Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-17

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 process by which use of the bamboo trees how to manufactured fabric.

Overall, there are mainly ninth levels to produce fabric from the bamboo trees. To grow the tree and cut it after turn out into yarn of the use of it and in the end make different outcomes.

Initially, the farmers grew the bamboo trees in selective seoson. After that, they harvest it in Autumn and cut all the bamboo trees into machine into strips. In fourth stage, the strips transform into liquid formula. Next, all the mixture go throgh into filteration machine and devide fibres into pulp.

Subsequently, it converts into soft materials and add water and other substance.In the seventh stage,by the use of soft fiber make yarn throgh the process of spin. Afterward, make a piece of cloth known weave from yarn. Finally, a consederable amount of things are make by weave like tshirt , shocks , pants.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages from planting bamboo through to making fabric and finished items, and your overview identifies the process as having nine stages. The seasonal details—planting in spring and harvesting in autumn—are relevant. However, some stages are reported inaccurately or unclearly: the strips are crushed to make liquid pulp, then filtering separates long fibres from the liquid; your account says the fibres are divided “into pulp.” The softening stage also needs the stated addition of water and amine oxide, rather than “other substance.” The final products shown are a T-shirt and socks, so “pants” is unsupported. More precise reporting of these steps would make the summary more complete and reliable.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing the stages. Sequencing expressions such as “Initially,” “Next,” “Subsequently,” and “Finally” help the reader follow the process, and the stages are mostly presented in order. However, some links between ideas are unclear or mechanical. For example, the overview’s sentence beginning “To grow the tree and cut it…” does not form a clear summary, while “In fourth stage” and “In the seventh stage” would benefit from consistent phrasing. The reference in “it converts into soft materials” is also unclear. Use complete, clearly connected sentences and refer explicitly to the material at each stage.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “fibres,” “yarn,” and “weave,” which helps convey the process. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “liquid formula” and “filtration machine,” but these are not natural or precise descriptions of the diagram. Several spelling and word-choice errors—“seoson,” “throgh,” “consederable,” and “shocks”—make the account less clear, while “different outcomes” is vague. Build accuracy with standard process vocabulary and check spelling carefully. Prefer the diagram’s precise terms, such as “liquid pulp,” “filter,” “soften the fibres,” and “finished clothing,” rather than inventing labels or using imprecise substitutes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including a passive construction in “it converts into soft materials” and sequencing clauses such as “After that, they harvest it in Autumn.” However, sentence control is inconsistent, and several errors make relationships between ideas difficult to understand. The opening, “the process by which use of the bamboo trees how to manufactured fabric,” is not a complete grammatical construction. Other examples include “there are mainly ninth levels,” “the mixture go,” and “things are make.” Articles, agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries need attention. Practise writing one clear sentence for each stage, using consistent present simple or passive forms, for example, “The strips are crushed to produce liquid pulp.”

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