutting into strips. In the 4 step strips are crushed in machines to make liquid pulp. Then filter the liquid, to separate long fibres from liquid. The long fibres is produced. Add water and amine oxide to make fibres soften. Soften fibres are ready for spin.

Spin the soften fibres to make yarn. After the yarn, weave are produce to make fabric. Then the final fabric is ready for use.

At the end, all steps are going through both manually and agriculturally. After all the steps then fabric is made from bamboo plants.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers the main stages of the bamboo fabric manufacturing process, successfully identifying key steps from planting to the final product. However, some aspects of the process are presented with limited development and minor inaccuracies, such as stating that the steps go through both manually and agriculturally at the end, which is a slightly confused summary. While the overall format covers the progression depicted in the visual data, certain details lack precise reporting, such as describing specific technical inputs like 'amine oxide' without fully integrating them into a smooth narrative. To move to a higher band, the student needs to present a more fully developed and extended overview of all steps without mechanical listing, ensuring every part of the diagram is accurately and fluidly described.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response attempts a logical arrangement by following the sequence of the diagram chronologically, beginning with an overall statement and moving through the steps. However, the progression is frequently disrupted by awkward paragraphing and repetitive transitional phrases like 'Then' and 'After all the steps'. Cohesive devices are often used mechanically or inaccurately, such as starting sentences with 'At the end, all steps are going through...' which impedes the natural flow of ideas. Paragraphing is under-utilized, with isolated sentences acting as paragraphs rather than cohesive blocks of thought. To achieve a higher band, the writer must improve the overall logical progression and use a wider variety of cohesive devices more naturally, ensuring each paragraph builds smoothly upon the last.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for describing a simple manufacturing process, incorporating terms from the prompt such as 'cultivation', 'harvesting', 'strips', 'liquid pulp', and 'long fibres'. However, there are noticeable lexical errors and awkward word formations throughout the text, such as 'Starting to planting', 'farmer starting the harvesting', and 'weave are produce', which demonstrate a limited control of word choice and collocation. Spelling and word-form errors, while not completely blocking communication, are frequent enough to cause strain for the reader. To reach the next band, the student should expand their vocabulary range and employ less common lexical items with greater precision and correct morphological forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The grammatical structures used in the response are very limited, relying heavily on simple sentences and frequent repetitive patterns. There are persistent errors in verb forms, tenses, subject-verb agreement, and articles throughout the text, as seen in constructions like 'farmer starting cultivation of planting', 'The long fibres is produced', and 'all steps are going through'. These frequent errors frequently distort meaning or cause significant difficulty for the reader. To improve, the writer needs to demonstrate a much wider range of grammatical structures, including accurate complex sentences, and significantly reduce the frequency of basic structural and agreement errors.

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