Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The diagram illustrates how bamboo plants manufactured into clothes.

In the season of spring the plant of bamboo will be grow. After that grown plant will be able to harvest by a farmer in autumn season . Farmer took that plant into manufacture and cut into strips. After that the farmer will crush strips to make the liquid pulp.

Overall, When the bamboo plant will crush strips to make the liquid pulp it can be filter to separate long fibres from liquid . After that it will be able to soft. We have to add water and amine oxide . Moreover we have to spin that thing and we are able to make yarn. Specially when the spin is soft it will be weave to make a soft fabric at last we can make a suitable, perfect elegant and comfortable clothes to wear in different weather.

Overall the bamboo plants are easy to manufacture clothes and it won't take time as well.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as the manufacture of clothing from bamboo and include several accurate stages, such as planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, crushing the strips into pulp, filtering, adding water and amine oxide, spinning yarn, and weaving fabric. However, the account is only partly complete: it does not clearly report the final step shown, where the fabric is made into clothing, and the overview is weakened by unsupported claims that the process is easy and does not take time. The sequence is also obscured by the second paragraph beginning “Overall” and by unclear descriptions such as “it will be able to soft.” To improve, give a concise overview of the full progression from cultivation to finished garments, then describe each stage accurately and objectively.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the response begins with an introduction, then describes early stages before moving to processing and fabric production. Basic links such as “After that” and “Moreover” help show sequence. However, progression is not consistently clear. The second paragraph starts with “Overall” even though it continues the process description, and a further concluding sentence repeats an overall claim rather than summarising the stages. Some references are difficult to follow, particularly “it” and “that thing,” while the long sentence beginning “Specially when the spin is soft” combines several steps unclearly. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and stage details, and connect each stage with precise references and a varied but controlled set of sequencing expressions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “amine oxide,” “yarn,” and “fabric,” which allows the reader to recognise many stages. There is also an attempt to describe the final product with words such as “clothes.” However, the range is limited and several choices or combinations are unnatural or imprecise: “the plant of bamboo,” “manufacture clothes,” “soft fabric,” and “suitable, perfect elegant and comfortable clothes.” “Soft” is not the key information at the spinning stage, and “perfect” and “comfortable” are unsupported evaluations. Aim for accurate process collocations and avoid decorative claims; for example, use “bamboo is processed into fabric” and “the finished fabric is made into garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both simple and longer sentences, and the reader can generally recover the intended sequence. However, control of verb forms and sentence construction is inconsistent. Examples include “bamboo plants manufactured into clothes,” “will be grow,” “will be able to harvest,” and “it can be filter,” where passive forms are needed. The repeated use of “will” is also unsuitable for describing a general process. Articles and sentence boundaries cause further problems, as in “the plant of bamboo” and the space before the full stop in “season .” Longer constructions, especially “Specially when the spin is soft it will be weave,” are difficult to parse. Practise present-simple passive forms, such as “the strips are crushed,” and build shorter, complete sentences before adding complex clauses.

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