Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-03

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 illustration gives information about the processes involved in the formation of fabrics from bamboos. Overall, it require eight different steps to manufacture clothes from bambo plant.

It is quite evident from the diagram that initially the bamboo's are planted in the spring season. After harvesting in the coming autumn season, it cuts down to small strips using a sharp cutter. Such strips then crushed to take out all the liquid inside the bamboo's and in the next step the resultant mixture is filter out to seperate the soften fibrics. In the next step water and a special chemical called amine oxide are added to the soften bamboo fabrics.

Furthermore, after the addition of chemicals such material turn to a long fabrics wire which is then collected and gathered in ball like form called yarn, which in next step further turn to a proper final fabrics. Resultantly, such fabric then used for making consumable fabrics clothes, soaks and related stuff.

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response6.0
Coherence and Cohesion6.5
Lexical Resource5.5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy5.0
Overall6.0

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main stages from planting and seasonal harvesting through processing the fibres and producing fabric and clothing. The overview identifies the process as a sequence, and details such as adding water and amine oxide and forming yarn show relevant attention to the diagram. However, the overview says there are eight steps, whereas the diagram has nine, and the final step—making clothing such as a T-shirt and socks—is not clearly distinguished as a separate stage. Some process descriptions are also unclear: crushing produces liquid pulp, while filtering separates long fibres from the liquid; the response partly conflates these outcomes. To strengthen the report, give an accurate overview of the full nine-stage process and describe each transformation precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by the early processing stages and then the production of yarn, fabric and clothing. Sequencing expressions such as “initially,” “After harvesting,” “In the next step” and “Furthermore” help the reader follow the process, and the paragraph break supports the shift to later stages. This already gives the report a coherent progression. However, some links are mechanical or imprecise, and references such as “such material” and “which” do not always make the subject of each action clear. The middle stages would be easier to follow if each sentence explicitly named the material being processed and the result of that stage, with fewer repeated “next step” transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “harvesting,” “strips,” “amine oxide,” “yarn” and “fabric,” so the topic is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “resultant mixture” and “ball like form.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “formation of fabrics,” “long fabrics wire,” “consumable fabrics clothes” and “soaks” do not express the intended meanings clearly. Spelling and word-form slips, including “bambo,” “seperate” and “fibrics,” also reduce precision. Aim for standard process terms and natural combinations—for example, “manufacture fabric,” “fibres are spun into yarn,” and “garments”—and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and complex sentences, including time clauses such as “After harvesting in the coming autumn season” and a relative clause in “which is then collected.” The sequence is usually understandable, but grammatical control is uneven. Subject–verb agreement is incorrect in “it require” and “such material turn”; passive forms are also faulty in “it cuts down,” “strips then crushed” and “the mixture is filter out.” Articles, plurals and possessives are inconsistent, as in “a ball like form” and “the bamboo's.” These errors sometimes make it difficult to identify what is acting on what. Practise accurate passive constructions for process descriptions—“the strips are crushed,” “the mixture is filtered”—and check agreement and sentence boundaries when revising.

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