Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-27

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)

This diagram illustrates the process by which fabric is manufactured from bamboo.

Overall, it is a linear, nine-stage process that begins with the cultivation of bamboo and ends with the production of final garments. The process can divided into three phases: growing and harvesting, fibre extraction and treatment, and fabric production.

In the first phrase, the bamboo plants are planted in spring and harvested in autumn. The harvested bamboo stalks are then cut into thin strips are crushed to create a liquid pulp.

The second phrase involves chemical treatment. The pulp is filtered to separate long cellulose fibres from liquid. The fibre soften add water and amine oxide. Then the spin to make yam or make fabric weave then the shirt of shoes ready from the fibrics.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as having nine stages and provide a useful overview, including its start with bamboo cultivation and its end with garments. You also report several key steps, such as harvesting, crushing, filtering and adding water and amine oxide. However, the response is incomplete: the final stages are compressed into “Then the spin to make yam or make fabric weave,” so the sequence from softening fibres to spinning yarn, weaving fabric and producing clothing is not clearly explained. The description of the first phase also stops short of clearly separating cutting from crushing. The response is 127 words, below the required 150, which limits the detail you can provide. Develop each stage in order and include a fuller account of the final products.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic structure: an introduction, an overview and a description of the early stages. The overview’s three-phase grouping gives the reader a helpful framework, and “Overall” and “In the first phrase” signal progression. However, the body does not follow that framework consistently: it introduces a “second phrase” but does not clearly identify or describe the final fabric-production phase. The last sentence joins several stages with “Then” and “or,” making their order and relationship difficult to follow. Paragraphing and linking are therefore only partly effective, and the response ends without a clear concluding description of the process. Use one paragraph for each phase and connect each stage with precise sequence markers such as “next,” “after this” and “finally.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “cultivation,” “harvested,” “liquid pulp,” “filtered” and “amine oxide,” which helps convey the diagram’s subject. However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, word-form or spelling errors make parts difficult to understand. “Phrase” is used where “phase” is intended, “yam” appears to mean “yarn,” and “fibrics” should be “fabric.” The phrase “the shirt of shoes ready” is also unclear, and “thin strips” adds a detail not specified in the diagram. Aim for accurate, task-specific terms and check spelling; useful choices include “soften the fibres,” “spin them into yarn,” “weave the yarn into fabric” and “finished garments.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence that groups the process into three phases. However, errors are frequent, and some sentences are difficult to interpret. For example, “The process can divided” is missing “be,” while “The harvested bamboo stalks are then cut into thin strips are crushed” incorrectly joins two passive clauses. In “The fibre soften add water and amine oxide,” the verb structure is incomplete, and “Then the spin” lacks a clear subject and correctly formed verb. These problems show limited control of sentence construction and passive forms. Practise describing each stage with a complete passive sentence, such as “The fibres are softened by adding water and amine oxide,” and check that every clause has a subject and a finite verb.

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