Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-02

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 illustrates the process of how fabric is made from bamboo plants.

Overall, the process of bamboo fabric contain the nine distinct stages. it is start with planting the bamboo in spring season and it ends with wearable clothes. the bamboo plants wese grown in the spring season and in the autumn they will be harvested by the farmers.

At the intial stage, bamboo plants are grown in spring season and they were harvested in the autumn by the farmers using axes. In the third stage, plants cut into strips then it is curshed into strips to make liquid pulp, after which it will be filtered (separated long fibres from liquid) at the end.

In the sixth stage, adding water and amine oxide to produce soften fibres, after that they were spinned make yarn. In the next stage, weave is formed from year to make fabric and finally, wearable clothes is manufactured at the end.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the process as a sequence of nine stages and give a relevant overview, from planting in spring to finished clothing. You also report several key transformations, including cutting, crushing, filtering, softening, spinning and weaving, so the response addresses the main task. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the diagram shows harvesting with a sickle or machete, not axes, and the crushing stage turns strips into liquid pulp rather than crushing them “into strips.” The final stages are also described imprecisely, particularly “weave is formed from year.” To strengthen the report, explain the stages in a more exact way and make the overview focus on the progression from growing and harvesting to processing fibres and producing fabric and clothing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing the stages. The sequence is generally easy to follow, and connectors such as “after which,” “after that” and “finally” help show order. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear. For example, “at the end” appears in the middle of the process description, and “In the sixth stage” is followed by a sequence that does not clearly distinguish spinning from weaving. The overview also repeats the planting and harvesting details already given later. Improve progression by grouping the stages into clear phases and using precise references such as “the next step” only when the sequence is unambiguous; avoid repeating information across paragraphs.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvested,” “strips,” “liquid pulp,” “filtered,” “fibres,” “yarn” and “fabric,” which allows the reader to recognise most stages. There are also attempts at more specific terms, such as “amine oxide.” However, spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “intial,” “curshed,” “wese” and “spinned” are inaccurate, while “wearable clothes” and “weave is formed” are awkward choices. “Axes” also misidentifies the harvesting tool shown. Aim for accurate process collocations and check spelling, especially for key technical words. More precise verbs such as “are softened,” “are spun into yarn” and “are woven into fabric” would make the description clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple sentences and longer clauses, for example, “In the third stage … then … after which,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, errors in sentence structure, tense, agreement and articles are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward. Examples include “the process … contain,” “it is start,” “plants cut into strips,” and “clothes is manufactured.” Tense shifts also occur between present and future forms, as in “they will be harvested” and “it will be filtered,” although a process diagram is normally described consistently in the present simple or passive. Practise forming passive process sentences, such as “The strips are crushed” and “The fibres are softened,” and check subject–verb agreement and sentence boundaries.

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