Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-18

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 6.5)

The process diagram provides the stages involved in producing a fabric from a bamboo.

Overall, manufacturing a fabric from bamboo is a nine-stage process, which starts from planting bamboo and ends with the fabric as the final product. Bamboo is a seasonal plant that is recommended to grow during the spring season and is harvested at autumn.

The process begins during spring when farmers start to plant bamboos, which will take months to grow and mature before harvesting during the autumn season. The bamboo will then cut using a sawing machine to make fibers. These fibers will then undergo softening using water and amine oxide, before filtering the long fibers to remove the liquid and making a pulp from the softened fibers through crushing. The liquid pulp is then dried and spin to produce yarns. The yarns produced from the pulp is the raw material that will go through weaving to make the final product, fabric such as clothes and medias which is now ready to deliver to the market.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the process as having nine stages and give a clear start and endpoint, with planting in spring and harvesting in autumn correctly noted. You also include several key transformations and the final use of the fabric. However, the sequence is not reported accurately in the middle: the bamboo is cut into strips and crushed into liquid pulp before filtering; only after filtering are the fibres softened with water and amine oxide. Your account reverses these stages and adds drying, which is not shown. The overview is relevant, but the process details are unevenly accurate and some stages are unclear. A more precise, complete account of the diagram’s sequence would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph describing the stages. The progression from cultivation towards finished products is generally easy to follow, and sequencing expressions such as “The process begins” and “then” help guide the reader. However, the long final paragraph compresses many stages into one sentence sequence, making the middle of the process harder to track—especially because the order of crushing, filtering and softening is confused. Some links also imply relationships not shown, such as drying the pulp before spinning. Grouping the agricultural, fibre-processing and textile stages more clearly, and using transitions to mark each phase, would make the organisation more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use an adequate range of process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “softening,” “filtering,” “pulp,” “spinning” and “weaving,” which helps describe the diagram. Some choices are imprecise or unnatural, however: “a fabric from a bamboo” is awkward, “bamboos” is not the natural plural here, and “medias” does not accurately name the depicted products. “Sawing machine” is also less precise than describing the bamboo as being cut into strips. In addition, “recommended to grow” suggests advice rather than a seasonal planting stage. Aim for accurate process collocations and use the diagram’s labels where possible; this would improve precision while retaining your useful range of vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a relative clause in “which will take months to grow and mature” and a sequence of passive constructions. Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors affect accuracy. For example, “The bamboo will then cut” needs a passive form (“will then be cut”), while “The yarns produced from the pulp is” has a subject–verb agreement error. The opening phrase “from a bamboo” also has an article problem, and “is harvested at autumn” uses an incorrect preposition. The final sentence contains several linked clauses and forms that are difficult to control. Check passive verb forms, agreement, articles and prepositions, and divide long sentences when needed to improve accuracy.

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