Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-18

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 diagram below illustrates how instant noodles are made.

Overall, there are several steps beigining with storage silos and mixing and ending with the labelling and sealing. There are a total of eight steps.These steps explains how noodles are made from raw material.

This process starts by storing the flour in storage silos. Then flour transferred to the mixer where it mixed with water and oil. In the third step the dough sheets made after passed through the rollers. Then the sheets cut into the strips. In the next step the strips converted into the dough discs.

In the sixth step the discs are dried by cooking in oil. After this the discs are packed into the cups along with some vegetables and spices. Then in the last step the cups are transferred for labelling where cup would be labelled and then seal the cups at the end. After this the process finished and noodles are ready for consumption.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully addresses all parts of the prompt by providing a clear overview and summarizing the main stages of the instant noodle manufacturing process from the storage silos to labelling and sealing. Key features such as mixing flour with water and oil, rolling into sheets and strips, forming discs, cooking and drying, and adding vegetables and spices are correctly reported in sequence. The overview highlights the total number of steps and the beginning and ending points, meeting the requirements of Task 1 well. Minor details are omitted, but this is appropriate for a summary. The band score reflects a solid coverage of the visual data.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The response is organized with a clear overall progression, moving logically from the initial storage phase through the processing steps to the final packaging stage. Cohesive devices are used to sequence events (e.g., "This process starts", "Then", "In the third step", "After this"), although some transitions feel slightly mechanical or repetitive. Paragraphing is attempted, but the body of the text is squashed into a single block alongside the introduction, which limits cohesion. Referencing is generally clear, but the lack of distinct paragraph breaks prevents the text from achieving a higher band score.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary relevant to the diagram, such as "storage silos", "mixer", "dough sheets", "strips", and "discs". However, there are several spelling errors, such as "beigining" instead of beginning, and minor lexical inaccuracies like "flour transferred to the mixer" (missing passive auxiliary) and "seal the cups at the end" (parallelism error with "would be labelled and then seal"). Less common vocabulary is attempted with limited success. The vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main ideas, but errors prevent it from reaching a higher level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar is inconsistent. There are frequent grammatical errors, particularly missing auxiliary verbs and prepositions (e.g., "flour transferred to the mixer where it mixed", "dough sheets made after passed through", "cup would be labelled and then seal the cups"). Punctuation and capitalization issues are also present, such as missing spaces after periods in places ("eight steps.These steps"). While communication is not severely impeded, the high frequency of basic structural errors limits the score to Band 5.5.

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