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)

The diagram describes how bamboo plants converted into fabric. There are total nine steps that are required for fabric to be created.Process start from planting the bamboo plants in the spring season and ends after manufacturing clothes.

The first step is to plant the bamboo plants which is done in spring season and it harvest in the autumn season. Then bamboo plants is cut into strips by a machine containing blade. After cutting the strips, it then crush down to make liquid plup.

In the fifth step, Liquid plup is passed through funnel to filter it and this process separates long fibers from liquid. After that, Soften fibers are created by adding water and amine oxide. By moving toward next step, Yarn is created by spinning the soften fibers. The yarn is then converted into weave to make fabric from it. At the last step, fabric is created by the weave.

Overall, these major nine steps are required to make fabric from bamboo tree.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as having nine stages and give a basic account from planting through to fabric production, including the seasonal timing and the fibre-treatment steps. However, the overview is repetitive and does not clearly summarise the main phases: the final product is clothing, not simply fabric, and the diagram explicitly shows clothing items after weaving. Some descriptions are also inaccurate or unclear. For example, the yarn is woven into fabric; it is not “converted into weave,” and the final stage is not fabric being created again but finished clothing. To strengthen the response, distinguish the growing and harvesting stage from the processing stages, then report the final clothing stage accurately and avoid repeating the same endpoint in the overview and body.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response follows the numbered sequence in a generally understandable order, and transitions such as “Then,” “After that,” and “At the last step” help the reader track the process. The paragraphing also separates the introduction from the stage-by-stage account. However, progression is weakened by repetition: the opening says the process ends with manufacturing clothes, while the conclusion repeats that nine steps make fabric, and the final two sentences describe fabric creation twice. Some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “By moving toward next step,” and the shift from the filtering stage to softening could be expressed more directly. Grouping the stages into cultivation, fibre processing, and textile production would create a clearer overall structure.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “filter,” “fibers,” “spinning,” and “fabric,” so the reader can follow the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which makes parts of the description imprecise. “Liquid plup” should be “liquid pulp,” while “converted into weave” is not a natural way to describe making fabric; use “woven into fabric.” “Machine containing blade” is vague, and “bamboo tree” is less suitable than “bamboo plant” or “bamboo stalk.” There is also repetition of “created” and “fabric.” Aim for precise process verbs and vary them where appropriate, while checking spelling and natural word combinations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and linked sentences, and the sequence is usually understandable. However, errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction occur frequently enough to make the writing less controlled. For example, “how bamboo plants converted into fabric” needs a passive form (“are converted”), and “it harvest in the autumn season” should be “they are harvested in autumn.” Similarly, “bamboo plants is cut” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “it then crush down” lacks the correct passive construction. Some sentences also run together, as in “created.Process start,” where punctuation and sentence boundaries are needed. Practise accurate passive forms for process descriptions and check agreement and articles in each sentence.

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