Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The diagram illustrates how bamboo is used in the manufacturing of fabric.

Overall, it's a linear process consisting of 9 stages. Its starts with the planting of bamboo plants in the ground and ends with the manufacturing of the clothing items.

First, bamboo plants are planted in spring season and when they are fully grown, they are harvested manually by farmers in autumn. After that, these long plants are cut into smaller strips followed by the crushing of strips. A crusher is used to crush them to make it liquid pulp.Then this pulp is filtered to separate impurities like long fibres from the liquid.

Then water and amino oxide are added which make fibre soft and then it is spun to make yarn which is a thread used in producing fabric. Yarn is woven to make any variety of fabric. Now this fabric is used to manufacture a range of clothing items such as socks, shirts and a lot more.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response gives a clear account of the process, including its seasonal opening stages and the transformation from bamboo strips to yarn, fabric and clothing. The overview identifies the nine-stage sequence and its beginning and end, while the main stages are reported in the correct order. This meets the task well. Some details, however, are over-interpreted or imprecise: the diagram does not say the bamboo is fully grown before harvesting, that farmers harvest it, or that filtering removes impurities; it specifically separates long fibres from liquid. The final stage shows clothing, but “shirts” is less exact than the pictured T-shirt. Keep descriptions closely tied to the labels and images, and make the overview capture the key processing sequence as well as the endpoints.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is presented in a sensible chronological order, and the reader can follow the process from planting to finished clothing. The opening overview is separated from the detailed account, and transitions such as “First,” “After that,” and “Then” help signal progression. This is coherent overall. However, the response is arranged as one continuous block, and repeated use of “Then” makes the linking somewhat mechanical. The long final section also combines softening, spinning, weaving and the use of fabric without clear paragraph breaks. Use two or three paragraphs to distinguish the overview, early processing and final production stages, and vary transitions or use clear stage references to make the progression more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The response uses an adequate range of process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “crushing,” “filtered,” “spun,” and “woven,” which makes the stages understandable. Some less common terms are attempted, but a few choices are inaccurate or imprecise. “Amino oxide” does not match the diagram’s “amine oxide,” and “impurities” misrepresents what the filtering stage separates. “Long plants” is vague for bamboo stalks, while “any variety of fabric” and “a lot more” are informal or broad for an academic process description. Choose exact technical labels from the diagram and use more precise collocations, such as “bamboo stalks,” “separate the fibres from the liquid,” and “a range of garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “which is a thread used in producing fabric” and a passive construction in “are planted.” Most meanings remain clear, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems are present. “Its starts” should be “It starts,” and “in spring season” needs an article or a different construction, such as “in the spring.” The sentence beginning “Then water and amino oxide are added” has an unclear “which” reference, and “which make fibre soft” has a subject–verb agreement problem; write “which softens the fibres.” There is also no space after the full stop in “liquid pulp.Then.” Check pronoun references, agreement and sentence boundaries to improve accuracy.

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