Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-28

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 illustration delineates the mehtod of textile produce from bamboo.

From an overview, it is evident that this is a systematic process including many steps which are interlinked. If any step is missed, the whole process may halt. The procedure start from bamboo plant was growing in spring and ends with finished products.

It can be clearly seen that first of all, plant bamboo plants in Spring season. In the second stage, harvesting the bamboo plant in Autumn. After that it cut into strips. Nextly, crush the strips for making liquid puplp. Once it is complete filtering starts. Filtering the crushed plant for separate long fibres from liquid.

Moving attention towards rest of the procedure, soften fibres is the next step when add water and amine oxide. Followed by, spin comes next to make yam. Afterwards, weave the yam for making textile. At the end, the final fabric products ready to sell in the market.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages in the correct order, from planting in spring and harvesting in autumn through processing the fibres and producing fabric. The overview also identifies the process as a sequence that ends with finished products. This is relevant and gives the reader a clear general picture. However, some details are less fully or precisely reported: the diagram shows the final clothing items, but “ready to sell in the market” adds information not shown. The overview’s claim that missing a step could halt the process is also an inference rather than a feature of the diagram. To strengthen the response, keep the overview focused on the process’s main phases and describe the final stage as making clothing from the fabric.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by the early processing stages and then the later stages. Sequencing expressions such as “In the second stage,” “After that,” and “At the end” help the reader follow the process. However, some links feel mechanical or are not used smoothly, as in “Followed by, spin comes next,” and “Once it is complete filtering starts” leaves the reference of “it” unclear. The paragraph break before “Moving attention towards rest of the procedure” does signal a shift, but the stages could be grouped more consistently. Use clear transitions and explicit references to the material at each stage to make the progression more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibres,” “amine oxide,” “spin,” and “weave,” which allows you to describe most stages. There are also attempts at more formal wording, such as “delineates” and “systematic process.” However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “textile produce” is unnatural, “puplp” is misspelled, and “yam” is used where the process produces yarn. “Nextly” is also not an appropriate sequencing adverb. Aim for accurate, natural process language rather than overly formal phrasing, and check spelling of key technical terms. These improvements would make the description clearer and more controlled.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer structures, including “The procedure start from bamboo plant was growing in spring and ends with finished products.” This shows an effort to express the overall sequence, but the sentence contains several problems with verb forms and sentence construction. Other examples include “plant bamboo plants in Spring season,” “In the second stage, harvesting the bamboo plant,” and “soften fibres is the next step when add water,” where clauses are incomplete or verbs are not correctly formed. Some meaning remains understandable because the stages are listed in order, but these errors make the description less fluent. Practise complete passive constructions for process descriptions, such as “The bamboo is harvested,” and check subject–verb agreement and tense consistency.

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