Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-14

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 nine steps process of fabric manufacturing from bamboo.

Overall, this process starts with the plantation of bamboo and goes through the following steps and ends with the manufacturing of a variety of cloths from this fabric.

to commence with, in spring season, farmers plant bamboo on their land and provide fertilizers and other products to grow a healthy bamboo tree. Grown trees harvested from the land in the autumn season. Further, the bamboo cuts into strips for the further process in which these crushed strips are soaked in water to make liquid pulp. Then, formed liquid pulp gets filter due to the separation of long fibres from the liquid.

Moving forward to, softening fibres in which the filtered liquid is added into the solution consisting water and amine oxide. once, the fibre gets soft, the spinning of the fibre starts with the machines and the collected fibre in a roll is known as yarn.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the process as having nine stages and give a relevant overview of its start and end. You also report several key steps, including planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, cutting, filtering and softening. However, the account is only partial: it stops after spinning and does not describe weaving or the final clothing products shown. Some details are not supported by the diagram, such as farmers adding fertilisers and the crushed strips being soaked in water; the diagram says they are crushed to make liquid pulp. The overview also inaccurately says the process ends with manufacturing cloth, rather than showing the later stages of weaving and making garments. Cover every stage and keep descriptions tied to the visual evidence.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction and overview are followed by a chronological account, and phrases such as “Further” and “Moving forward” help signal progression. The sequence is generally understandable despite the diagram’s alternating row directions. However, the final paragraph ends at spinning, so the progression is incomplete, and some linking is mechanical or awkward, as in “Moving forward to” and “Then, formed liquid pulp.” Paragraphing could more clearly separate the overview from the detailed stages, while transitions should connect complete ideas rather than introduce fragments. A fuller, consistently ordered account with clearer references between stages would make the organisation more effective.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “separation,” “fibres,” and “spinning,” which makes the general subject clear. Some less common terms are attempted, but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “plantation” is not the best noun for the act of planting, “cloths” is unsuitable for the products shown, and “gets filter” does not express the filtering stage correctly. “Provide fertilizers and other products” also introduces unsupported detail and is imprecise. Aim for accurate process collocations and use the diagram’s terms where possible—for example, “plant bamboo,” “filter the pulp,” and “finished garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a relative clause in “the separation of long fibres from the liquid” and a time clause beginning “once.” However, errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or difficult to follow. Examples include the missing article and plural in “nine steps process,” the incomplete passive in “Grown trees harvested,” and the faulty construction “the bamboo cuts into strips.” The sentence beginning “Moving forward to” is also a fragment, while “once” is incorrectly capitalised after a full stop. Practise forming passive process descriptions consistently, such as “the bamboo is cut” and “the fibres are softened,” and check sentence boundaries, articles and verb forms.

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