Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-22

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 non cyclic proccess here shows the process of making clothes from bambo.

The overall proccess illustrate the techniques of processing yarn from bambo and making clothes from them. Starting with harvesting bambo and step by step making wearing clothes.

The process beggin with planting bamboo in spring and harvesting them in autumn. After collecting them, bamboos goes through the process of striping. These striped bamboos are then crushed to make liquid pulp from them.

By filtering those liquide pulp, the long fibrese are being separated. Fibrese that were filtered, now being soften by adding water and amine oxide. Having softened yarn, now it being spinned and waving them makes fabric. Then clothes are made from those fabric.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the process as a sequence and include several key stages, including planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, crushing the strips into pulp, filtering, softening the fibres, spinning and weaving. However, the response only partially covers the diagram: it does not clearly describe the final numbered stage, where the fabric is made into clothing, and the overview is vague rather than summarising the main phases. The opening also says the process starts with harvesting, which conflicts with the later, correct account that planting comes first. The response is 118 words, below the required 150, so the description is underdeveloped. To improve, give a clear overview of the full progression from cultivation to finished garments, then report each stage accurately and with enough detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence that broadly follows the process, and paragraph breaks separate the introduction from the description. Linking expressions such as “After collecting them,” “then,” and “By filtering” help show order. However, progression is not consistently clear: the overview says the process starts with harvesting, while the next paragraph correctly begins with planting. Some references are also difficult to follow, particularly “them” and “those,” because the reader must infer whether they refer to bamboo, pulp, fibres or fabric. The final stages are compressed into one sentence. Organise the account into a clear overview and a step-by-step description, using precise nouns and connectors to make each transition explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “filtering,” “fibres,” “amine oxide,” “spinned” and “weaving.” This gives the response a minimally adequate range for describing the diagram. However, spelling errors are noticeable, including “proccess,” “bambo,” “beggin,” “liquide” and “fibrese,” and some word choices or forms are inaccurate, such as “striping” for cutting bamboo into strips and “spinned” for producing yarn. “Wearing clothes” is also an awkward phrase for the finished garments shown. These errors sometimes make the description less clear. Check spelling carefully and use precise process terms, such as “cut into strips,” “spin into yarn” and “garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including the passive construction “are then crushed” and the clause “By filtering those liquide pulp, the long fibrese are being separated.” However, grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make relationships between stages unclear. For example, “The overall proccess illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “The process beggin” lacks the correct verb form. There are also problems with agreement and passive forms in “bamboos goes” and “now being soften,” as well as the incomplete construction “Having softened yarn, now it being spinned.” Sentence patterns are mostly repetitive, and the final sentence joins several actions awkwardly. Practise accurate present-simple passives and build complete sentences around each stage, checking agreement and verb forms.

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