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 diagram provides information about fabric how to manufactured from bamboo.

Overall, the bamboo fabric has nine stages that how to manufacture in which first of all the plant bamboo plants when they growth, they harvested in autumn and bamboo cut into strips. After they sent to factory where they manufactured and made for the fabric clothes.

At the beginnig, bamboo plants are planted in a field when they grow so they are harvested in antumn. Afterwards they are cut into strips, then they are put through the process of soften fibres which add water and amine oxide. However, they are separate long fibres from liquid and crush strips to make liquid puip in machine. Moreover, they are converted to yarn spin and manufactured the weave ( to make fabric). Finally, it manufactured to clothes such as shirts, socks, pants and shoes etc. There are nine stages of fabric making.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as having nine stages and include its broad progression from planting and harvesting bamboo to producing fabric and clothing. This gives the reader a relevant overview. However, several central stages are reported in the wrong order: after cutting, the diagram shows the strips being crushed into liquid pulp, then filtered to separate long fibres, and only then softened with water and amine oxide. Your account places softening before crushing and filtering, and the description of the later stages is brief. The diagram shows spinning fibres into yarn, weaving fabric, and finished clothing; it does not identify pants or shoes, so avoid adding unsupported examples. A more accurate, complete account of the middle stages would make the summary more fully address the visual information.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an opening overview followed by a description of the stages, and sequencing words such as “At the beginning,” “Afterwards,” and “Finally” help signal progression. However, the process is not consistently organised: the middle stages are presented out of sequence, and “However” does not express the relationship between filtering and crushing. The overview also repeats information later, including the nine-stage count, while the final sentence adds little. Some references are unclear, as in “they are converted to yarn spin,” where the reader must infer what “they” refers to. Grouping the stages in their diagram order and using clear references to the bamboo, fibres, yarn, and fabric would create a more coherent progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “strips,” “fibres,” “liquid,” “yarn,” and “weave,” which helps communicate the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “fabric how to manufactured” and “manufactured the weave” do not express the process naturally, while “puip” is a misspelling of “pulp.” “Antumn” and “beginnig” also contain spelling errors. Aim for precise process verbs and standard spelling, and avoid adding clothing examples not shown in the diagram. More accurate phrases such as “the fibres are spun into yarn” would make the description clearer and more appropriate for an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use both simple and longer sentences, and the response generally conveys that the diagram describes a sequence. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors in verb forms, sentence construction, and agreement frequently make the reader work to understand the meaning. For instance, “fabric how to manufactured” lacks a correctly formed passive structure, and “when they growth, they harvested” has errors in both the verb form and passive construction. The sentence beginning “Overall” also combines several clauses without clear grammatical links. Practise accurate passive forms for processes—for example, “the bamboo is harvested”—and build longer sentences around one clear main clause. Check tense consistency and subject–verb agreement when revising.

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