Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-27

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 the manufacturing process of instant noodles.

Overall, the process consists of eight distinct stages, beginning with the storage of silos and loading flour on the truck and going through different process and culminating in labelling and sealing the packets.

Initially, the primary step is to storage silos, where the flour is loaded mechanically in the truck. Then, the loaded truck is taken to factory and the loaded flour is shifted to a container of the rollers and then, the flour is mixed properly with the combination of water and oil and the mixed flour then goes to the dough sheets for the further proccess, where the flour is flowed through the dough sheets to dough strips, which converts the noodles discs and it is gone for cooking in oil and the cooked discs is lefted for drying in the cups.

After the cooking process, the noodles discs is placed in the cups and the workers added vegetables and spices in the cup. Then, the final stage started, the cup is gone through the labelling process where the company labels is placed on the noodles and then the labelling noodles gone for sealing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response attempts to summarise the manufacturing process of instant noodles, identifying the main stages from flour storage to labelling and sealing. However, the task achievement is significantly hindered by numerous misinterpretations of the visual data. For instance, the student states that the flour is loaded onto a truck and taken to the factory, and later confuses the stages where noodles discs are cooked and dried in cups. While an overview is attempted, the confusion regarding the sequence and components (such as mixing flour directly into dough sheets and rollers incorrectly) leads to an under-developed and inaccurate report of the process. Therefore, it fits the description for Band 5, where information is presented with noticeable inaccuracies and misreadings of the diagram.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic organisational structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a concluding step. However, the progression of ideas is frequently disrupted by confusing referencing and run-on sentences. Cohesive devices such as 'Initially', 'Then', and 'After the cooking process' are used, but they often link ideas clumsily or illogically, such as 'where the flour is flowed through the dough sheets to dough strips, which converts the noodles discs and it is gone for cooking'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal cohesion within paragraphs suffers from heavy reliance on chaining clauses with 'and' rather than clear subordination. This level of logical flow and mechanical cohesion aligns with a Band 5 score.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The student uses a limited range of vocabulary with several inappropriate word choices and word-formation errors, such as 'storage silos' used as a verb phrase ('to storage silos'), 'lefted' instead of 'left', and 'labelling noodles'. While some topic-related vocabulary appears (e.g., 'manufacturing', 'flour', 'vegetables and spices', 'sealing'), these lexical items are often used inaccurately or repetitively. Errors in word choice and collocation (e.g., 'the company labels is placed on the noodles') cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher band. This performance reflects the descriptors for Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentences, but grammatical control is weak throughout. There are frequent errors in verb forms, tense consistency, and voice, such as 'the primary step is to storage silos, where the flour is loaded mechanically in the truck' and 'the noodles discs is placed'. Subject-verb agreement errors are common (e.g., 'the noodles discs is', 'the cup is gone'). Complex structures are often faulty and awkward, frequently relying on chained coordinate clauses joined by 'and'. These pervasive errors cause strain and occasional ambiguity for the reader, placing the response firmly at Band 5.

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