Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-24

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 5.0)

The diagram illustrates below how instant noodles are manufactured in the factory and the process divided into eight steps.

While manufacturing instant noodles their are the eight stages of entire process, where process inititate from flour filled in storage silos and sync down to the machines of mixtures and process follows the 8 steps till labeling and sealing.

Overall, Process starts from flour vaccumed in the storage called silos and that flour storage transferred to mixer from where water + oil added into the mixture and through rollers flour transform into dough sheet. After dough sheet pass through the cutter machine and cut down into the dough strips and after cuting into strips shape, those strips are filled in the noodle dics to form disc shaped noodles and after that those disc of noodles pass through the cooking oil and dryers where their shape became in hard form and those discs spilled into the cups containing vegetables spicies and after that those cup reach at the last stage of packaging for labeling.

That's how the whole process follows for making instant noodles.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student successfully identifies the main stages of the instant noodle manufacturing process, starting from the flour storage silos through mixing, rolling, shaping, cooking, drying, adding spices, and finally packaging. An overview is attempted in the introduction and summary, noting the eight steps. However, the response lacks a clear, well-structured overall trend or summary of the primary phases of the diagram, and some descriptions are slightly imprecise or repetitive. While all main parts of the process are covered, the development of ideas lacks precision, placing this response in Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is organized into paragraphs, but the overall progression lacks smooth logical flow. The writer relies heavily on basic, repetitive conjunctive phrases like 'and after that' and 'after cuting into strips shape'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the middle body paragraph is an excessively long, run-on sentence that strings multiple steps together without adequate punctuation or structural division. Cohesive devices are used mechanically rather than flexibly, resulting in a somewhat confused logical progression, which corresponds to Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for describing a basic process, but it is frequently repetitive and imprecise (e.g., 'sync down', 'vaccumed', 'spicies', 'dics'). There are noticeable spelling errors ('inititate', 'cuting', 'dics', 'spicies') and awkward word choices ('shape became in hard form'). Although the student attempts less common vocabulary ('manufactured', 'conveyor', 'storage silos'), the lexical control is weak and leads to occasional strain for the reader, placing it at Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response features a very limited range of grammatical structures, heavily dominated by long, rambling complex sentences joined incorrectly by coordinating conjunctions (e.g., 'Overall, Process starts from flour vaccumed... and that flour storage transferred... from where water + oil added... and through rollers...'). There are frequent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('in factory', 'from flour'), subject-verb agreement issues ('their are the eight stages'), and incorrect prepositions. These frequent errors cause difficulty for the reader, fitting the Band 5.0 descriptors.

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