Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-01

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 5.0)

The diagram illustrate that how making a clothes from bamboo.

This diagram involving total nine steps. To starts with, growing a many plant bamboo and to end with making a different types of clothes to wearing every humans.

The process diagram shows that first will discussed first five steps. the first is that growing a many plant bamboo in specific season like spring. After that completed the mature plants then moved into second steps is that harvest by human workers. then next is this part cut into strips and taking a imported part and removed unwanted materals. Then its converted large parts into small parts and starts to crush process and to male liquid pulp. This liquid should be filterate by machine that helped separate long fibers from liquid.

Further, analysing the diagram, remaining four steps. Next the six step Is that soften fibers take and hard part removed by filtering process. And this soften fiber add some water and amine oxide. And making a thread and made big spin by make yarm. The last second step is that this thread making a different types of shape and also make weave and trnasform to make fabric. Finally last steps is that made tshirts, socks etc and that wearing every human.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the process as having nine stages and give a broad start-to-finish account, from planting bamboo in spring to producing clothing. Several key stages are also included, such as harvesting, crushing the strips into pulp, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving. However, the account is only partly accurate and some details are unclear or unsupported. For example, the diagram does not show “unwanted materials” being removed during cutting, or a “hard part” being removed at the softening stage. The overview also says the process makes clothes, but does not clearly summarise the main transformation from bamboo plants to fabric and then garments. Describe each stage precisely and avoid adding steps that are not shown.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has an overall sequence that broadly follows the diagram, and phrases such as “To starts with,” “After that,” “Further” and “Finally” help signal movement through the process. Dividing the account into an opening and later stages also gives it some organisation. However, the progression is sometimes difficult to follow because the stages are grouped imprecisely: “first five steps” is followed by a confusing account of cutting, crushing and filtering, while “remaining four steps” does not clearly distinguish the later stages. Some linking phrases are repetitive or awkward, and references such as “this part” and “this soften fiber” are not always clear. Use a straightforward overview followed by clearly ordered stages, with accurate step references and less repetitive transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “harvest,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “fibers,” “thread” and “fabric,” which helps communicate the general subject. There are also attempts to describe specific actions rather than relying entirely on basic words. However, word choice and spelling errors sometimes make the meaning difficult to interpret, as in “filterate,” “materals,” “yarm” and “trnasform.” Several phrases are unnatural or imprecise, including “a different types of clothes” and “make big spin.” Aim for accurate process collocations and forms: for example, say that fibres are spun into yarn and yarn is woven into fabric. Check spelling and avoid adding vague descriptions such as “hard part removed” when the diagram does not show this.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts to use both simple statements and longer sentences to connect stages, and the reader can generally recognise the intended sequence. However, sentence structures are often faulty, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence boundaries frequently make the account hard to read. Examples include “The diagram illustrate,” “This diagram involving total nine steps,” and “To starts with, growing a many plant bamboo.” Later, “And this soften fiber add some water” lacks a clear grammatical subject and verb structure. Practise writing complete sentences with a consistent present simple for process descriptions: for example, “The fibres are softened by adding water and amine oxide.” Use accurate singular/plural forms and check that each sentence has a clear subject and finite verb.

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