Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The diagram below shows how instant noodles are manufactured.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The process illustrates the manufacturer of instant noodles with consisting total 8 stages.

Overall, it is evident that, the main steps are storage and mixer, then strips and cooking, and complete with labeling and sealing.

Initially, the process begins with storage soils, it stores the flour and raw material. The next step is Mixer. The stored flour is transported by the truck delivery and then start to manufacture noodles mixed with water and oil to make dough, subsequently pass through rollers for preparing sheets. The dough sheets are formed and now it is cut into strips by dough strips machine automatically. The stripes are transformed into the noddles through noodles discs.

The process is still work-in-progress. After noodles are ready to cook with oil and being dried and transferedinto the cup manually. Thereafter, vegetables and spices are added into the cup with noddles. In the final stage, cups are labeled and sealed for selling.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the process as having eight stages and give a basic overview from storage and mixing through to labelling and sealing. The response also includes several relevant steps, such as adding water and oil, forming sheets and strips, and cooking the noodles. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the flour is delivered by truck to the storage silos, rather than being transported from the silos by truck, and the diagram does not show manual transfer into cups. The overview groups stages broadly but does not clearly summarise the full sequence, including the addition of vegetables and spices before labelling. To strengthen the report, describe each stage in order and ensure that every stated action is supported by the diagram.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs describing the process. Sequencing expressions such as “Initially,” “The next step,” “subsequently” and “In the final stage” help the reader follow the general progression. However, some links are mechanical or unclear. For example, “The process is still work-in-progress” does not clearly connect the cooking stage to the later packaging stages, and the sentence beginning “The next step is Mixer” is abrupt. Several stages are also compressed into long sentences, making the sequence harder to track. Use clearer transitions between each phase and refer consistently to the noodles, cups and machines so that relationships between steps remain explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “storage,” “rollers,” “dough,” “strips,” “cooking,” and “sealed,” which allows the main stages to be understood. There is also some attempt to vary wording, as in “transformed” and “formed.” However, inaccurate word choice and spelling are noticeable: “storage soils” appears to mean “storage silos,” “stripes” is used for “strips,” and “noddles” is misspelled repeatedly. Phrases such as “manufacturer of instant noodles” and “the noodles are ready to cook with oil” are also unnatural or imprecise. Build a more accurate set of process collocations and check spelling carefully; precise terms such as “are fed into,” “are shaped into,” and “are packaged” would improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a sequence linked with “subsequently” and a passive construction in “cups are labeled and sealed.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some relationships difficult to follow. For example, “The process illustrates the manufacturer … with consisting total 8 stages” has an incomplete and incorrectly formed structure, while “The next step is Mixer” lacks an article and a complete stage description. Tense and clause control also break down in “it stores the flour … and then start to manufacture.” Practise forming accurate passive sentences for processes and separating long sequences into complete clauses with consistent tense and punctuation.

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