Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-19

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)

It illustrates the pattern of fabric is made from the bamboo. The bamboo plant start from springs and then harvested in automn. This daigram shows the growth of bamboo and after manufactured they made of clothes.

overall, the process from seed growing to harvesting, striping and filtering process included and then at the end the clothes are made

On the one hand, the seed of bamboo plant is put in soil and then the infertiled bambo plant grown in spring season. In the second step, the plant are harvested in autumn season. However, the machine cut the plant into strips. Liquid pulp is made by crushing the strips. The long fibers from the liquid can be seprated by filteration process.

On the other hand, the fibers become soft by adding water and amino oxide.

The stings are formed, then the spin to make yarn. In the next step the weave formed to fabrics, then make clothes that is used for daily purposes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages from planting and autumn harvesting through processing, yarn-making, weaving and clothing, and your overview recognises the progression from bamboo to finished products. Most details match the diagram, including crushing strips into pulp, filtering fibres and softening them with water and amine oxide. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the diagram does not show seeds being planted, and “infertiled” bamboo is not supported. The overview also omits the final spinning and weaving stages, while the description of how fibres become yarn is difficult to follow. To strengthen the response, report only visible information and summarise the full sequence clearly in the overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, an overview and two body paragraphs, and the stages are generally presented in process order. This gives the reader a basic structure. However, progression is weakened by the division into “On the one hand” and “On the other hand,” which suggests a contrast between stages rather than a continuous process. The overview is also incomplete, and the transition from softened fibres to yarn is unclear: “The stings are formed, then the spin to make yarn.” Use straightforward sequencing links such as “Next,” “After this” and “Finally,” and group the stages into a continuous account. Clearer links between each step would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibers,” “filteration,” “yarn” and “weave,” so the reader can identify many of the stages. However, the range and control are limited by repeated basic wording and several inaccurate or misspelled forms, such as “automn,” “daigram,” “striping,” “seprated” and “stings.” Some choices are also imprecise: “seed” and “infertiled” do not describe what the diagram shows, and “the weave formed to fabrics” is not a natural way to describe the stage. Build accuracy by learning process collocations such as “bamboo is harvested” and “fibres are spun into yarn,” and check spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and linked sentences, and the sequence is often understandable despite grammatical errors. However, control is inconsistent, particularly with articles, agreement, verb forms and sentence construction. For example, “The bamboo plant start” needs subject–verb agreement, while “the plant are harvested” has a mismatched subject and verb. “The stings are formed, then the spin to make yarn” is structurally unclear, and “then make clothes” lacks a clear subject. There are also awkward tense and passive constructions, such as “the fibers become soft by adding.” Practise consistent present-simple passive forms for process descriptions, for example, “The fibres are softened” and “The yarn is woven into fabric,” while varying sentence patterns carefully.

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