Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-29

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 6.0)

The picture illustrates that how bamboos are trasformed from plants to fabric.

Overall, it can be seen that there are nine steps in the diagram which are interconnected with each other.

Initial step is of planting a bamboo plants and thereafter, other major steps included in between before becoming a proper cloths in the end.

Initially, bamboo plants are grown in a spring season afterward, in autumn farmer starts the harvesting. In next step, the harvested bamboo cuts into strips and these strips crushed to make a pulp. Now, in filteration process the fibers are separated from the liquid and soften fibers are added into water and amine oxide.

The next important step is spinning, in which fibers are spin to make yarn and then that yarn weave to make a fabric and lastly, when we have a fabric, we can use that fabric to make different type of cloths like tshirts and socks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages in the correct order, including seasonal planting and harvesting, processing the bamboo into pulp and fibres, and turning the yarn into fabric and clothing. The overview also identifies the nine-step process, which helps address the task. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: “soften fibers are added into water and amine oxide” reverses the relationship—the fibres are softened by adding water and amine oxide. The description of the middle stages could also distinguish more clearly between crushing, filtering and softening. Your final reference to T-shirts and socks is relevant, but the overview could more directly summarise the process as moving from cultivation through fibre processing to finished products.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall progression, with an introduction, an overview and paragraphs describing the early and later stages. Sequencing expressions such as “Initially,” “In next step,” and “The next important step” help the reader follow the process, and the stages are generally presented in the correct order. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent arrangement and shows some features of stronger progression. However, several links are mechanical or imprecise, and “thereafter” and “afterward” are used close together. The overview sentence about “other major steps included in between” is vague. Use clearer transitions and refer explicitly to each stage so that connections between steps are easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “pulp,” “fibers,” “spinning,” and “weave,” and the reader can understand the overall process. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “filtration” and “amine oxide.” However, some word choices and forms are inaccurate or awkward: “proper cloths” and “different type of cloths” do not express the intended meaning naturally, while “trasformed” and “filteration” are misspelled. “Bamboos” is also less appropriate than “bamboo” when referring to the material. These issues do not prevent understanding, but more accurate collocations and careful spelling would make the description more precise and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a sequence joined with “and” and a clause beginning “in which.” The main stages remain understandable, but grammatical errors occur across the response. For example, “there are nine steps … which are interconnected” is followed by “Initial step is,” which needs an article; “the harvested bamboo cuts into strips” needs a passive form; and “fibers are spin” and “that yarn weave” also require correct passive verb forms. There are further agreement and number problems in “a bamboo plants” and “different type.” These errors show that control of sentence structures and verb forms is not yet consistent. Practise passive constructions, articles and singular/plural agreement in process descriptions.

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