Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-08

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 illustrate that how bamboo fabric is manufactured. It requires total nine process to made bamboo into garments.

Overall, the process start form planting a bamboo in the spring and to end the fibre or clothes. It requies total number of nine process including harvest then crush the strips and filter them and made it into yarn. After that final step is to weave the fabric and turn it into clothes.

The primary step to grow bamboo plant. It grow on spring season. When its grow in its full size harvest them mainly in Autumn season. After collecting whole bamboo we cut them into small strips through cutter then crush strips until they form the liquid pulp.

The main product is to filter that means seperate long fibres from liquid. Now the most crucial moment was to add water and amino oxide in the long fibre to make it soften fibres. Now Yarn is ready to spin embroidery hoop. The weave from the yarn is ready to make the fabric and from weave our clothes and garments were ready to place in the market.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages from planting and autumn harvesting through processing the bamboo into fibres, yarn, fabric and clothing. The overview also identifies the start and end of the process, and the nine-stage sequence is broadly represented. This is why the response addresses the task, although some details are unclear or inaccurate. For example, the diagram says water and amine oxide are added to soften the fibres, but your account calls this “amino oxide” and describes the fibres as already long. The final stage shows finished clothing, while “place in the market” is not shown. To strengthen the report, describe the stages precisely and avoid adding outcomes or actions that the diagram does not provide.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing the stages. It generally follows the process in order, and transitions such as “After that” and “Now” help signal movement between steps. However, progression is sometimes difficult to follow because several stages are compressed into long, loosely connected sentences. For instance, the overview repeats the sequence, while the final paragraph moves from filtering to softening, spinning, weaving and marketing without clear sentence boundaries between each action. Some references, such as “that” and “them,” are also unclear. Use one or two stages per sentence, refer explicitly to the material being processed, and reduce repetition to make the sequence easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “yarn” and “weave,” which allows the reader to understand the general transformation. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “crucial moment” and “embroidery hoop,” but these are not appropriate or accurate in this context; the diagram shows yarn being spun, not embroidery. Several word choices and forms are awkward, including “nine process,” “made it into yarn,” and “the weave from the yarn.” Spelling errors such as “requies” and “seperate” also reduce precision. Build a more accurate process vocabulary and check collocations and spelling so that each term describes the pictured action clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the reader can usually identify the intended stages. However, errors in sentence structure, agreement and verb forms occur across the response and sometimes make relationships between actions unclear. Examples include “The diagram illustrate,” “It requires total nine process to made,” and “It grow on spring season.” The sentence beginning “Overall, the process start form…” also combines several ideas without a reliable grammatical structure. Work on subject–verb agreement, articles and plural forms, and use consistent passive constructions where appropriate for a process description, such as “The strips are crushed” and “The fibres are softened.” Shorter, accurately controlled sentences would improve clarity.

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